Title of Regulation: 22VAC30-50. Policies and Procedures for Administering the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund (amending 22VAC30-50-30, 22VAC30-50-120).

Statutory Authority: § 51.5-131 of the Code of Virginia.

Effective Date: August 30, 2012.

Agency Contact: Vanessa S. Rakestraw, Ph.D., CRC, Policy Analyst, Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, 8004 Franklin Farms Drive, Richmond, VA 23229, telephone (804) 662-7612, FAX (804) 662-7663, TTY (800) 464-9950, or email vanessa.rakestraw@dars.virginia.gov.

Summary:

The amendments reflect the name of the new agency created by Chapters 803 and 835 of the 2012 Acts of Assembly to assume the powers of the former Department of Rehabilitative Services and the Department for the Aging. The new agency name is the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services.

22VAC30-50-30. Disbursement of funds.

A. This chapter serves to (i) establish policies and procedures for soliciting and receiving applications for grants from the fund, (ii) establish criteria for reviewing and ranking such applications, and (iii) establish procedures for distributing moneys in the fund, which shall be used solely to provide grants to Virginia-based organizations, institutions, and researchers.

B. Forty-seven and one-half percent of the moneys shall be allocated for research on the mechanisms and treatment of neurotrauma; 47-1/2% of the moneys shall be allocated for rehabilitative services, i.e., the development of innovative, model community-based rehabilitative programs and services for individuals with neurotrauma; and 5.0% of the moneys shall be allocated for the Department of Rehabilitative Services' Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services' costs for administering and staffing the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund and advisory board.

22VAC30-50-120. Unexpended funds.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitative Services Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services may 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.