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Timestamp: 2019-08-19 05:40:40
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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact § 51.5-160 of the Code of Virginia, relating to persons with disabilities; auxiliary grants, supportive housing. [S 1286] Approved
1. That § 51.5-160 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 51.5-160. Auxiliary grants program; administration of program.
"Supportive housing" means a residential setting with access to supportive services for an auxiliary grant recipient in which tenancy as described in subsection B of § 37.2-421.1 is provided or facilitated by a provider licensed to provide mental health community support services, intensive community treatment, programs of assertive community treatment, supportive in-home services, or supervised living residential services that has entered into an agreement with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services pursuant to § 37.2-421.1.
B. The Commissioner is authorized to prepare and implement, effective with repeal of Titles I, X, and XIV of the Social Security Act, a plan for a state and local funded auxiliary grants program to provide assistance to certain individuals who (i) are ineligible for benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended, or for whom benefits provided under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended, are not sufficient to maintain the minimum standards of need established by regulations promulgated by the Commissioner and (ii) reside in supportive housing, an assisted living facility licensed by the Department of Social Services pursuant to Chapter 17 (§ 63.2-1700 et seq.) of Title 63.2, or an adult foster care home approved by a local board of social services pursuant to § 63.2-1601. The plan shall be in effect in all political subdivisions in the Commonwealth and shall be administered in conformity with regulations of the Commissioner.
SENATE BILL NO. 1286 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled January 7, 2019 A BILL to amend and reenact § 51.5-160 of the Code of Virginia, relating to persons with disabilities; auxiliary grants, supportive housing.
E. In order to receive an auxiliary grant while residing in supportive housing or an assisted living facility, an individual shall have been evaluated by a case manager or other qualified assessor using the uniform assessment instrument to determine his need for residential living care upon admission and annually thereafter, or whenever there is a change in the individual's condition that appears to warrant a change in the resident's approved level of care. An individual may select supportive housing or an assisted living facility if such housing option is available pending evaluation and assessment or as allowed by regulations of the Commissioner. At the time of the first or any subsequent annual reassessment, the individual may select supportive housing or an assisted living facility, subject to the evaluation and reassessment of the individual and availability of the selected housing option. In such cases, the individual may continue to receive an auxiliary grant while residing in supportive housing as allowed by regulations of the Commissioner. However, in In no event shall any public agency incur a financial obligation if the individual is determined ineligible for an auxiliary grant.
3. That the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services shall develop guidance documents for implementation of the provisions of this act no later than January 1, 2020. In developing such guidance documents, the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services shall provide notice to the public and opportunity for public comment and public participation.
6. That the number of auxiliary grant recipients in this supportive housing setting shall not exceed 120.