Authority: Title 51.5, Chapter 14, Code of Virginia; P.L. 93-112, Federal Code.
A. 1. Out of this appropriation, $233,515 the first year and $233,515 the second year from the general fund shall be used to administer and oversee public guardianship programs and for no other purpose.
2. Of this amount, $88,350 the first year and $88,350 the second year shall be used to support the administrative costs associated with serving individuals pursuant to interagency agreements for the provision of public guardianship services between the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services.
B. Out of this appropriation, up to $5,000 the first year and $5,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to support activities of the Virginia Public Guardianship and Conservator Program Advisory Board, including but not limited to, paying expenses for the members to attend four meetings per year.
C. Out of this appropriation, $87,338 the first year and $87,338 the second year from the general fund is provided to support a position dedicated to monitoring and auditing the auxiliary grant (AG) program. The department shall provide an annual report on AG oversight findings and activities to the Director, Department of Planning and Budget and Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by October 1 of each year.
D. By August 1 of each year, the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) shall report, for each month of the previous fiscal year, the number of Auxiliary Grant recipients living in a supportive housing setting. This information shall be reported to the Director, Department of Planning and Budget and Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees.
E. Out of this appropriation, $445,124 the first year and $445,124 the second year from the general fund and $445,124 the first year and $445,124 the second year from federal matching funds is provided for eight full-time and one part-time positions to support the Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) program.
F. Out of this appropriation, $440,000 the first year and $440,000 the second year from the general fund is provided to cover PeerPlace license costs for local workers as well as the on-going cost of system modifications.