2.2-5205 - Community policy and management teams; membership; immunity from liability.
§ 2.2-5205. Community policy and management teams; membership; immunity fromliability.
The community policy and management team to be appointed by the localgoverning body shall include, at a minimum, at least one elected official orappointed official or his designee from the governing body of a locality thatis a member of the team, and the local agency heads or their designees of thefollowing community agencies: community services board established pursuantto § 37.2-501, juvenile court services unit, department of health, departmentof social services and the local school division. The team shall also includea representative of a private organization or association of providers forchildren's or family services if such organizations or associations arelocated within the locality, and a parent representative. Parentrepresentatives who are employed by a public or private program that receivesfunds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a community policyand management team may serve as a parent representative provided that theydo not, as a part of their employment, interact directly on a regular anddaily basis with children or supervise employees who interact directly on adaily basis with children. Notwithstanding this provision, foster parents mayserve as parent representatives. Those persons appointed to representcommunity agencies shall be authorized to make policy and funding decisionsfor their agencies.
The local governing body may appoint other members to the team including, butnot limited to, a local government official, a local law-enforcement officialand representatives of other public agencies.
When any combination of counties, cities or counties, and cities establishesa community policy and management team, the membership requirementspreviously set out shall be adhered to by the team as a whole.
Persons who serve on the team shall be immune from any civil liability fordecisions made about the appropriate services for a family or the properplacement or treatment of a child who comes before the team, unless it isproven that such person acted with malicious intent. Any person serving onsuch team who does not represent a public agency shall file a statement ofeconomic interests as set out in § 2.2-3117 of the State and Local GovernmentConflict of Interests Act (§ 2.2-3100 et seq.). Persons representing publicagencies shall file such statements if required to do so pursuant to theState and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act.
Persons serving on the team who are parent representatives or who representprivate organizations or associations of providers for children's or familyservices shall abstain from decision-making involving individual cases oragencies in which they have either a personal interest, as defined in §2.2-3101 of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, or afiduciary interest.
(1992, cc. 837, 880, § 2.1-751; 1995, c. 190; 1999, cc. 644, 669; 2001, c.844.)