Language Page 385, after line 16, insert:"§ 1-139.1 Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (xxx)Authority: Title 51.5, Chapter 8.1, Code of Virginia.
Explanation(This amendment is one of four companion amendments that provide funding in the 2000-2002 biennium for a new independent human rights agency, the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy, pursuant to Senate Bill 709. Four other companion amendments in Items 83, 84, 85, and 86 eliminate funding in the first and second year for the Department for the Rights of Virginians with Disabilities. Additional funding of $100,000 each year is added in the new agency to expand protection and advocacy services for persons with mental illness who are being discharged from state facilities to communities.)