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levels. Section 212 of PL 93-66 addressed the loss of Medicaid funds. These cases were called "mandatory supplementation cases". States were given the option of having their supplementation program administered by the federal government or administering their own program. Virginia opted for self-administration. In 1973, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation permitting the Departments of Social Services and the Visually Handicapped to establish an Auxiliary Grants (AG) Program (Code of Virginia, Section 63.1-25.1). The Virginia Department of Social Services’ State Board and the Department for the Visually Handicapped expanded the Auxiliary Grants Program in July 1974 to include (no later than November 1, 1974) aged, blind, or disabled persons in assisted living facilities who had insufficient funds to meet their needs as established by the State Board. This part of the program was called "optional supplementation" to distinguish these cases from the December 1973 cases. o It is no longer necessary to distinguish mandatory supplementation cases from optional ones as Virginia has increased its supplemental payments to a level that exceeds the mandated level. In 1984, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation, which gave the Department of Social Services sole responsibility for operating the program. Effective October 1, 2002, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation repealing the Code of Virginia, Section 63.1-25.1 and replaced it with Section 63.2-800. In 2012, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation repealing the Code of Virginia, Section 63.2-800 and replacing it with Section 51.5-160 which gave the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services administrative authority to operate the program. In 2016, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation adding a third setting, supportive housing, to the AG program.