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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
Subcommittee Childcare

Reeves (Chairman), McWaters, Petersen

Clerk: Eric Bingham
Staff: Sarah Stanton, David May
Date of Meeting: January 22, 2015
Time and Place: 10 am, 3 West Conference Room

S.B. 780 Family day homes; licensure.

Patron: Favola

Licensure of family day homes. Provides that the children of a family day home provider and any children who reside in the family day home where care is provided shall be included in determining the number of children receiving care for the purpose of licensure.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-100 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licensure of family day homes.

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S.B. 818 Family day homes; licensure by Department of Social Services.

Patron: Favola

Licensure of family day homes. Requires all family day homes that provide care for one or more children for compensation to be licensed by the Department of Social Services. Currently, only family day homes providing care for six or more children must be licensed. The bill also provides that, for the purposes of determining the number of children receiving care, the provider's own children and any children residing in the home shall be counted.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 19.2-389, 19.2-392.02, 63.2-100, 63.2-1506, 63.2-1515, 63.2-1708, 63.2-1720, 63.2-1721, 63.2-1722, 63.2-1809, and 63.2-1809.1 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 63.2-1704 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licensure of family day homes.

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S.B. 831 Criminal history record checks; barrier crimes.

Patron: Edwards

Criminal history record checks; barrier crimes. Sets out the list of barrier crimes for (i) individuals seeking employment at nursing homes, home care organizations, hospices, state facilities, and private providers licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, community services boards, behavioral health authorities, assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, children's welfare agencies, family day homes approved by family day systems, and children's residential facilities; (ii) applicants for licensure, registration, or approval as assisted living facilities, child welfare agencies, or family day homes approved by family day systems; (iii) individuals with whom a local board of social services or child-placing agency is considering placing a child on an emergency, temporary, or permanent basis; (iv) foster and adoptive homes seeking approval from child-placing agencies; and (v) providers of adult services and adult foster care seeking approval by the Department of Social Services by setting out each of the crimes included in the definition of "barrier crime." The bill also makes technical changes and updates obsolete language.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 15.2-914, 19.2-389, 19.2-392.02, 22.1-296.3, 32.1-126.01, 32.1-162.9:1, 37.2-314, 37.2-408.1, 63.2-901.1, 63.2-1601.1, 63.2-1704, 63.2-1717, and 63.2-1720 through 63.2-1726 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 63.2-1719 of the Code of Virginia, relating to barrier crimes; background checks.

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S.B. 844 Child day programs; exemptions from licensure.

Patron: Locke

Child day programs; exemptions from licensure. Removes the requirement that certain child day programs exempt from licensure require parents or guardians to sign a written policy that explains that the child day program allows school-age children to freely enter and leave the premises without permission or supervision.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1715 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child day programs; exemptions from licensure.

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S.B. 898 Family day homes, unlicensed and unregistered; notice to DSS, background checks.

Patron: Favola

Unlicensed and unregistered family day homes; notice to Department of Social Services; background checks; safety requirements. Requires unlicensed and unregistered family day homes to submit the following to the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services prior to beginning operation: (i) a statement of intent to operate an unlicensed and unregistered family day home, (ii) the name, address, and telephone number of the person maintaining the family day home, and (iii) a statement that the person who maintains the family day home has complied with the applicable background check requirements. The bill requires background checks for (a) employees who will be involved in the day-to-day operations of the family day home or will be alone with, in control of, or supervising one or more of the children and (b) any other adult living in the family day home. The bill also requires that a person trained and certified in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation be present whenever one or more children are in the home and that the home remain free from fire hazards.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1704.1, relating to unlicensed and unregistered family day homes; notice to Department of Social Services; background checks; safety requirements.

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S.B. 911 Child welfare agencies; annual background checks required for employees and volunteers.

Patron: Wexton

Child welfare agencies; background checks. Requires annual background checks for employees and volunteers of child welfare agencies. Under current law, background checks are required only at the time of initial employment. The bill provides that such background checks must include, among other existing requirements, a sworn statement or affirmation disclosing whether the person is currently the subject of a complaint of child abuse or neglect.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1702, 63.2-1720, and 63.2-1721 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child welfare agencies; background checks.

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S.B. 1029 Child day centers and family day homes; report to Department of Social Services.

Patron: Marsden

Child day centers and family day homes; report to Department of Social Services. Requires local commissioners of revenue or other local business license officials to report to the Department of Social Services on a quarterly basis the name, address, and contact information of any child day center or family day home to which a business license was issued.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1701.1, relating to child day centers and family day homes; report to Department of Social Services.

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S.B. 1055 Family day homes; barrier crimes.

Patron: Hanger

Family day homes; barrier crimes. Adds the offenses that require registration in the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry to those in current law for which it is unlawful for any person to operate a family day home if he, or if he knows that any other person who resides in, is employed by, or volunteers in the home, has been convicted of such offense.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1727 of the Code of Virginia, relating to family day homes; barrier crimes.

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S.B. 1069 Family day homes, unlicensed, unregistered; notice to Commissioner of Department of Social Services.

Patron: Wexton

Unlicensed, unregistered family day homes; notice to Department of Social Services. Requires every family day home that provides care for five or fewer children, exclusive of the provider's own children, that is not licensed or voluntarily registered with the Department of Social Services (the Department) to, prior to beginning such operation and at such intervals thereafter as may be required by the Department, submit to the Commissioner a written declaration of intent to operate such family day home, which shall include a statement of the number of children for which the family day home will provide care and such other information as the Commissioner may require. The bill provides for random monitoring of such family day homes by the Department.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1704.1, relating to unlicensed, unregistered family day homes; notice to Department of Social Services.

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S.B. 1123 Child care subsidy; license required.

Patron: Barker

Child care subsidy; license required. Requires licensure for any child day center or family day home, other than those located on federal property and operated or certified by the U.S. Department of Defense, that contracts with the State Department of Social Services or a local department of social services to provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Fund.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1701 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 63.2-1725 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child care subsidy; license required.

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S.B. 1124 Licensure of family day homes.

Patron: Barker

Licensure of family day homes. Provides that the children of a family day home provider and any children who reside in the family day home where care is provided shall be included in determining the number of children receiving care for the purpose of licensure.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-100 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licensure of family day homes.

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S.B. 1168 Child welfare agencies, etc.; regulation.

Patron: Hanger

Regulation of child welfare agencies. Establishes a national criminal history record check requirement for licensure as a child welfare agency, for approval as a family day home by a family day system, for approval as a foster or adoptive parent; for employment or to volunteer at a child welfare agency or family day home; and for all adults residing in a home in which a family day home is operated and provides that the children of a family day home provider and any children who reside in the family day home where care is provided shall be included in determining the number of children receiving care for the purpose of licensure. This bill includes a delayed effective date.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 19.2-389, 19.2-392.02, 63.2-100, 63.2-901.1, 63.2-1702, and 63.2-1720 through 63.2-1726 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 63.2-1720.1 and 63.2-1721.1, relating to regulation of child welfare agencies.

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