2.2-5201 - State and local advisory team; appointment; membership.
§ 2.2-5201. State and local advisory team; appointment; membership.
The state and local advisory team is established to better serve the needs oftroubled and at-risk youths and their families by advising the Council bymanaging cooperative efforts at the state level and providing support tocommunity efforts. The team shall be appointed by and be responsible to theCouncil. The team shall include one representative from each of the followingstate agencies: the Department of Health, Department of Juvenile Justice,Department of Social Services, Department of Behavioral Health andDevelopmental Services, the Department of Medical Assistance Services, andthe Department of Education. The team shall also include a parentrepresentative who is not an employee of any public or private program whichserves children and families; a representative of a private organization orassociation of providers for children's or family services; a localComprehensive Services Act coordinator or program manager; a juvenile anddomestic relations district court judge; and one member from each of fivedifferent geographical areas of the Commonwealth and who serves on and isrepresentative of the different participants of community policy andmanagement teams. The nonstate agency members shall serve staggered terms ofnot more than three years, such terms to be determined by the Council.
The team shall annually elect a chairman from among the local governmentrepresentatives who shall be responsible for convening the team. The teamshall develop and adopt bylaws to govern its operations that shall be subjectto approval by the Council. Any person serving on such team who does notrepresent a public agency shall file a statement of economic interests as setout in § 2.2-3117 of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act(§ 2.2-3100 et seq.). Persons representing public agencies shall file suchstatements if required to do so pursuant to the State and Local GovernmentConflict of Interests Act.
(1992, cc. 837, 880, § 2.1-747; 2000, c. 937; 2001, c. 844; 2003, c. 499;2004, c. 836; 2009, cc. 813, 840.)