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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 402 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1990, chapter 915; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2003, chapters 54<\/a> and 75<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1497833,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375598,"identifier":"63.2-227","token":"63.2\/I\/2\/3\/63.2-227","url":"\/63.2-227\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-227\/","token":"63.2\/I\/2\/3\/63.2-227","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regional providers; duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-227","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There shall be established a regional system of providers of information and referral services. The Department<\/span> shall select the regional providers.

\t\tThe regional providers shall:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Collect, maintain and disseminate resource data; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Provide citizen access to information about resources throughout the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Assist in planning functions by providing selected data to the Department<\/span> on a regular basis; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Provide data to public and private agencies other than the Department<\/span> on a contractual basis; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Cooperate with the state administering agency; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Seek funds from available sources; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Maintain effective relationships between the system and state and local agencies and public and private organizations; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> When feasible and appropriate and within the limits of available funds, establish satellite offices or develop cooperative agreements with local information and referral groups and resource and referral groups that can assist the regional providers in performing their duties and responsibilities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGIONAL PROVIDERS; DUTIES (\u00a7 63.2-227)\n\nThere shall be established a regional system of providers of information and\nreferral services. The Department shall select the regional providers.\t\tThe\nregional providers shall:\n\n1. Collect, maintain and disseminate resource data;\n\n2. Provide citizen access to information about resources throughout the\nCommonwealth;\n\n3. Assist in planning functions by providing selected data to the Department on\na regular basis;\n\n4. Provide data to public and private agencies other than the Department on a\ncontractual basis;\n\n5. Cooperate with the state administering agency;\n\n6. Seek funds from available sources;\n\n7. Maintain effective relationships between the system and state and local\nagencies and public and private organizations; and\n\n8. When feasible and appropriate and within the limits of available funds,\nestablish satellite offices or develop cooperative agreements with local\ninformation and referral groups and resource and referral groups that can assist\nthe regional providers in performing their duties and responsibilities.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 402, \u00a7 63.1-314.6; 1990, c. 915; 2002, c. 747; 2003, cc. 54,\n75.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}