TITLE 22. SOCIAL SERVICES
REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services is claiming an exemption from Article 2 of 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 or the appropriation act where no agency discretion is involved. The department will receive, consider, and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time with respect to reconsideration or revision.
Title of Regulation: 22VAC30-50. Policies and Procedures for Administering the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund (amending 22VAC30-50-60, 22VAC30-50-120).
Statutory Authority: §§ 51.5-131 and 51.5-181 of the Code of Virginia.
Effective Date: October 27, 2022.
Agency Contact: Charlotte Arbogast, Policy Advisor, Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, 8004 Franklin Farms Drive, Richmond, VA 23229, telephone (804) 662-7093, FAX (804) 662-7663, TDD (800) 464-9950, or charlotte.arbogast@dars.virginia.gov.
Summary:
Pursuant to Item 330 M 2 of Chapter 2 of the 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, the amendments conform regulatory text to the language in the Appropriation Act item allowing the Commissioner of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to reallocate up to $500,000 from unexpended balances in the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund to fund new grant awards for research on traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries.
22VAC30-50-60. Requests for proposals.
The advisory board shall solicit applications for grants of moneys from the fund by issuing RFPs from time to time. These RFPs shall be issued at the discretion of the advisory board and shall depend upon the availability of moneys in the fund. Notwithstanding 22VAC30-50-120, each Each application for a grant must be submitted in response to an actual RFP and received by a deadline specified in the RFP.
22VAC30-50-120. Unexpended funds.
The Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may reallocate up to $500,000 from unexpended balances in the fund for new grant awards for research on traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries.
VA.R. Doc. No. R23-7044; Filed August 25, 2022