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2009 SESSION
HJ 666 Adoptions, public agency; joint subcommittee to study.
Introduced by: Stephen C. Shannon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Study; ways to increase public agency adoptions in Virginia; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study ways to increase public agency adoptions in Virginia. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall assess best management practices related to increasing the number of public agency adoptions and develop a strategy for increasing the rate of public agency adoptions in the Commonwealth. In doing so, the joint subcommittee is directed to (i) evaluate the current status of agency adoptions, including factors influencing the rate of adoptions, in the Commonwealth; (ii) identify and evaluate promising programs that have increased the rate of public agency adoptions in other states; and (iii) develop recommendations for development of a strategy to increase the number of public agency adoptions in the Commonwealth. The joint subcommittee is limited to four meetings during the 2009 interim.
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HISTORY
- 01/12/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 097781724
- 01/12/09 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/10/09 House: Left in Rules