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HOUSE BILL NO. 1000 Offered January 9, 2002 Prefiled January 9, 2002 A BILL to amend the second enactment of Chapter 978 of the 2000 Acts of Assembly, relating to duties of the Department of Juvenile Justice. ---------- Patron-- McDonnell ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the second enactment of Chapter 978 of the 2000 Acts of Assembly is amended as follows:

2. That the Department of Juvenile Justice shall establish guidelines risk assessment standards for use by their Court Service Unit personnel to use when making recommendations to the court regarding the secure detention of juveniles prior to trial. The standards shall assess the juvenile's potential for danger to either himself or the community. The risk assessment standards shall be implemented and distributed to court service units throughout the Commonwealth by August 1, 2002.