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§ 2-578 — Functions

Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2026 (Recodification codified through Ordinance No. 2025-207, adopted October 14, 2025) · Richmond, Va., City Code § 2-578

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Sec. 2-578. - Functions.

(a) The Department of Social Services shall be responsible for fulfilling the duties imposed by the laws of the Commonwealth relating to public assistance and relief of the poor, and such other powers and duties as may be assigned to the Department by law or ordinance. (b) The Council may by ordinance transfer or assign the function of furnishing medical aid and care to the indigent at the institution known as the City Home or at such other similar institution as may be operated by the City for furnishing medical aid and care to the indigent from the District Health Department to the Department of Social Services.

(Code 1993, § 2-218; Code 2004, § 2-602; Code 2015, § 2-569; Code 2020, § 2-569)