2006 Code of Virginia § 51.5-49 - Disability Services Council; membership and responsibilities

51.5-49. Disability Services Council; membership and responsibilities.

A. The Disability Services Council is hereby established. The Council shallconsist of the Commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitative Services; theCommissioner of the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired; theDirector of the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing; theSuperintendent of Public Instruction; and three consumer members representingphysical and sensory disabilities and one representative of local governmentto be appointed by the Governor. Of the consumer members to be appointed in1994, one shall be appointed for a three-year term and two shall be appointedfor one- and two-year terms, respectively. The local governmentrepresentative shall be appointed for a three-year term. Thereafter, allappointments of the consumer and local government members shall be for termsof three years, except that appointments to fill vacancies shall be for theunexpired terms. The Governor shall appoint the chairman annually.

B. The Council's duties shall include the following:

1. Developing guidelines for local disability services boards to use indeveloping the local board reports. The Department of Rehabilitative Servicesshall distribute the guidelines to the boards;

2. Developing a grant allocation system which requires a local match andannual guidelines for the grant applications for the state rehabilitativeservices incentive fund. The local match may be either public or privatefunds, or a combination, but in-kind contributions shall not be considered inthe local match unless specifically approved by the Council. The Departmentof Rehabilitative Services shall distribute the guidelines to the boardsannually;

3. Providing a final review of the request proposals for awards from thestate rehabilitative services incentive fund. Such review shall be forconsistency with guidelines and to obtain information necessary for futureguideline revisions; and

4. Consulting with other state agencies as appropriate.

(1992, c. 634; 1994, c. 76.)