The board shall prioritize reimbursement requests in a manner to ensure an equitable distribution of state funds across the Commonwealth; and, absent a health, safety, or welfare risk requiring priority, the board shall ordinarily give preference to requests for reimbursement for regionalized local facilities. Regionalized local facilities shall normally serve three or more localities as determined by the needs assessment.
6 Va. Admin. Code § 35-30-70
Statutory Authority
§§ 16.1-309.5, 16.1-309.9, 16.1-322.7 and 66-10 of the Code of Virginia.