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2004 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 63.2-1527 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 63.2-1527. Board oversight duties; Out-of-Family Investigations Advisory Committee.
A. The Board shall be responsible for establishing standards for out-of-family investigations and for the implementation of the family assessment track of the differential response system.
B. The Board shall establish an advisory committee including, but not limited
to, representatives of the following types of organizations or groups
Out-of-Family Investigations Advisory Committee (the Committee) is hereby
established as an advisory committee in the executive branch of state
government.
C. The Committee shall consist of 15 members as follows: one representative of
public school employees, one representative of a hospital for children,
one representative of a licensed child care center, one representative of
a juvenile detention home, one representative of a public or private
residential facility for children, one representative of a family day care
home, one representative of a local department of Social Services, one
representative of a religious organization with a program for children, and one
representative of Virginians for Child Abuse Prevention and six citizens of the
Commonwealth at large. The Chairman of the Board shall appoint such persons for
terms established by the Board.
D. The Committee shall advise the Board on the effectiveness of the policies and standards governing out-of-family investigations.
B. The Board shall establish standards for the implementation of the family
assessment track of the differential response system.
E. The Committee shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from among its membership. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Committee shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the voting members so request.
F. Members shall receive no compensation for their services nor be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.
G. The Department of Social Services shall provide staff support to the Committee. All agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance to the Committee, upon request.