CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCEEDINGS FOR DISSOLUTION (§ 37.2-613)

When the board of directors of a behavioral health authority determines that the
need for the authority no longer exists, then, upon a petition by the board to
the circuit court of the appropriate city or county, after giving 90 days’
notice to the city or county and upon the production of satisfactory evidence in
support of the petition and a detailed dissolution plan, the court may enter an
order declaring that the need for the authority in that city or county no longer
exists and approving a plan for the winding up of the authority’s
business, the payment or assumption of its obligations, and the transfer of its
assets. In order for it to be approved by the court, the court must find that
this plan describes specifically how the city or county that established the
authority will fulfill the same duties and responsibilities required for
community services boards under Chapter 5 (§ 37.2-500 et seq.) and how the city
or county will ensure continuity of care for individuals who are receiving
services from the authority.

HISTORY: 1995, c. 693, § 15.1-1686; 1996, c. 861; 1997, c. 587, § 37.1-252;
1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.