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SB 303 Recodification of Title 63.1; public assistance, etc.

Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Recodification of Title 63.1; public assistance; social services; child support; persons with disabilities. Recodifies Title 63.1 as Title 63.2. In accordance with § 30-152, the Virginia Code Commission, in 2000, undertook the recodification of Title 63.1. Title 63.1 is the legal authority for three departments under the Secretariat of Health and Human Resources: the Department of Social Services, the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, and the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. Title 63.1 was last recodified in 1968. During the past 34 years, much has happened to affect laws governing social services programs and the two disability programs. The Virginia Code Commission has rewritten and combined sections or parts of sections to clarify provisions and to eliminate archaic, obsolete or redundant language. Additionally, certain substantive changes are made, many of which reflect current practices, delete eliminated programs, or conform provisions to other statutes and regulations.

The Virginia Code Commission has divided Title 63.2 into six subtitles. Subtitle I contains general provisions applicable to the entire title. The title-wide definitions and confidentiality provisions are included as general provisions. Subtitle II deals with public assistance programs. Subtitle III contains chapters related to social services programs. Two newly created chapters within Subtitle III consolidate sections related to foster care and adult services that were previously scattered throughout Title 63.1. Subtitle IV contains licensure provisions for assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and child welfare agencies. Subtitle V reorders child support enforcement provisions, and Subtitle VI groups grant programs and funds.

Existing Chapters 5 and 8 of Title 63.1, relating to the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, and current Chapter 5.1, relating to the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, are relocated to Title 51.5 (Persons with Disabilities) as part of the title revision. Current Chapter 15 (Pilot Programs for the Delivery of Human Services) is relocated to Title 15.2, because this is clearly a general local government matter. The human services that could be included in a pilot program are broader than just social services; they also include employment, health, mental health and mental retardation, rehabilitation, nursing, information and referral and such other related services. Existing Article 2 (District Homes for Aged, Indigent, Infirm, and Incapacitated Persons) of Chapter 9 of Title 63.1 will not be codified, but will be contained in an enactment clause in the title revision bill with a sunset of two years.

Three current chapters are not carried forward as part of Title 63.2 and will be repealed: Chapter 6.2 (Employment Opportunities), Chapter 6.3 (Community Work Experience Programs) and Chapter 6.4 (The Virginia Welfare Reform Demonstration Project). All three chapters are early welfare reform efforts that are now obsolete.


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