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2019 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chairman: Bryce E. Reeves

Clerk: Maryann Horch
Staff: David May, Sarah Stanton
Date of Meeting: February 1, 2019
Time and Place: 8:00 a.m. Senate Room A, Pocahontas
updated to remove HB 1815

H.B. 1953 Child abuse or neglect; appeals from founded complaints, concurrent criminal investigations.

Patron: Campbell, J.L.

Appeals from founded complaints of child abuse or neglect; concurrent criminal investigations. Provides that whenever an appeal of a finding by a local department of social services is made and a criminal investigation is also commenced against the appellant for the same conduct involving the same victim as investigated by the local department, the appeal process shall automatically be stayed until the criminal investigation is closed or, in the case of a criminal investigation that is not completed within 180 days of the appellant's request for an appeal, for 180 days.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1526 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appeals from founded complaints of child abuse or neglect; concurrent criminal investigations.

19103324D

H.B. 2073 Alcoholic beverage control; happy hour advertising.

Patron: Bell, John J.

Alcoholic beverage control; happy hour advertising. Expands the ability of retail on-premises licensees to advertise happy hours by allowing them to advertise the prices of featured alcoholic beverages and to use creative marketing techniques, provided that such techniques do not tend to induce overconsumption or to induce consumption by minors.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-111 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; happy hour advertising.

19104490D

S.B. 1094 Child-care services and facilities; regulation in certain counties.

Patron: Favola

Regulation of child-care services and facilities in certain counties. Authorizes any county adjacent to a county that has adopted the urban county executive form of government (the Counties of Arlington, Loudoun, and Prince William) to, by ordinance, provide for (i) the regulation and licensing of persons who provide child-care services for compensation and (ii) the regulation and licensing of child-care facilities.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-914 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulation of child-care services and facilities in certain counties.

19101578D

S.B. 1321 Licensed family day homes; storage of firearms.

Patron: Hanger

Licensed family day homes; storage of firearms. Requires that firearms and ammunition in a licensed family day home be stored in a locked closet, cabinet, or container during the family day home's hours of operation unless they are being lawfully carried on an individual's person. The bill requires that the key or combination to such locked storage places be maintained out of the reach of all children in the family day home.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1701.01, relating to licensed family day homes; storage of firearms.

19102912D

S.B. 1407 Child care providers; fingerprint background checks.

Patron: Mason

Child care providers; fingerprint background checks. Allows local law-enforcement agencies to process and submit requests for national fingerprint background checks required for (i) applicants for licensure as a child day center, family day home, or family day system, registration as a family day home, or approval as a family day home by a family day system; (ii) agents of an applicant for licensure as a child day center, family day home, or family day system, registration as a family day home, or approval as a family day home by a family day system at the time of application who is or will be involved in the day-to-day operations of the child day center, family day home, or family day system, or who is or will be alone with, in control of, or supervising one or more of the children; (iii) adults living in such child day center or family day home; and (iv) employees and volunteers of any child day center, family day home, or family day system licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, child day center exempt from licensure, registered family day home, family day home approved by a family day system, or child day center, family day home, or child day program that enters into a contract with the Department or a local department to provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1720.1 and 63.2-1721.1, as they are currently effective and as they shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to child care providers; fingerprint background checks.

19101950D

S.B. 1435 Child welfare agencies; summary suspension.

Patron: McClellan

Child welfare agencies; summary suspension. Allows the Commissioner of Social Services to issue a summary order of suspension of the license of any child welfare agency when conditions or practices exist that pose an immediate and substantial threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the children receiving care. The bill allows the Commissioner, in issuing an order of summary suspension, to suspend the license of the child welfare agency or to suspend only certain authority of the child welfare agency to operate, including the authority to provide certain services or perform certain functions that the Commissioner determines should be restricted or modified in order to protect the health, safety, or welfare of the children receiving care. The bill establishes notice, hearing, appeal, and posting requirements for such summary suspensions.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1709.1, 63.2-1710.1, 63.2-1712, and 63.2-1737 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child welfare agencies; summary suspension.

19102035D

S.B. 1570 Adult protective services; creates central registry.

Patron: Lewis

Adult protective services; central registry. Creates a central registry of founded complaints of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation to be maintained by the State Department of Social Services. The bill establishes (i) investigation requirements for local departments of social services related to complaints of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (ii) record retention and disclosure requirements for the Department and local departments; (iii) notice requirements related to findings by local departments and central registry entries; and (iv) an appeals process to contest the findings of a local department related to founded reports of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3802 and 63.2-1605 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1605.1 and by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 63.2 sections numbered 63.2-1610.1 through 63.2-1610.4, relating to adult protective services; central registry.

19102290D

S.B. 1622 Child day programs; lead testing, potable water.

Patron: McPike

Child day programs; potable water; lead testing. Requires licensed child day programs and certain other programs that serve preschool-age children to develop and implement a plan to test potable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as high priority as often as is required of the supplying public water system by the Virginia Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water. The bill requires such plan and the results of each such test to be submitted to the Commissioner of Social Services and the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water. The bill stipulates that if the result of any such test indicates a level of lead in the potable water that is at or above 15 parts per billion, the program shall remediate the level of lead in the potable water to below 15 parts per billion and confirm such remediation by retesting the water at two consecutive six-month intervals and submitting the results of the retests to the Commissioner of Social Services and the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water. The bill also provides such programs the option of using bottled water in lieu of testing or remediation.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1705.1, relating to certain child day programs; potable water; lead testing.

19104179D

S.B. 1772 Pregnant offenders; use of restraint.

Patron: Saslaw

Restraint of pregnant offenders. Provides that restraints shall not be used on any prisoner committed or transferred to the Department of Corrections or any inmate incarcerated in a local correctional facility who is known to be pregnant, unless an individualized determination is made that the prisoner is a flight risk or danger to herself or others or that the totality of the circumstances creates a serious security risk. The bill provides that if such individualized determination has been made, such prisoner or inmate shall be restrained in the least restrictive method necessary but in no instance shall waist chains or belts or leg or ankle restraints be used at any time. The bill also provides that any time it is determined that restraints are needed, security staff shall notify a supervisor as soon as reasonably possible, and a use of force report indicating the reason for the use of restraints and type of restraints shall be submitted to a supervisor no later than the conclusion of the shift for review and justification.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 53.1-36.1 and 53.1-70.2, relating to restraint of pregnant offenders.

19103986D

S.B. 1777 Restrictive housing; data collection by Department of Corrections.

Patron: Saslaw

Department of Corrections; restrictive housing; data collection and reporting; report. Requires the Department of Corrections to report to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before October 1 of each year certain population statistics of persons incarcerated in state correctional institutions, including certain statistics regarding offenders placed in and released from restrictive housing and Shared Allied Management Units, defined in the bill.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 53.1-39.1, relating to Department of Corrections; restrictive housing; data collection and reporting; report.

19104218D