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2020 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chair: Barbara A. Favola

Date of Meeting: February 21, 2020
Time and Place: 8:00 am Senate Room A Updated to add HB799 & HB1025
Updated to add HB799 & HB1025

H.B. 37 Alcoholic beverage control; stills or distilling apparatuses, permit requirement.

Patron: Cole, M.L.

Alcoholic beverage control; stills or distilling apparatuses; permit requirement. Narrows the requirement that a permit be obtained from the Board of Directors of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority in order to keep, store, or possess any still or distilling apparatus to include only instances in which a still or distilling apparatus is kept, stored, or possessed for purpose of distilling alcohol.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-212 and 4.1-314 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; stills or distilling apparatuses; permit requirement.

20100989D

H.B. 281 Prisoners; medical care.

Patron: Hope

Prisoners; medical care. Eliminates the Department of Corrections prisoner co-payment program for nonemergency health care services.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-32 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prisoners; medical care.

20100702D

H.B. 390 Alcoholic beverage control; license and fee reform.

Patron: Knight

Alcoholic beverage control; license and fee reform. Reorganizes all alcoholic beverage control licenses pursuant to the three-tier structure and license privileges, consolidates many licenses with common privileges, aligns license fee amounts with enforcement demands, and standardizes quantity limits on alcohol samples. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 3.2-102, 3.2-5115, 4.1-100, 4.1-103, 4.1-103.03, 4.1-111, 4.1-114, 4.1-119, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 4.1-124, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 4.1-132, 4.1-201, 4.1-201.1, 4.1-203, 4.1-204, 4.1-205, 4.1-209, 4.1-209.1, 4.1-211, 4.1-212, 4.1-212.1, 4.1-215, 4.1-216, 4.1-221.1, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 4.1-223, 4.1-225.1, 4.1-227, 4.1-230, 4.1-232, 4.1-238, 4.1-310, 4.1-310.1, 4.1-325, 4.1-325.1, 4.1-325.2, 4.1-327, 15.2-912.3, 15.2-2288.3, 15.2-2288.3:1, 15.2-2288.3:2, 40.1-100, 58.1-339.12, and 58.1-609.3 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 4.1-206.1, 4.1-206.2, 4.1-206.3, 4.1-231.1, and 4.1-233.1; and to repeal §§ 4.1-206, 4.1-207, 4.1-207.1, 4.1-208, 4.1-210, 4.1-220, 4.1-231, and 4.1-233 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; license and fee reform.

20105671D

H.B. 566 Food stamps and TANF; eligibility, drug-related felonies.

Patron: Guzman

Eligibility for food stamps and TANF; drug-related felonies. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive food stamp benefits shall not be denied such assistance solely because he has been convicted of a drug-related felony. Under current law, such individuals may not be denied food stamp benefits based on a felony conviction of possession of a controlled substance in violation of § 18.2-250, provided that such person is complying with, or has already complied with, all obligations imposed by the criminal court, is actively engaged in or has completed a substance abuse treatment program, participates in periodic drug screenings, and meets any other obligations as determined by the Department of Social Services. The bill also provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to receive TANF benefits shall not be denied such assistance solely because he has been convicted of a drug-related felony. This bill incorporates HB 391, HB 786, HB 814, and HB 1130.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-505.2 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-607.1, relating to eligibility for food stamps and TANF; drug-related felonies.

20105729D

H.B. 597 Group homes and children's residential facilities; licensure, certain information required.

Patron: Murphy

Group homes; licensure; certain information required. Requires every applicant for licensure or renewal of a license to establish, conduct, maintain, or operate or continue to operate a group home at which services for individuals with mental health or substance use disorder are offered to submit to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, together with such application, financial information; information about services and staffing; and a statement of (i) the legal name of the applicant and, if the applicant is an association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the names and addresses of its officers, agents, sponsors, partners, shareholders, or members and (ii) the legal name under which the applicant, any entity that operates group homes that is affiliated with or under common ownership or control with the applicant, and any entity that operates group homes and that is affiliated with or under common ownership or control with any officer, agent, sponsor, partner, shareholder, or member of the applicant to which a license to operate a group home has been issued in any other state, together with a list of the states in which such licenses have been issued and the dates for which such licenses were issued. The bill also provides that in the case of an application for licensure as a children's residential facility, such application shall contain information regarding any complaints, enforcement actions, or sanctions against a license to operate a children's residential facility held by the applicant in another state and that the investigation into such application conducted by the Department of Social Services shall include consideration of any complaints, enforcement actions, or sanctions against a license to operate a children's residential facility held by the applicant in another state.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1701 and 63.2-1702 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 37.2-405.2, relating to group homes and children’s residential facilities; licensure; certain information required.

20106676D

H.B. 600 Family day homes; storage of firearms.

Patron: Hope

Family day homes; storage of firearms. Requires that during the hours of operation of a family day home, all firearms be stored unloaded in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet and that ammunition be stored in a separate 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 family day homes; storage of firearms.

20102002D

H.B. 690 Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); family cap.

Patron: Aird

TANF; family cap. Repeals the prohibition on increasing the amount of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) that a family receives upon the birth of a child during the period of TANF eligibility or during the period in which the family or adult recipient is ineligible for TANF benefits pursuant to a penalty imposed by the Commissioner of Social Services for failure to comply with benefit eligibility or child support requirements.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-609 and 63.2-1908 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 63.2-604 of the Code of Virginia, relating to TANF; family cap.

20102462D

H.B. 731 Hampton, City of; alcoholic beverage control licensees.

Patron: Mugler

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.

20102316D

H.B. 799 Child day programs; lead testing, potable water, effective date.

Patron: Askew

Child day programs; potable water; lead testing. Requires licensed child day programs and certain other programs that serve preschool-age children to develop and implement a plan to test potable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as high priority. The bill requires such plan and the results of each such test to be submitted to and reviewed by the Commissioner of Social Services and the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water. The bill stipulates that if the result of any such test indicates a level of lead in the potable water that is at or above 15 parts per billion, the program shall remediate the level of lead in the potable water to below 15 parts per billion, confirm such remediation by retesting the water, and submit the results of the retests to the Commissioner of Social Services and the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water for review. The bill also provides such programs the option of using bottled water in lieu of testing or remediation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1705.1, relating to child day programs; potable water; lead testing.

20101841D

H.B. 904 Child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs.

Patron: Hayes

Child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs. Adds to the list of mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse and neglect athletic coaches, directors, and other persons 18 years of age or older that are employed by or volunteering with a public sports organization or team.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs.

20100216D

H.B. 933 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; expands eligibility, fictive kin.

Patron: Carroll Foy

Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; eligibility; fictive kin. Expands eligibility for the Kinship Guardianship Assistance program by allowing payments to be made to fictive kin who receive custody of a child of whom they had been the foster parent. This bill incorporates HB 917.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-282.1, 63.2-100, 63.2-900.1, 63.2-906, and 63.2-1305 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; eligibility; fictive kin.

20106451D

H.B. 997 Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal background checks, repeals sunset.

Patron: Convirs-Fowler

Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal background checks; sunset and contingency expiration. Repeals the sunset and contingency expiration of the requirement that the following individuals undergo fingerprint-based national criminal history background checks: (i) applicants for employment by, employees of, applicants to serve as volunteers with, and volunteers with any licensed family day system, child day center exempt from licensure due to its operation by a religious institution, registered family day home, or family day home approved by a family day system; (ii) applicants for licensure as a family day system, registration as a family day home, or approval as a family day home by a family day system, as well as agents of such applicants and any adult living in such family day home; and (iii) individuals who apply for or enter into a contract with the Department of Social Services under which a child day center, family day home, or child day program will provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, as well as the applicant's current or prospective employees and volunteers, agents, and any adult living in the child day center or family day home.

A BILL to repeal the fourth and fifth enactments of Chapter 189 of the Acts of Assembly of 2017, as amended by Chapters 146 and 278 of the Acts of Assembly of 2018, and to repeal the fourth and fifth enactments of Chapter 751 of the Acts of Assembly of 2017, as amended by Chapters 146 and 278 of the Acts of Assembly of 2018, relating to child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal background check; sunset and contingency.

20102068D

H.B. 1015 Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; created, report.

Patron: Herring

Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; report. Creates the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund, which shall be administered by the Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Department of Health and the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, and used to develop and support programs that prevent sexual and domestic violence through strategies that (i) promote healthy practices related to relationships, sexuality, and social-emotional development and (ii) counteract the factors associated with the initial perpetration of sexual and domestic violence.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 63.2 a chapter numbered 23, consisting of a section numbered 63.2-2300, relating to Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; report.

20104212D

H.B. 1025 Law-enforcement officers w/disability, former; vocational rehabilitation and employment services.

Patron: Adams, L.R.

Vocational rehabilitation and employment services for former law-enforcement officers with a disability. Requires the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to make information regarding vocational rehabilitation programs and employment services available to assist former law-enforcement officers who have a disability as a result of their service with preparing for, obtaining, and maintaining suitable employment, including information on the types of programs available and the process by which former law-enforcement officers who have a disability as a result of their service can access such programs and services, available to law-enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth, and provides that every law-enforcement agency in the Commonwealth shall provide to every law-enforcement officer who separates from the agency due to a disability resulting from his service information regarding vocational rehabilitation programs and employment services available to assist former law-enforcement officers who have a disability as a result of their service with preparing for, obtaining, and maintaining suitable employment, including information on the types of programs available and the process by which such law-enforcement officers may access such programs and services.

A BILL to require the Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services and law-enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth to make information about vocational rehabilitation programs and employment services available to certain law-enforcement officers.

20107016D

H.B. 1088 Alcoholic beverage control; walking tour permit.

Patron: Carr

Alcoholic beverage control; walking tour permit. Removes the requirement that food cooked or prepared on the premises be served at each retail on-premises licensee visited by a tour company guiding individuals for compensation pursuant to a walking tour permit. Under current law, food cooked or prepared on the premises is required to be served at each establishment visited by the tour. The bill adds requirements that the tour company ensure that (i) each tour includes no more than 15 guests per tour guide and no more than three tour guides, (ii) a tour guide is present with guests throughout the duration of the tour, and (iii) all participants are persons to whom alcoholic beverages may be lawfully sold. The bill contains technical amendments.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-212 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; walking tour permit.

20106087D

H.B. 1142 Alcoholic beverage control; possession, etc., of alcoholic beverages at school-sponsored activities.

Patron: Tran

Alcoholic beverage control; possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages at school-sponsored activities; penalty. Prohibits persons from possessing or drinking alcoholic beverages while attending a public elementary or secondary school-sponsored activity hosted at a non-school facility. A violation of the provisions of the bill is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-309 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; possession and sale of alcoholic beverages at school-sponsored activities.

20101886D

H.B. 1148 Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Department of; reorganizes provisions.

Patron: Keam

Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. Reorganizes provisions of the Code related to the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. The State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is relocated in the Code and the Respite Care Grant Program is eliminated. The bill also calls for additional education services to be provided by the Department with respect to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 51.5-125, 51.5-128, 51.5-131, 51.5-132, 51.5-134 through 51.5-138, 51.5-150, and 51.5-152 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 14 of Title 51.5 an article numbered 13, consisting of sections numbered 51.5-182 through 51.5-185; and to repeal §§ 51.5-139 through 51.5-142 and Article 8 (§§ 51.5-155 through 51.5-158) of Chapter 14 of Title 51.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Respite Care Grant Program, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.

20100723D

H.B. 1187 Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses, Internet orders and shipments.

Patron: Wampler

Alcoholic beverage control; online sales of spirits by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority. 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 and licensees within the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 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.

20106518D

H.B. 1209 New Americans, Office of; created within Department of Social Services.

Patron: Tran

Department of Social Services; Office of New Americans created. Establishes the Office of New Americans within the Department of Social Services and the Office of New Americans Advisory Board to assist with 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 annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on the activities of the Office of New Americans and provide recommendations for improving state policies and programs to support the economic, linguistic, and civic integration of new Americans throughout the Commonwealth.

 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 24 of Title 2.2 an article numbered 28, consisting of sections numbered 2.2-2496 through 2.2-2499.1, and by adding a section numbered 63.2-209.1, relating to Department of Social Services; Office of New Americans created; Office of New Americans Advisory Board created.

20106907D

H.B. 1235 Religious-exempt child day centers; staff-to-children ratios.

Patron: Wilt

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.

20102476D

H.B. 1284 Correctional facilities; use of isolated confinement.

Patron: Hope

Correctional facilities; use of isolated confinement. Directs the Board of Corrections to, in consultation with a stakeholder work group, conduct a review of the standards and requirements governing, and the application and use of isolated confinement in, local correctional facilities.

A BILL to direct the Board of Corrections to conduct a review of the standards and requirements governing, and the application and use of isolated confinement in, local correctional facilities.

20107884D

H.B. 1371 TANF; diversionary cash assistance.

Patron: Bourne

TANF; diversionary cash assistance. Imposes a minimum threshold of $1,500 on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) diversionary cash assistance. The bill provides that any person who receives TANF diversionary cash assistance waives his eligibility for TANF for the number of days for which assistance is granted multiplied by 1.33. The bill also requires the Board of Social Services to adopt regulations to enable TANF-eligible applicants meeting certain criteria to receive a TANF emergency assistance payment of up to $1,500 to prevent eviction or to address needs resulting from a fire or natural disaster.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-617 of the Code of Virginia, relating to TANF; diversionary cash assistance.

20102506D

H.B. 1410 Food stamps; Restaurant Meals Program.

Patron: Roem

Food stamps; Restaurant Meals Program. Directs the Department of Social Services to participate in the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP) of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The bill requires the Department to develop and implement a plan to begin such participation no later than January 1, 2021.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-801 of the Code of Virginia, relating to food stamps; Restaurant Meals Program.

20104292D

H.B. 1648 Correctional facilities, state; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant.

Patron: Kory

State correctional facilities; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant or who are parents of minor children. Provides for rules and regulations regarding the treatment, control, and education of prisoners known to be pregnant and prisoners who are primary caretakers of minor children in state correctional facilities. The bill requires the Department of Corrections to include in the training it provides for state correctional officers and juvenile correctional officers who may have contact with pregnant inmates training on the general care of pregnant women and the impact of restraints, restrictive housing or solitary confinement, and body cavity searches on such inmates. The bill requires the Director of the Department of Corrections, after accounting for safety, security, and operational factors, to place prisoners who are known primary caretakers of minor children in a facility as close as possible to such children. The bill also requires correctional officers, when (i) contact is required between such officer and an inmate, (ii) the inmate is required to disrobe, and (iii) the officer is not the same gender as the inmate, to submit a written report to the official in charge of the state or local correctional facility within 72 hours following the incident containing the justification for the suspension of the requirement that such incident occur only during the period of a declared emergency. The bill further authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to prescribe reasonable rules regarding visitation that include authorization of visitation by minor dependents of prisoners who are primary caretakers of minor children with Level 1 or Level 2 security classifications.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-102, 53.1-20, 53.1-25.1, and 66-10 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 53.1-35.2 and by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 53.1 an article numbered 2.2, consisting of sections numbered 53.1-40.11 through 53.1-40.16, relating to state correctional facilities; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant or parents of minor dependents.

20107870D