Virginia Code 51.5-119: Department designated as state agency for purpose of coordinating rehabilitative services
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The Department is designated as the state agency for coordinating rehabilitative services to persons with significant physical or sensory disabilities. The Department shall provide for the comprehensive assessment of the need for rehabilitative and support services of such persons, identify gaps in services, promote interagency coordination, develop models for case management, and advise the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, the Governor, and the General Assembly on programmatic and fiscal policies and the delivery of services to such persons.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 51.5-119
- Case management: means a dynamic collaborative process that utilizes and builds on the strengths and resources of consumers to assist them in identifying their needs, accessing and coordinating services, and achieving their goals. See Virginia Code 51.5-116
- Department: means the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. See Virginia Code 51.5-116
- state agency: means the same as that term is defined in § 2. See Virginia Code 1-206
1989, c. 176, § 51.5-91; 2000, c. 151; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2014, c. 289.