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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chairman: Frank W. Wagner

Clerk: Eric Bingham
Staff: Sarah Stanton, David May
Date of Meeting: February 6, 2015
Time and Place: Friday 8 AM, Senate Room B

H.B. 1440 Alcoholic beverage control; ABC Board markups.

Patron: Albo

Alcoholic beverage control; markups. Allows the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to round the final price of each container of alcoholic beverages it sells to end with a nine after including a reasonable markup and applicable taxes. Under current law, the final price may be a multiple of five.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-235 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; markups.

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H.B. 1821 Post-adoption services.

Patron: Farrell

Post-adoption services. Requires the State Registrar of Vital Records, when issuing a new certificate of birth pursuant to an adoption, to provide adoptive parents with a document listing all post-adoption services available to adoptive families. The bill requires the Department of Social Services to create, annually update, and make this document available on its website.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-261 and 63.2-1220 of the Code of Virginia, relating to post-adoption services.

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S.B. 898 Family day homes, unlicensed and unregistered; notice to DSS, background checks.

Patron: Favola

Unlicensed and unregistered family day homes; notice to Department of Social Services; background checks; safety requirements. Requires unlicensed and unregistered family day homes to submit the following to the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services prior to beginning operation: (i) a statement of intent to operate an unlicensed and unregistered family day home, (ii) the name, address, and telephone number of the person maintaining the family day home, and (iii) a statement that the person who maintains the family day home has complied with the applicable background check requirements. The bill requires background checks for (a) employees who will be involved in the day-to-day operations of the family day home or will be alone with, in control of, or supervising one or more of the children and (b) any other adult living in the family day home. The bill also requires that a person trained and certified in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation be present whenever one or more children are in the home and that the home remain free from fire hazards.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1704.1, relating to unlicensed and unregistered family day homes; notice to Department of Social Services; background checks; safety requirements.

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S.B. 1152 Criminal gang files; DOC to report incarcerated persons.

Patron: Wexton

Criminal gang files. Allows the Department of Corrections to enter information into state and federal gang files on an offender who is incarcerated for more than one year at any time before the offender is released from incarceration. Current law requires such entry to be made "as soon as practicable" after determining that the person is a member of an organized criminal gang.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 52-8.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to criminal street gang reporting; incarcerated persons.

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S.B. 1268 Adoption; child in custody of prospective adoptive parent(s) for five years or more.

Patron: Deeds

Adoption; child in custody of prospective adoptive parent(s) for five years or more. Allows the juvenile and domestic relations district court to waive the home study and counseling requirements in an adoption proceeding if the child has been in the continuous legal and physical custody of the prospective adoptive parent(s) for five or more years.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 4.1 of Chapter 12 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-1242.4, relating to adoption; child in custody of prospective adoptive parent(s) for five years or more.

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S.B. 1311 Prisoners; sheriff, etc., to notify victim as soon as practicable of transfer.

Patron: Deeds

Notice required upon transfer of prisoner. Requires the sheriff, superintendent, or Department of Corrections to give notice to any victim as soon as practicable following the transfer of such prisoner. Under current law, such notice must be given at least 15 days prior to the transfer.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 53.1-133.02 and 53.1-160 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notice to be given to victim upon prisoner transfer.

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S.B. 1460 Financial exploitation of adults; report to State Police when loss is greater then $500,000.

Patron: Barker

Financial exploitation of adults. Provides that upon receipt of a report of suspected financial exploitation of an adult in which financial losses to the adult resulting from the exploitation are suspected to be greater than $500,000, the local department of social services or adult protective services hotline shall immediately refer the matter and all relevant documentation to both the State Police and the local law-enforcement agency where the adult resides or where the alleged exploitation took place or, if these places are unknown, where the alleged exploitation was discovered, for investigation.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1605 of the Code of Virginia, relating to financial exploitation of adults.

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