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1998 SESSION

988654152
HOUSE BILL NO. 888
Offered January 26, 1998
A BILL to amend and reenact § 16.1-322.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to payments for children from other counties or cities in secure detention facilities.
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Patrons-- Clement, Bryant, Byron, Diamonstein, Hall, Johnson, Rhodes, Thomas and Woodrum; Senator: Hawkins
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16.1-322.4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 16.1-322.4. Payments for children from other counties or cities.

Any locality or commission operating a juvenile secure detention facility may collect from any locality of this Commonwealth from which a child is placed in its facility a daily rate which does not exceed the sum total of the daily operating costs. Daily cost shall be based on the cost of capital construction debt service less any state reimbursement and the cost of feeding, clothing, caring for, and furnishing medicine and medical attention for such child as may be agreed upon by the governmental units involved.