CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEPARTMENT REGARDING LONG-TERM CARE (§
51.5-137)

The Department shall have the following responsibilities regarding long-term
care services in the Commonwealth:

   1.  Develop appropriate fiscal and administrative controls over public
   long-term care services in the Commonwealth;

   2.  Develop a state long-term care plan to guide the coordination and delivery
   of services by the human resources agencies, including transportation
   services. The plan shall ensure the development of a continuum of long-term
   care programs and services for impaired older persons in need of services;

   3.  Identify programmatic resources and assure the equitable statewide
   distribution of these resources; and

   4.  Perform ongoing evaluations of the cost-effective utilization of long-term
   care resources.

HISTORY: 2012, cc. 803, 835.