78963737.2-203Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Behavioral Health And Developmental ServicesGeneral ProvisionsState Board Of Behavioral Health And Developmental ServicesPowers and duties of BoardCode 1950, §§ 37-1, 37-2, 37-4, 37-5, 37-34; 1954, c. 668; 1960, c. 133; 1968, c. 477, §§ 37.1-10, 37.1-34; 1976, cc. 671, 739, § 37.1-223; 1979, c. 41; 1980, c. 582; 1984, c. 720; 1985, c. 207; 1998, c. 724; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/37.2-203/2.2-2696Substance Abuse Services Council/2.2-2696/2.2-4000Short title; purpose/2.2-4000//37.2-203/37.2/1/2/37.2-20346.2-1229The Board shall have the following powers and duties:section1 To develop and establish programmatic and fiscal policies governing the operation of state hospitals, training centers, community services boards, and behavioral health authorities;section112 To ensure the development of long-range programs and plans for mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services provided by the Department, community services boards, and behavioral health authorities;section222 To review and comment on all budgets and requests for appropriations for the Department prior to their submission to the Governor and on all applications for federal funds;section332 To monitor the activities of the Department and its effectiveness in implementing the policies of the Board;section442 To advise the Governor, Commissioner, and General Assembly on matters relating to mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services;section552 To adopt regulations that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and other laws of the Commonwealth administered by the Commissioner or the Department;section662 To ensure the development of programs to educate citizens about and elicit public support for the activities of the Department, community services boards, and behavioral health authorities;section772 To ensure that the Department assumes the responsibility for providing for education and training of school-age individuals receiving services in state facilities, pursuant to § 37.2-312; andsection882 To change the names of state facilities.section992