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2020 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chair: Barbara A. Favola

Date of Meeting: January 31, 2020
Time and Place: 8:00 a.m. Senate Room A

S.B. 298 Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exception.

Patron: Stanley

Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exception. Allows wholesale licensees to enter into sponsorship or advertising contracts with annual mixed beverage motor sports facility licensees who operate food concessions at an outdoor motor sports road racing club facility that is located on 1,200 acres of rural property bordering the Dan River and has a track surface of 3.27 miles in length.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-216 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; tied house exception.

20100385D

S.B. 425 Assisted living facilities; audio-visual recording of residents, report.

Patron: DeSteph

Assisted living facilities; audio-visual recording of residents. Directs the Board of Social Services (the Board) to promulgate regulations by July 1, 2021, governing audio-visual recording of residents in assisted living facilities and requires the Department of Social Services to convene a workgroup of stakeholders to make recommendations on such regulations. The workgroup shall report its recommendations to the Board and the General Assembly by December 1, 2020.

A BILL to require the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations for the audio-visual recording of residents in assisted living facilities.

20102643D

S.B. 441 Alcoholic beverage control; winery license privileges.

Patron: Surovell

Alcoholic beverage control; winery license privileges. Allows winery licensees to sell at retail the brands of wine that the winery owns (i) at premises described in the winery license for on-premises consumption or in closed containers for off-premises consumption or (ii) in approved areas at four special events per year for on-premises consumption or in closed containers for off-premises consumption, provided that not less than 20 percent of the volume of wine sold for on-premises consumption in any calendar year is manufactured on the licensed premises.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-207 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; winery license privileges.

20100875D

S.B. 593 Licensed family day homes; storage of firearms.

Patron: Hanger

Licensed family day homes; storage of firearms. Requires that all firearms in a licensed family day home be stored unloaded in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet. The bill also requires that, during the family day home's hours of operation, ammunition be stored separate from all firearms in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-914 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1701.01, relating to licensed family day homes; storage of firearms.

20101435D

S.B. 668 Child care providers; out-of-state background checks.

Patron: Boysko

Child care providers; out-of-state background checks. Requires certain child care providers and employees or volunteers thereof to submit to background checks that include a criminal history record information check and sex offender registry check in any state in which the applicant has resided in the preceding five years.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1720.1, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, and 63.2-1721.1, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to child care providers; out-of-state background checks.

20102503D

S.B. 676 Hampton, City of; alcoholic beverage control licensees.

Patron: Mason

Zoning; City of Hampton; alcoholic beverage control licensees. Grants the City of Hampton authority to impose a condition upon any special exception or use permit relating to retail alcoholic beverage control licensees which provides that such special exception or use permit will automatically expire upon a change of ownership of the property, a change in possession, a change in the operation or management of a facility, or the passage of a specific period of time.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-2286 of the Code of Virginia, relating to zoning; alcoholic beverage control licensees.

20102863D

S.B. 678 Central registry; electronic requests and responses.

Patron: Mason

Department of Social Services; central registry; electronic requests and responses. Allows requests for and responses to searches of the central registry of founded complaints of child abuse and neglect maintained by the Department of Social Services to be sent electronically.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-296.4 and 63.2-1515 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Social Services; central registry; electronic requests and responses.

20103026D

S.B. 686 Assisted living facilities; individualized service plans.

Patron: Mason

Assisted living facilities; individualized service plans. Requires the Board of Social Services to amend its regulations governing assisted living facility individualized service plans to require (i) that individualized service plans be reviewed and updated (a) at least once every 12 months or (b) sooner if modifications to the plan are needed due to a significant change in the resident's condition; and (ii) that any deviation from the individualized service plan (a) be documented in writing or electronically, (b) include a description of the circumstances warranting deviation and the date such deviation will occur, (c) certify that notice of such deviation was provided to the resident or his legal representative, (d) be included in the resident's file, and (e) in the case of deviations that are made due to a significant change in the resident's condition, be signed by an authorized representative of the assisted living facility and the resident or his legal representative.

A BILL to require the Board of Social Services to amend regulations governing assisted living facility individualized service plans.

20104983D

S.B. 695 Telemarketing; financial exploitation, agency communication.

Patron: Obenshain

Telemarketing; financial exploitation; agency communication. Directs the Attorney General to establish ongoing communication with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services and the Department of Social Services to ensure that adults 60 years of age or older or 18 years of age or older and incapacitated have access to information regarding the prevention of potential patterns of financial exploitation.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 44 of Title 59.1 a section numbered 59.1-518.01, relating to telemarketing; financial exploitation; agency communication.

20102848D

S.B. 706 Human trafficking; assessments by local departments.

Patron: Obenshain

Human trafficking assessments by local departments. Changes the name of sex trafficking assessments to human trafficking assessments and allows local departments of social services conducting such human trafficking assessments to interview the alleged child victim or his siblings without the consent and outside the presence of such child's or siblings' parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person standing in loco parentis, or school personnel. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1506.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to human trafficking assessments by local departments.

20105034D

S.B. 824 Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses, Internet orders and shipments.

Patron: Ruff

Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses; Internet orders and shipments. Allows the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to include provisions in its agency agreements with licensed distillers operating government stores that allow such distillers to sell spirits and low alcohol beverage coolers through Internet orders and ship such orders directly to consumers within the Commonwealth for personal consumption. The bill also clarifies the power of the Board of Directors of the Authority to sell alcoholic beverages through Internet orders and to ship such orders directly to consumers or licensees within the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-103 and 4.1-119, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses; Internet orders and shipments.

20102485D

S.B. 833 Alcoholic beverage control; creates cocktail supply shop license.

Patron: Ebbin

Alcoholic beverage control; cocktail supply shop license. Creates a cocktail supply shop license, which (i) may be granted to a retail establishment in which at least 75 percent of its annual sales come from the sale of cocktail-related supplies other than spirits and (ii) authorizes the licensee to sell or give samples of spirits, subject to quantity limits set forth in the bill. The bill establishes state and local license fees for such license.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-100, 4.1-206, 4.1-231, and 4.1-233 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; cocktail supply shop license.

20102452D

S.B. 927 Religious-exempt child day centers; staff-to-children ratios.

Patron: Hanger

Religious-exempt child day centers; staff-to-children ratios. Provides that, with respect to a child day center that is exempt from licensure due to its operation under the auspices of a religious institution, the applicable staff-to-children ratio for children receiving care in a group shall be based on the age of the youngest child in such group.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1716 of the Code of Virginia, relating to religious-exempt child day centers; staff-to-children ratios.

20104396D

S.B. 991 New Americans, Office of; created within Department of Social Services.

Patron: Hashmi

Department of Social Services; Office of New Americans created. Establishes the Office of New Americans within the Department of Social Services, as well as an advisory board, to assist immigrant integration within the Commonwealth on an economic, social, and cultural level. The Office shall provide (i) advice and assistance regarding the citizenship application process; (ii) assistance with securing employment, housing, and services for which such persons may be eligible; (iii) information to localities and immigration service organizations about state programs that help such persons find and secure employment, housing, and services for which they may be eligible; and (iv) information to localities and immigration service organizations regarding health epidemics and unlawful predatory actions, such as human trafficking, gang recruitment, and fraudulent financial and other schemes, to which communities of such persons may be especially vulnerable. The Advisory Board shall report to the Director of the Office, who will submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual executive summary of the interim activity and work of the Board no later than the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. The bill renames the Office of Newcomer Services as the Division of Newcomer Services and establishes the division as a subdivision of the Office of New Americans.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 63.2-209.1 and 63.2-209.2, relating to Department of Social Services; Office of New Americans created.

20105427D

S.B. 1025 Kinship foster care; training and approval processes.

Patron: Dunnavant

Kinship foster care; training and approval processes. Requires local boards of social services to request a waiver of training requirements necessary for the approval of a kinship foster parent upon determining that training requirements are a barrier to placement with the kinship foster parent and that such placement is in the child's best interest. The bill prohibits local boards from requiring that a child be removed from the physical custody of a kinship foster parent during such approval process. The bill requires the Department of Social Services to (i) develop a training program that is tailored to persons seeking approval as a kinship foster parent, (ii) develop a document that provides comprehensive information regarding kinship foster care, and (iii) provide training to local boards regarding the process through which a person may be approved as a kinship foster parent without requiring removal of the child from the physical custody of such person.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-900.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to kinship foster care; training and approval processes.

20105416D

S.B. 1029 Alcoholic beverage control; gourmet shop license, distiller participation in tastings.

Patron: Mason

Alcoholic beverage control; gourmet shop license; distiller participation in tastings. Allows distillers to participate in tastings held by gourmet shop licensees.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-209 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; gourmet shop license; distiller participation in tastings.

20105624D

S.B. 1033 Juvenile community correctional centers and facilities; establishment, placement of juveniles.

Patron: Locke

Juvenile community correctional centers and facilities; establishment; placement of juveniles. Changes the term "juvenile correctional centers and facilities" to "juvenile community correctional centers and facilities." The bill further provides that any juvenile community correctional center established after July 1, 2020, shall (i) be located within a locality in which at least five percent of all juvenile commitments occur statewide, using an average of the rate of commitments of the three most recent consecutive years, and (ii) be designed to confine 30 juveniles or fewer. The bill also states that the Department of Juvenile Justice shall place children at the juvenile community correctional center located closest to their primary residence and within one hour of such residence via motor vehicle and within one and one-half hours of such residence via public transportation. If such placement is not available, the Department shall use an alternative placement that is closest to the juvenile's primary residence, such as a local juvenile detention center. Under current law, the Department may place such children at such facilities as are available.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-1837, 2.2-3007, 8.01-195.10, 9.1-801, 9.1-903, 16.1-249, 16.1-269.1, 16.1-285.1, 16.1-285.2, 16.1-309.4, 16.1-322.5, 16.1-322.6, 18.2-48.1, 18.2-431.1, 18.2-473, 18.2-473.1, 18.2-474, 18.2-474.1, 18.2-477.2, 22.1-209.1:2, 22.1-289, 29.1-317, 51.1-212, 66-3, 66-10, 66-13, 66-13.1, 66-18, 66-22.1, 66-25.1:1, 66-25.1:3, 66-25.2:1, 66-25.3, 66-25.4, 66-25.6, and 66-25.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to juvenile community correctional centers and facilities; establishment; placement of juveniles.

20104653D

S.B. 1095 Alcoholic beverage control; prohibition on mixed beverages at strip clubs.

Patron: Morrissey

Alcoholic beverage control; prohibition on mixed beverages at strip clubs. Removes provisions that prevent the granting of a mixed beverage license to establishments that allow stripteasing, topless entertainment, or entertainment that involves employees who are not clad both above and below the waist.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-111, 4.1-113, 4.1-223, 4.1-226, and 4.1-325 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; prohibition on mixed beverages at strip clubs.

20105792D