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1994 SESSION
HB 627 Child protective services.
Introduced by: David G. Brickley | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Child protective services. Amends provisions regarding the confidentiality of child protective services records of local departments of social services to allow the department to disclose the contents of confidential records to the following entities when the department determines that there is a legitimate interest and disclosure is in the best interests of the child: persons responsible for investigating abuse, other public human services agencies, school and day care personnel and persons with whom the child might be placed if the child is removed. A department's decision to disclose to one of the specified entities is given a statutory presumption of reasonableness and lawfulness. Unauthorized disclosure of the information by anyone to whom it has been lawfully disclosed remains a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Local departments of social services are required to report certain cases of child abuse to the local law- enforcement agency; currently reports on theses cases are required only to the Commonwealth's attorney. Records of prior complaints involving the same victim or perpetrator would also be shared with the Commonwealth's attorney and local law-enforcement agency. Currently prior complaints are shared with the Commonwealth's attorney only if they involve the same victim and the case was founded.
A state- level child fatality review advisory committee, chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, is established to develop procedures to ensure that child deaths occurring in Virginia are reviewed in a systematic way.
FULL TEXT
- 01/25/94 House: Presented and ordered printed pdf
- 02/15/94 House: Floor substitute printed LD9106136 (HB627H1) pdf
- 02/15/94 House: Printed as engrossed LD9106136 (HB627EH1) pdf
- 03/03/94 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD3778136 (HB627S1) pdf
- 03/21/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB627ER) pdf
- 04/14/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/25/94 House: Presented and ordered printed
- 01/25/94 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/28/94 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 3
- 02/11/94 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/94 House: Read first time
- 02/13/94 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/94 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/15/94 House: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/94 House: Committee amendments rejected
- 02/15/94 House: Substitute by Del. Brickley agreed to
- 02/15/94 House: Amendments by Del. Jackson agreed to
- 02/15/94 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute/with amds.
- 02/15/94 House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N)
- 02/15/94 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 2-N)
- 02/15/94 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/15/94 House: Floor substitute printed LD9106136 (HB627H1)
- 02/15/94 House: Printed as engrossed LD9106136 (HB627EH1)
- 02/17/94 Senate: Read first time
- 02/17/94 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/02/94 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub. (11-Y 3-N 1-A)
- 03/03/94 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD3778136 (HB627S1)
- 03/03/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/94 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/94 Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
- 03/04/94 Senate: Recommitted to Courts of Justice
- 03/06/94 Senate: Reported from C. J. w/sub. w/amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/94 Senate: Read third time
- 03/07/94 Senate: Reading of substitute with amendments waived
- 03/07/94 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to
- 03/07/94 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/07/94 Senate: Engrossed by Senate-comm. substitute w/amds.
- 03/07/94 Senate: Passed Senate with sub. w/amds. (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/94 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/94 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/09/94 House: Senate sub. w/amds. agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/94 House: Title replaced
- 03/09/94 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
- 03/21/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB627ER)
- 03/28/94 House: Enrolled
- 03/29/94 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/30/94 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/10/94 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 643 (effective 7/1/94)
- 04/14/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643)