51.5-48 - Duties and responsibilities of local disability services boards. - Virginia Statutes

§ 51.5-48. Duties and responsibilities of local disability services boards.

The boards shall:

1. Assess the local service needs and advise the appropriate state and localagencies serving persons with physical and sensory disabilities of theirfindings;

2. Develop and make available for public comment a report with a six-yearprojection of local service needs and priorities for persons with physicaland sensory disabilities in accordance with state guidelines. The report andupdates to the report shall be submitted to the Disability Services Council.The first report shall be submitted by June 1, 1993. The reports shall bereviewed by the Council and shall be distributed to the appropriate stateagencies and incorporated into the agencies' programmatic and fiscal planningfor services to persons with physical and sensory disabilities;

3. Obtain input from local public and private service providers and utilizesuch information in the development of the report;

4. Review and update the report every three years;

5. Serve as a catalyst for the development of public and private fundingsources;

6. Develop requests to the rehabilitative services incentive fund when localfunding for match is identified;

7. Administer the incentive funds, if received, through the designated fiscalagent in accordance with the approved expenditure plan; and

8. Exchange information with other local boards regarding services to personswith physical and sensory disabilities and best practices in the delivery ofservices.

(1992, c. 634; 2000, c. 115.)