TITLE 22. SOCIAL SERVICES
REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services is claiming an exemption from the Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 2.2-4006 A 4 a of the Code of Virginia, which excludes regulations that are necessary to conform to changes in Virginia statutory law where no agency discretion is involved. The Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services will receive, consider, and respond to petitions from any interested person at any time with respect to reconsideration or revision.
Title of Regulation: 22VAC5-11. Public Participation Guidelines (repealing 22VAC5-11-10 through 22VAC5-11-110).
Statutory Authority: § 51.5-131 of the Code of Virginia.
Effective Date: September 26, 2012.
Agency Contact: Vanessa S. Rakestraw, Ph.D, CRC, Policy Analyst, Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services, 8004 Franklin Farms Drive, Richmond, VA, 23229, telephone 804-662-7612, FAX 804-662-7663, toll-free 800-552-5019, or email vanessa.rakestraw@drs.virginia.gov.
Summary:
Chapters 803 and 835 of the 2012 Acts of Assembly abolished the Department for the Aging and transferred its regulations to the newly created Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS). DARS assumed the powers of the former Department of Rehabilitative Services and the Department for the Aging on July 1, 2012. These Public Participation Guidelines (PPGs) are identical to the PPGs (22VAC30-11) of the former Department of Rehabilitative Services, which were adopted and are currently in effect for DARS. The former Department for the Aging PPGs are duplicative and unnecessary and, therefore, are repealed.
VA.R. Doc. No. R12-3360; Filed August 1, 2012, 4:05 p.m.