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2021 SESSION
SB 1176 Barrier crimes; amends current requirements for DBHDS to provide, etc.
Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; barrier crimes. Amends the current barrier crimes requirements for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) to provide that the Department, community services boards, children's residential facilities, and licensed providers shall not hire for compensated employment at a state facility, permit to be hired as a private provider, approve as a sponsored residential service provider, approve to be a volunteer, approve to provide contractual services, or permit to enter into a shared living arrangement with a person receiving medical assistance services any person who has been convicted of any offense set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of the definition of "barrier crime" in § 19.2-392.02 (i) within the 10 years prior to the application date for employment, and may hire a person who has been convicted of such offenses more than 10 years prior only if he has not been convicted of any other crime within the 10 years prior to the application date, or (ii) if such person continues on probation or parole or has failed to pay required court costs for such offenses set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of such definition of barrier crime. Under current law, with some exceptions, the Department, community services boards, and licensed providers shall not hire for compensated employment persons who have been convicted of any offense set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of such definition of barrier crime.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101250D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103913D-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101250D
- 01/08/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/22/21 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 01/28/21 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103913D-S1
- 01/29/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103913D-S1
- 02/01/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1176S1
- 02/02/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote