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Explanation(This amendment is one of four companion amendments that transfers funding and positions to a new independent human rights agency, the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy, pursuant to House Bill 491. Four other companion amendments eliminate funding in the first and second year for the Department for the Rights of Virginians with Disabilities. Additional funding and 14 positions are added in the new agency to provide a new Ombudsman Division and to expand protection and advocacy services for persons with mental illness who are being discharged from state facilities to communities.)