SEARCH SITE

VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

ACROSS SESSIONS

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2022 SESSION

  • print version
Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chair: Barbara A. Favola

Staff: David May
Date of Meeting: February 25, 2022
Time and Place: 8:00 AM / Senate Room A. Virtual public comment registration:
https://virginia-senate.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3

H.B. 277

Patron: Coyner


Certified recovery residences. Requires every person who operates a recovery residence to disclose to potential residents whether the recovery residence is a certified recovery residence and, if so, the credentialing entity. If the credentialing entity is the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, the bill requires the recovery residence to disclose the level of support provided by the recovery residence and, if the credentialing entity is Oxford House, Inc., the bill requires the recovery residence to disclose that the recovery residence is self-governed and unstaffed. The bill also requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) to include such information on the list of all certified recovery residences maintained by the Department on its website. The bill further provides that all recovery residences housing individuals diagnosed with substance use disorder shall be certified by the Department in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.The bill exempts certified recovery residences from the provisions of the Virginia Landlord and Tenant Act and also provides that certified recovery residences in which a certifying entity verifies 50 square feet per bed per sleeping room shall constitute residential occupancy by a single family for zoning purposes.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 15.2-2291, 37.2-431.1, and 55.1-1201 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certified recovery residences.

22105975D

H.B. 388

Patron: Willett

State facilities; video visitation. Requires the director of every state facility to establish a process by which individuals receiving services at the state facility are able to receive virtual visits from any person designated by the individual receiving services or his legally authorized representative.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 37.2 a section numbered 37.2-714.1, relating to state facilities; video visitation.

22103639D

H.B. 427

Patron: Herring

Children's Services Act; community policy and management teams and family assessment and planning teams; parent representative. Provides that the parent representative member of the community policy and management team and the family assessment and planning team may be a parent who is employed by a public or private program that receives CSA funds or an agency represented on the community policy and management team or family assessment and planning team if no other parent representative is available. The bill also requires the State Executive Council for Children's Services to inventory current efforts to recruit and retain parent representatives and compile a list of best practices for including and elevating parent voices on community policy and management teams and family assessment and planning teams.

  A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-5205 and 2.2-5207 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Children's Services Act; parent representatives; community policy and management teams; family assessment and planning team.

22106327D

H.B. 484

Patron: Helmer

Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; exemption for postsecondary students. Exempts from mandatory participation in the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families who are enrolled full-time in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and are taking courses as part of a curriculum that leads to a postsecondary credential, such as a degree or an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-608 and 63.2-609 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; exemption for postsecondary students.

22102993D

H.B. 716

Patron: Gooditis

Kinship foster care; notice and appeal. Requires local boards of social services (local boards), upon receiving a request from a child's relative to become a kinship foster parent, to provide the relative with an forms and materials that must be submitted to become a kinship foster parent within 15 days. The bill requires local boards, upon denying a relative's request to become a kinship foster parent, to provide to the relative (i) a clear and specific explanation of the reasons for denial, (ii) a statement that such denial is appealable, and (iii) information regarding the procedure for filing such appeal. The bill allows relatives to file an appeal regarding such decisions with the Commissioner of Social Services and requires the Board of Social Services to adopt certain regulations regarding the timeline of such appeals.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-900.1 and 63.2-915 of the Code of Virginia, relating to kinship foster care; notice and appeal.

22100544D

H.B. 717

Patron: Filler-Corn

Unaccompanied homeless youths; services; consent. Provides that an unaccompanied homeless youth shall be deemed an adult for the purpose of consenting to housing, including emergency shelter, and establishes requirements for providers of housing, including emergency shelter, for unaccompanied homeless youths. The bill directs the Board of Social Services to adopt regulations for implementation of the bill and directs the Department of Social Services to establish a work group to make recommendations to the Board regarding such regulations and to develop recommendations regarding authorizing unaccompanied homeless youth to consent to medical care.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 8 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-806, relating to unaccompanied homeless youths; services; consent.

22106121D

H.B. 735

Patron: Bell

Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits. Repeals the four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits currently set to go into effect on July 1, 2022. Under current law, a maximum of 4.5 sentence credits may be earned for each 30 days served.

A BILL to repeal § 53.1-202.3, as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, Chapter 50 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020, Special Session I, and the second through seventh enactments of Chapter 52 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020, Special Session I, relating to Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits.

22100841D

H.B. 917

Patron: Orrock

Aging services; allocation of resources; individuals with the greatest economic need. Provides that in allocating resources for aging services, the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (i) shall prioritize providing services to those with the greatest economic need and (ii) among individuals with comparable levels of economic need, may prioritize providing services to individuals with the greatest social need.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 51.5-135 of the Code of Virginia, relating to aging services; allocation of resources; individuals with the greatest economic need.

22101202D

H.B. 1270

Patron: Sickles

SNAP benefits program; inmates of state or local correctional facilities. Directs the Department of Social Services (the Department) to submit to the U.S. Department of Agriculture a request for a waiver to allow individuals in the custody of state or local correctional facilities to apply for SNAP benefits prior to release from custody and, upon approval of such waiver, to (i) implement a process by which such individuals may apply for SNAP benefits prior to release and (ii) distribute to the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails information regarding such process.

A BILL to require the Department of Social Services to submit a request for a waiver to allow individuals in the custody of state or local correctional facilities to apply for SNAP benefits prior to release.

22106386D

H.B. 1334

Patron: Murphy

Child abuse and neglect; valid complaint. Amends the definition of "abused or neglected child" to include a child who is sexually exploited or abused by an intimate partner of the child's parent or caretaker and allows a complaint of child abuse or neglect to be deemed valid by a local department of social services (local department) in such instances. The bill allows a complaint of child abuse or neglect that alleges child trafficking to be deemed valid regardless of who the alleged abuser is or whether the alleged abuser has been identified. The bill requires a local department that receives a complaint or report of child abuse or neglect over which it does not have jurisdiction to forward such complaint or report to the appropriate local department, if the local department that does have jurisdiction is located in the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-228, 63.2-100, and 63.2-1508 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child abuse and neglect; valid complaint.

22104535D

H.B. 1336

Patron: Robinson


Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; winery, farm winery, and limited brewery licensees; distribution of wine and beer. Directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a work group consisting of representatives of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, the Virginia Wineries Association, the Virginia Wine Wholesalers Association, the Virginia Beer Wholesalers Association, and the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild and other relevant stakeholders to (i) conduct research to determine the appropriate fee structure and general fund appropriation necessary to adequately address staffing needs and perform information technology system upgrades for the purpose of accommodating winery, farm winery, and limited brewery licensees that wish to utilize the services of the Virginia Winery Distribution Company; (ii) evaluate the number of barrels of beer allowed to be distributed by a limited brewery licensee over the course of one year; and (iii) review and evaluate alternative avenues of distribution, other than distribution through the Virginia Winery Distribution Company, that could be made available to limited brewery licensees. The bill directs the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Board of Directors of the Virginia Winery Distribution Company (the Board) for approval and directs the Board to report any such approved findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on General Laws no later than October 1, 2022.

A BILL directing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a work group to evaluate the needs of the Virginia Winery Distribution Company.

22104831D