Title 63.2. Welfare (Social Services)
Chapter 16. Adult Services
Article 1. Adult Services.
§ 63.2-1600. Home-based services.Each local board shall provide for the delivery of home-based services that include homemaker, companion, or chore services that will allow individuals to attain or maintain self-care and are likely to prevent or reduce dependency, subject to the supervision and in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services as provided in Article 4 (§ 51.5-144 et seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 51.5. Eligibility for such services shall be determined according to regulations of the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. Such services shall be provided to the extent that federal or state matching funds are made available to each locality.
1983, c. 605, § 63.1-55.01; 2002, c. 747; 2012, cc. 803, 835.
§ 63.2-1601. Authority to provide adult foster care services.Each local board is authorized to provide adult foster care services that may include recruitment, approval, and supervision subject to the supervision and in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services as provided in Article 4 (§ 51.5-144 et seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 51.5.
1978, c. 180, § 63.1-55.1:1; 2002, c. 747; 2012, cc. 803, 835.
§ 63.2-1601.1. Criminal history check for agency approved providers of services to adults.A. Each local board shall obtain, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board, criminal history record information from the Central Criminal Records Exchange of any individual the local board is considering approving as a provider of home-based services pursuant to § 63.2-1600 or adult foster care pursuant to § 63.2-1601. The local board may also obtain such a criminal records search on all adult household members residing in the home of the individual with whom the adult is to be placed. The local board shall not hire for compensated employment any persons who have been convicted of any offense set forth in clause (i) of the definition of barrier crime in § 19.2-392.02. If approval as an agency approved provider is denied because of information obtained through a Central Criminal Records Exchange search, the local board, upon request, shall provide a copy of the information obtained to the individual who is the subject of the search. Further dissemination of the criminal history record information is prohibited.
B. In emergency circumstances, each local board may obtain from a criminal justice agency the criminal history record information from the Central Criminal Records Exchange for the criminal records search authorized by this section. The provision of home-based services shall be immediately terminated or the adult shall be removed from the home immediately, if any adult resident has been convicted of any offense set forth in clause (i) of the definition of barrier crime in § 19.2-392.02.
§ 63.2-1602. Other adult services.Subject to the supervision and in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services as provided in Article 4 (§ 51.5-144 et seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 51.5, each local board shall:
1. Participate in nursing home pre-admission screenings of all individuals pursuant to § 32.1-330;
2. Provide assisted living facility assessments of residents and applicants pursuant to § 63.2-1804;
3. Participate in long-term care service coordination pursuant to § 51.5-138;
4. Provide social services or public assistance, as appropriate, to individuals discharged from state hospitals or training centers pursuant to §§ 37.2-505 and 37.2-837; and
5. Participate in other programs pursuant to state and federal law.
2002, c. 747; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507, 803, 835.
§ 63.2-1602.1. Repealed.Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 803 and 835, cl. 61, effective July 1, 2013.
