CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMUNITY POLICY AND MANAGEMENT TEAMS; MEMBERSHIP; IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY (§
2.2-5205)

The community policy and management team to be appointed by the local governing
body shall include, at a minimum, at least one elected official or appointed
official or his designee from the governing body of a locality that is a member
of the team, and the local agency heads or their designees of the following
community agencies: community services board established pursuant to §
37.2-501, juvenile court services unit, department of health, department of
social services and the local school division. The team shall also include a
representative of a private organization or association of providers for
children’s or family services if such organizations or associations are
located within the locality, and a parent representative. Parent representatives
who are employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to
this chapter or agencies represented on a community policy and management team
may serve as a parent representative provided that they do not, as a part of
their employment, interact directly on a regular and daily basis with children
or supervise employees who interact directly on a daily basis with children.
Notwithstanding this provision, foster parents may serve as parent
representatives. Those persons appointed to represent community agencies shall
be authorized to make policy and funding decisions for their agencies.The local
governing body may appoint other members to the team including, but not limited
to, a local government official, a local law-enforcement official and
representatives of other public agencies.When any combination of counties,
cities or counties, and cities establishes a community policy and management
team, the membership requirements previously set out shall be adhered to by the
team as a whole.Persons who serve on the team shall be immune from any civil
liability for decisions made about the appropriate services for a family or the
proper placement or treatment of a child who comes before the team, unless it is
proven that such person acted with malicious intent. Any person serving on such
team who does not represent a public agency shall file a statement of economic
interests as set out in § 2.2-3117 of the State and Local Government Conflict
of Interests Act (§ 2.2-3100 et seq.). Persons representing public agencies
shall file such statements if required to do so pursuant to the State and Local
Government Conflict of Interests Act.Persons serving on the team who are parent
representatives or who represent private organizations or associations of
providers for children’s or family services shall abstain from
decision-making involving individual cases or agencies in which they have either
a personal interest, as defined in § 2.2-3101 of the State and Local Government
Conflict of Interests Act, or a fiduciary interest.

HISTORY: 1992, cc. 837, 880, § 2.1-751; 1995, c. 190; 1999, cc. 644, 669; 2001,
c. 844.