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VA Code § 30-397 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 62 - Virginia Redistricting Commission|§ 30-397. Proposal and submission of plans for districts

A. The Commission shall submit to the General Assembly plans for districts for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the General Assembly no later than 45 days following the receipt of census data.To be submitted as a proposed plan for districts for members of the Senate, a plan shall receive affirmative votes of at least six of the eight legislative commissioners, including at least three of the four legislative commissioners who are members of the Senate, and at least six of the eight citizen commissioners.To be submitted as a proposed plan for districts for members of the House of Delegates, a plan shall receive affirmative votes of at least six of the eight legislative commissioners, including at least three of the four legislative commissioners who are members of the House of Delegates, and at least six of the eight citizen commissioners.B. The Commission shall submit to the General Assembly plans for districts for the United States House of Representatives no later than 60 days following the receipt of census data or by the first day of July of that year, whichever occurs first.To be submitted as a proposed plan for districts for members of the United States House of Representatives, a plan shall receive affirmative votes of at least six of the eight legislative commissioners and at least six of the eight citizen commissioners.C. If the Commission fails to submit a plan for districts by the deadline set forth in subsection A or B, the Commission shall have 14 days following its initial failure to submit a plan to the General Assembly. If the Commission fails to submit a plan for districts to the General Assembly by this date, the districts shall be established by the Supreme Court of Virginia pursuant to § 30-399.D. All plans submitted pursuant to this section shall comply with the criteria and standards set forth in § 24.2-304.04.2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 56.
VA Code § 30-398 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 62 - Virginia Redistricting Commission|§ 30-398. Consideration of plans by the General Assembly; timeline

A. All plans for districts for the Senate and the House of Delegates shall be embodied in and voted on as a single bill.B. All bills embodying plans for districts for the United States House of Representatives, the Senate, or the House of Delegates shall be voted on by the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Section 11 of the Constitution of Virginia, except no amendments shall be permitted. All bills embodying a plan that are approved by both houses shall become law without the signature of the Governor and, pursuant to Article II, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia, shall take effect immediately.C. Within 15 days of receipt of any plan for districts, the General Assembly shall take a vote on a bill embodying such plan. If the General Assembly fails to adopt the bill by this deadline, the Commission shall submit a new plan for districts within 14 days of the General Assembly's failure to adopt the bill. Within seven days of receipt of such plan, the General Assembly shall take a vote on the bill embodying the plan, and if the General Assembly fails to adopt the plan by this deadline, the districts shall be established by the Supreme Court of Virginia pursuant to § 30-399.D. If the Commission submits a plan for districts pursuant to subsection C of § 30-397, the General Assembly shall take a vote on such plan within seven days of its receipt. If the General Assembly fails to adopt the plan by this deadline, the districts shall be established by the Supreme Court of Virginia pursuant to § 30-399.2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 56.
VA Code § 30-400 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 62 - Virginia Redistricting Commission|§ 30-400. Remedial redistricting plans

If any congressional or state legislative district established pursuant to this chapter or the provisions of Article II, Sections 6 and 6-A of the Constitution of Virginia is declared unlawful or unconstitutional, in whole or in part, by order of any state or federal court, the Commission shall be convened to determine and propose a redistricting plan to remedy the unlawful or unconstitutional district.2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 56.
VA Code § 30-401 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 63 - Behavioral Health Commission|§ 30-401. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313, cl. 2) Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:"Behavioral health" means the full range of mental health and substance abuse services."Behavioral health service system" means those public and private providers, including state and local government agencies and entities, engaged in the development, delivery, coordination, monitoring, oversight, and financing of behavioral health services in the Commonwealth."Commission" means the Behavioral Health Commission.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313.
VA Code § 30-402 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 63 - Behavioral Health Commission|§ 30-402. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313, cl. 2) Behavioral Health Commission; purpose

The Behavioral Health Commission is established in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of studying and making recommendations for the improvement of behavioral health services and the behavioral health service system in the Commonwealth to encourage the adoption of policies to increase the quality and availability of and ensure access to the full continuum of high-quality, effective, and efficient behavioral health services for all persons in the Commonwealth. In carrying out its purpose, the Commission shall provide ongoing oversight of behavioral health services and the behavioral health service system in the Commonwealth, including monitoring and evaluation of established programs, services, and delivery and payment structures and implementation of new services and initiatives in the Commonwealth and development of recommendations for improving such programs, services, structures, and implementation.The Commission may coordinate with other agencies and entities of the Commonwealth with regard to development and proposal of recommendations related to behavioral health services and the behavioral health service system.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313.
VA Code § 30-403 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 63 - Behavioral Health Commission|§ 30-403. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313, cl. 2) Membership; terms; vacancies; chairman and vice-chairman; quorum; meetings; voting on recommendations

The Commission shall consist of 12 legislative members, who shall be appointed as follows: five members of the Senate, at least one of whom shall be a member of the Senate Committee on Education and Health, at least one of whom shall be a member of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, and at least two of whom shall be members of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to be appointed by the Committee on Rules and seven members of the House of Delegates, at least two of whom shall be members of the House Committee on Appropriations and at least two of whom shall be members of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates.Members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Members may be reappointed. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired term. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.The Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its membership.A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. Meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members of the Commission so request.No recommendation of the Commission shall be adopted if a majority of the Senate members or a majority of the House members appointed to the Commission (i) vote against the recommendation and (ii) vote for the recommendation to fail notwithstanding the majority vote of the Commission.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313.
VA Code § 30-404 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 63 - Behavioral Health Commission|§ 30-404. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313, cl. 2) Compensation; expenses

Members of the Commission shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12. All members shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. Compensation to members of the General Assembly for attendance at official meetings of the Commission shall be paid by the offices of the Clerk of the House of Delegates or Clerk of the Senate, as applicable. All other compensation and expenses shall be paid from existing appropriations to the Commission or, if unfunded, shall be approved by the Joint Rules Committee.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313.
VA Code § 30-405 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 63 - Behavioral Health Commission|§ 30-405. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313, cl. 2) Powers and duties of the Commission; report

The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:1. To collect and analyze information and data necessary to accomplish the purpose set forth in § 30-402;2. To monitor and evaluate the jurisdiction, powers and duties, operations, management, and interrelationships of any department, division, board, bureau, commission, authority, or other agency with direct responsibility for the delivery, coordination, management, or financing of behavioral health services in the Commonwealth and develop recommendations for the improvement thereof;3. To monitor and evaluate the design, implementation, and operation of new behavioral health initiatives in the Commonwealth and develop recommendations for the improvement thereof;4. To examine matters related to the delivery of behavioral health services in other states and to consult and exchange information with officers and agencies of other states with respect to behavioral health service issues of mutual concern;5. To maintain offices and hold meetings and functions at any place in the Commonwealth that it deems necessary;6. To invite other interested parties to sit with the Commission and participate in its deliberations;7. To appoint any work group or special task force from among its members to study and make recommendations on specific matters before the Commission; and8. To report its recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor annually and to make such interim reports as it deems advisable or as may be required by the General Assembly and the Governor.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313.
VA Code § 30-406 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 63 - Behavioral Health Commission|§ 30-406. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313, cl. 2) Staffing

The Commission may appoint, employ, and remove an executive director and such other persons as it deems necessary and shall determine the duties and fix the salaries or compensation of such executive director and other persons, within the amounts appropriated for such purpose The Commission may also employ experts who have knowledge of the issues before it.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313.
VA Code § 30-407 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 63 - Behavioral Health Commission|§ 30-407. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313, cl. 2) Chairman's executive summary

The chairman of the Commission shall submit to the General Assembly and the Governor an annual executive summary of the interim activities and work of the Commission no later than the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. The executive summary shall be submitted for publication as a report document as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports and shall be posted on the General Assembly's website.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313.
VA Code § 30-408 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 63 - Behavioral Health Commission|§ 30-408. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313, cl. 2) Cooperation of other state agencies and political subdivisions

The Commission may request and shall, upon such request, receive from every department, division, board, bureau, commission, authority, or other agency created by the Commonwealth or to which the Commonwealth is a party, or from any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313.
VA Code § 32.1-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 1 - Administration Generally|§ 32.1-1. References to former sections, articles and chapters of Title 32 and other titles

Whenever any of the conditions, requirements, provisions or contents of any section, article or chapter of Title 32 or any other title of this Code as such titles existed prior to October 1, 1979, are transferred in the same or in modified form to a new section, article or chapter of this title or any other title of this Code and whenever any such former section, article or chapter is given a new number in this or any other title, all references to any such former section, article or chapter of Title 32 or other title appearing in this Code shall be construed to apply to the new or renumbered section, article or chapter containing such conditions, requirements, provisions or contents or portions thereof.1979, c. 711.
VA Code § 32.1-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 1 - Administration Generally|§ 32.1-2. Finding and purpose

The General Assembly finds that the protection, improvement and preservation of the public health and of the environment are essential to the general welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth. For this reason, the State Board of Health and the State Health Commissioner, assisted by the State Department of Health, shall administer and provide a comprehensive program of preventive, curative, restorative and environmental health services, educate the citizenry in health and environmental matters, develop and implement health resource plans, collect and preserve vital records and health statistics, assist in research, and abate hazards and nuisances to the health and to the environment, both emergency and otherwise, thereby improving the quality of life in the Commonwealth.This comprehensive program of preventive, curative, restorative, and environmental health services shall include prevention and education activities focused on women's health, including, but not limited to, osteoporosis, breast cancer, and other conditions unique to or more prevalent among women.1979, c. 711; 1995, c. 78.
VA Code § 32.1-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 1 - Administration Generally|§ 32.1-3. Definitions

As used in this title unless the context requires otherwise or it is otherwise provided:"Board" or "State Board" means the State Board of Health."Commissioner" means the State Health Commissioner."Department" means the State Department of Health."Medical care facility" means any institution, place, building, or agency, whether or not licensed or required to be licensed by the Board or the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, whether operated for profit or nonprofit, and whether privately owned or privately operated or owned or operated by a local governmental unit, (i) by or in which health services are furnished, conducted, operated, or offered for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical condition, whether medical or surgical, of two or more nonrelated persons who are injured or physically sick or have mental illness, or for the care of two or more nonrelated persons requiring or receiving medical, surgical, nursing, acute, chronic, convalescent, or long-term care services, or services for individuals with disabilities, or (ii) which is the recipient of reimbursements from third-party health insurance programs or prepaid medical service plans.The term "medical care facility" does not include any facility of (a) the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; (b) any nonhospital substance abuse residential treatment program operated by or contracted primarily for the use of a community services board under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services' Comprehensive State Plan; (c) an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disability (ICF/IID) that has no more than 12 beds and is in an area identified as in need of residential services for individuals with intellectual disability in any plan of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; (d) a physician's office, except that portion of a physician's office described in subdivision A 6 of § 32.1-102.1:3; (e) the Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; (f) the Department of Corrections; or (g) the Department of Veterans Services."Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association or any other legal entity.1979, c. 711; 2020, c. 1271.
VA Code § 32.1-3.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 1 - Administration Generally|§ 32.1-3.1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail

Whenever in this title the Board, the Commissioner, or the Department is required to send any mail or notice by certified mail and such mail or notice is sent certified mail, return receipt requested, then any subsequent, identical mail or notice that is sent by the Board, the Commissioner, or the Department may be sent by regular mail.2011, c. 566.
VA Code § 32.1-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 1 - Administration Generally|§ 32.1-4. Sovereign immunity

Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to be a waiver of the defense of sovereign immunity except where expressly provided by the laws of this Commonwealth.1979, c. 711.
VA Code § 32.1-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 1 - Administration Generally|§ 32.1-5. Appointment of members; terms and vacancies

There shall be a State Board of Health which shall consist of 15 residents of the Commonwealth appointed by the Governor for terms of four years each. Two members of the Board shall be members of the Medical Society of Virginia, one member shall be a member of the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association, one member shall be a member of the State Dental Association, one member shall be a member of the Virginia Nurses' Association, one member shall be a member of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, one member shall be a representative of local government, one member shall be a representative of the hospital industry, one member shall be a representative of the nursing home industry, one member shall be a representative of the licensed health carriers responsible under Title 38.2 for a managed care health insurance plan, one member shall be a corporate purchaser of health care, two members shall be consumers, one member shall have public environmental health expertise, and one member shall be a representative of the emergency medical services community recommended by the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. A vacancy other than by expiration of term shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.No person shall be eligible to serve more than two full consecutive four-year terms.Code 1950, § 32-1; 1956, c. 396; 1968, c. 371; 1972, c. 94; 1974, c. 67; 1978, c. 499; 1979, c. 711; 1989, c. 73; 1991, c. 93; 1998, c. 891; 2009, c. 128.
VA Code § 32.1-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 1 - Administration Generally|§ 32.1-6. Meetings and chairman

The Board shall meet annually in the City of Richmond and at such other times and places as it determines. It shall elect from its number a chairman who shall perform the usual duties of such officer in addition to the particular duties prescribed by law.Code 1950, § 32-2; 1979, c. 711.
VA Code § 32.1-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 1 - Administration Generally|§ 32.1-7. Bylaws

The Board may adopt bylaws for its operation.Code 1950, § 32-3; 1979, c. 711.
VA Code § 32.1-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 1 - Administration Generally|§ 32.1-8. Quorum

Six members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any lawful business.Code 1950, § 32-4; 1974, c. 436; 1979, c. 711; 1989, c. 73.
VA Code § 32.1-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 1 - Administration Generally|§ 32.1-9. Secretary

The Commissioner or, with the approval of the Board, his designee shall act as secretary of the Board and shall not be entitled to any additional compensation for such service.Code 1950, § 32-5; 1979, c. 711.
VA Code § 32.1-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 32.1 - Health|Chapter 1 - Administration Generally|§ 32.1-11. Environmental health, laboratory, and medical care services

A. The Board may formulate a program of environmental health services, laboratory services and preventive, curative and restorative medical care services, including home and clinic health services described in Titles V, XVIII and XIX of the United States Social Security Act and amendments thereto, to be provided by the Department on a regional, district or local basis.B. The Board shall define the income limitations within which a person shall be deemed to be medically indigent. Persons so deemed to be medically indigent shall receive the medical care services of the Department without charge. The Board may also prescribe the charges to be paid for the medical care services of the Department by persons who are not deemed to be medically indigent and may, in its discretion and within the limitations of available funds, prescribe a scale of such charges based upon ability to pay. Funds received in payment of such charges are hereby appropriated to the Board for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title.C. When the Department provides medical care services to a person who has private health insurance that covers the services provided, the Board shall authorize the Department to charge an amount equal to the allowable charge of such insurer for the services provided. If the insurer denies a claim for medical care services provided to such person, the patient portion of the bill shall not be greater than if the person did not have private health insurance.D. The Board shall review periodically the program and charges adopted pursuant to this section.Code 1950, § 32-8.1; 1966, c. 529; 1970, c. 439; 1979, c. 711; 2008, cc. 42, 81.