SEARCH SITE

VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

ACROSS SESSIONS

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2013 SESSION

  • print version
Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chairman: Frank W. Wagner

Clerk: Maryann Horch, Eric Bingham
Staff: Sarah Stanton
Date of Meeting: February 8, 2013
Time and Place: 8:30 a.m. - Senate Room B

H.B. 1439

Patron: Watson

Background checks; children's residential facilities regulated by the Department of Juvenile Justice. Provides that the requirement for criminal history background checks for children's residential facilities shall also apply to local secure detention facilities.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1726 of the Code of Virginia, relating to background checks required; children's residential facilities regulated by Department of Juvenile Justice.

13103991D

H.B. 1443

Patron: O'Bannon

Application for license to operate child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day care center; exempt from requirement of review of certain financial information. Reduces from three to one the number of credit references that an applicant for initial licensure as a child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day care center must submit to be exempt from the requirement that the applicant make his financial records available to the Commissioner of Social Services for review and eliminates the requirement that the Commissioner investigate the applicant's financial responsibility for renewal of a license as a child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day care center.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1702 of the Code of Virginia, relating to application for license to operate a child welfare agency, assisted living facility, or adult day care center; exempt from requirement of submission of certain financial information.

13103993D

H.B. 1449

Patron: Yost

Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties. Provides that the ABC Board may grant a mixed beverage license, notwithstanding the requirement for a referendum, to properties (i) located as of December 1, 2012, within the Montgomery County Route 177 Urban Development Area, which area is adjacent to Exit 109 on Interstate 81, and (ii) on property fronting Route 603 with portions fronting on Interstate 81, located approximately 1,100 feet from the intersection of Route 603 and Interstate 81 at Exit 128 in Montgomery County.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-126 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain establishments.

13100062D

H.B. 1577

Patron: Wilt

TANF; restrictions on use of cash assistance. Prohibits the use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits in any electronic benefit transaction (i) for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, lottery tickets, or sexually explicit visual materials or (ii) in any government store established for the sale of alcoholic beverages, establishment in which pari-mutuel wagering or charitable gaming is conducted, establishment in which tattooing or body-piercing is performed for hire or consideration, or adult entertainment establishment in which performers appear nude or partially nude. The bill incorporates HB 1307 and HB 2153.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 6 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-621, relating to TANF; restrictions on the use of cash assistance.

13104279D

H.B. 1635

Patron: Cosgrove

Temporary jail facilities; Chesapeake. Allows the City of Chesapeake to receive a waiver from the construction requirements of the "Standards for Planning, Design, Construction and Reimbursement of Local Correctional Facilities" (6VAC15-80) and the "Minimum Standards for Jails and Lockups" (6VAC15-40) for a jail enlargement project using a temporary structure for housing community custody inmates. The bill contains an emergency clause.

A BILL to allow for certain waivers for the City of Chesapeake for temporary structures for housing inmates.

13104121D

EMERGENCY

H.B. 1640

Patron: Greason

Child care providers; background checks for eligibility for child care subsidy payments. Requires any person seeking to enter into a contract with the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services for the provision of child care services for which subsidy payments may be paid to undergo a background check, and authorizes the dissemination of criminal history record information to the Department of Social Services or local department of social services for the purpose of screening such individuals.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 19.2-389 and 63.2-1725 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child day centers; background checks.

13103282D

H.B. 1671

Patron: Watson

Alcoholic beverage control; tied house; exemption. Provides an exemption from the tied house restriction for one out-of-state winery, not under common control or ownership with any other winery, that is under common ownership or control with one restaurant licensed to sell wine at retail in Virginia, so long as any wine produced by that winery is purchased from a Virginia wholesale wine licensee by the restaurant before it is offered for sale to consumers.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-215 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; tied house; exemption.

13103408D

H.B. 1721

Patron: O'Bannon

Child abuse and neglect investigations; time limit for reports. Provides that time during which the local department of social services is waiting to receive records that are necessary for the investigation of alleged sexual abuse of a child or alleged abuse or neglect of a child that resulted in the death of the child shall not be counted towards the time limit by which such investigation must be completed.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1505 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child abuse and neglect investigations; time limit for reports.

13102181D

H.B. 1772

Patron: Rush

Department of Corrections; electronic notice. Provides that the Department of Corrections may use electronic means to provide notice to the appropriate parties prior to the release of a prisoner. Under current law, the Department may only provide such notice using first-class mail. The bill contains technical amendments.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-160 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Department of Corrections; notice upon prisoner release by electronic means.

13103220D

H.B. 1849

Patron: Albo

Alcoholic beverage control; operation of contract winemaking facilities. Includes in the privileges for winery and farm winery licensees the ability to operate a contract winemaking facility. In the bill, "contract winemaking facility" is defined as the premises of a licensed winery or farm winery that obtains grapes, fruits, and other plants grown exclusively in Virginia from a person holding a farm winery license and crushes, processes, ferments, bottles, or provides any combination of such services pursuant to an agreement with the farm winery licensee.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-100 and 4.1-207 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; operation of contract winemaking facilities.

13104210D

H.B. 1877

Patron: Lingamfelter

Departments of Corrections and Juvenile Justice; powers and duties of the Director. Provides the Directors of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice with the power to designate certain employees with internal investigations authority within those departments as having the same power as a sheriff or a law-enforcement officer to investigate allegations of criminal behavior affecting the operations of those Departments. The bill also requires such employees shall be subject to any minimum training standard required by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for law-enforcement officers. Finally, the bill requires these Departments to investigate any allegations of criminal behavior in accordance with a written agreement entered into with the Department of State Police.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 53.1-10 and 66-3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Departments of Corrections and Juvenile Justice; powers and duties of the Director; law enforcement.

13103976D

H.B. 2014

Patron: Lewis

Notification of incarcerated individuals ineligible for public assistance. Requires the Department of Corrections to provide to the Department of Social Services, on at least a monthly basis, a list of persons committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections during the preceding month, to facilitate identification of prisoners who were receiving public assistance benefits prior to commitment and who may, as a result of their incarceration, be ineligible to receive benefits.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 53.1 a section numbered 53.1-31.3, relating to notification of incarcerated individuals ineligible for public assistance.

13101752D

H.B. 2045

Patron: Robinson

Foster care and adoption; decisions regarding federal benefits; appeal to the Commissioner. Establishes a right to review by the Commissioner of Social Services of any decision of a local board of social services granting, denying, or changing a benefit available to a child in foster care for any individual whose claim for benefits related to foster care services available pursuant to state or federal law is denied or not acted upon by the local department with reasonable promptness.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 9 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-915, relating to foster care and adoption; decisions regarding federal benefits; appeal to the Commissioner.

13101381D

H.B. 2103

Patron: Sickles

Parole Board; parole review and denial. Requires the Parole Board to ensure that each person eligible for parole receives a timely and thorough review of his suitability for release on parole, including a review of any relevant post-sentencing information. If the Board denies the inmate parole, the Board is required to provide specific reasons for such denial in writing.

 A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-136 of the Code of Virginia, relating to parole board; parole review and denial.

13104181D

H.B. 2148

Patron: Keam

Department of Corrections; exchange of medical records. Authorizes the Department of Corrections to exchange medical and mental health information and records of any person committed to the Department with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, the Department of Social Services, and any local department of social services in the Commonwealth for the purposes of reentry planning and post-incarceration placement and services.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-40.10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Department of Corrections; exchange of medical records with the Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services and with departments of social services.

13103214D

H.B. 2270

Patron: Tyler

Withdrawal from district board of social services. Establishes a process for withdrawal from a district board of social services by the local governing body of a county or city and provides for judicial review in cases in which the Board of Social Services fails or refuses to approve the terms and conditions of a proposed plan for withdrawal from a district board of social services by a local government. The bill contains a reenactment clause.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-306.1, relating to regional boards of social services.

13103772D

H.B. 2291

Patron: Stolle

Local correctional facilities; proceeds from commissary. Allows stores in local correctional facilities to provide services as well as articles and provides that proceeds that are generated from a source other than inmate accounts may be used for the general operation of the sheriff's office.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-127.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to stores in local correctional facilities.

13104078D

H.B. 2308

Patron: Knight

Local correctional facilities; electronic visitation and messaging with prisoners. Provides a broader definition of communication systems used by jails for prisoners to communicate with family, attorneys, and others during incarceration and requires that sheriffs and jail administrators provide this service free of charge if the visitor is physically in the jail facility.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-127.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electronic visitation and messaging with prisoners in local correctional facilities.

13104085D