2010 Code of Virginia
Title 51.5 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
Chapter 10 - Local Disability Services Boards (51.5-47 thru 51.5-52)
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 shall consist of the Commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitative Services; the Commissioner of the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired; the Director of the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing; the Superintendent of Public Instruction; and three consumer members representing physical and sensory disabilities and one representative of local government to be appointed by the Governor. Of the consumer members to be appointed in 1994, one shall be appointed for a three-year term and two shall be appointed for one- and two-year terms, respectively. The local government representative shall be appointed for a three-year term. Thereafter, all appointments of the consumer and local government members shall be for terms of three years, except that appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired 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 in developing the local board reports. The Department of Rehabilitative Services shall distribute the guidelines to the boards;

2. Developing a grant allocation system which requires a local match and annual guidelines for the grant applications for the state rehabilitative services incentive fund. The local match may be either public or private funds, or a combination, but in-kind contributions shall not be considered in the local match unless specifically approved by the Council. The Department of Rehabilitative Services shall distribute the guidelines to the boards annually;

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

4. Consulting with other state agencies as appropriate.

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