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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353370</law_id><section_number>2.2-5205</section_number><catch_line>Community policy and management teams; membership; immunity from liability</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-309.3</reference><reference>2.2-5201</reference><reference>2.2-5204</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="3" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="B">Transaction of Public Business</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="19" identifier="52">Children's Services Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The community policy and management team to be appointed by the local governing body shall include, at a minimum, at least one elected official or appointed official or his designee from the governing body of a locality that is a member of the team and the local agency heads or their designees of the following community agencies: <span class="dictionary">community services</span> board established pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Community services board; appointment; membership; duties of fiscal agent" href="/37.2-501/">37.2-501</a>, juvenile <span class="dictionary">court</span> services unit, department of health, department of social services, and local school division. The team shall also include a representative of a private organization or association of providers for children&#x2019;s or family services if such organizations or associations are located within the locality and a parent representative. Parent representatives who are employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a community policy and management team may serve as a parent representative provided that parent representatives who are not employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a community policy and management team are prioritized for participation where practicable. Those persons appointed to represent community agencies shall be authorized to make policy and funding decisions for their agencies.</p><p>The local governing body may appoint other members to the team, including, but not limited to, a local government official, a local <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement official, and representatives of other public agencies.</p><p>When any combination of counties, cities or counties, and cities establishes a community policy and management team, the membership requirements previously set out shall be adhered to by the team as a whole.</p><p>Persons who serve on the team shall be immune from any civil liability for decisions made about the appropriate services for a family or the proper placement or treatment of a child who comes before the team, unless it is proven that such person acted with <span class="dictionary">malicious</span> <span class="dictionary">intent</span>. Any person serving on such team who does not represent a public agency shall file a statement of economic interests as set out in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Disclosure form" href="/2.2-3117/">2.2-3117</a> of the State and Local Government <span class="dictionary">Conflict of Interests</span> Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Policy; application; construction" href="/2.2-3100/">2.2-3100</a> et seq.). Persons representing public agencies shall file such statements if required to do so pursuant to the State and Local Government <span class="dictionary">Conflict of Interests</span> Act.</p><p>Persons serving on the team who are parent representatives or who represent private organizations or associations of providers for children&#x2019;s or family services shall abstain from decision-making involving individual cases or agencies in which they have either a personal interest, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/2.2-3101/">2.2-3101</a> of the State and Local Government <span class="dictionary">Conflict of Interests</span> Act, or a fiduciary interest.</p></section></text><history>1992, cc. 837, 880, &#xA7; 2.1-751; 1995, c. 190; 1999, cc. 644, 669; 2001, c. 844; 2022, cc. 418, 419.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
