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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 15, 2019
Time and Place: 8:30 a.m. Senate Room A, Pocahontas
updated time to 8:30 a.m.

H.B. 1622 Child abuse or neglect; out-of-court and recorded statements made by a child.

Patron: Collins

Out-of-court and recorded statements made by a child; abuse or neglect of a child. Provides that, in any civil proceeding involving the alleged abuse or neglect of a child, an out-of-court statement made by a child 14 years of age or under at the time the statement is offered into evidence describing sexual acts with or on the child by another may be admissible. The bill further provides that in any such civil proceeding, a recorded statement of the alleged victim of the abuse or neglect, made prior to the proceeding, may be admissible if the alleged victim is 14 years of age or younger at the time the statement is offered into evidence. Under current law, such out-of-court and recorded statements may be admissible when the child is 12 years of age or younger.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1522 and 63.2-1523 of the Code of Virginia, relating to out-of-court and recorded statements made by a child; abuse or neglect of a child.

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H.B. 1627 Child welfare agencies; Commissioner of Social Services shall prioritize inspection of agencies.

Patron: Orrock

Department of Social Services; child welfare agencies; prioritization of inspections. Requires the Commissioner of Social Services to prioritize inspections of child welfare agencies in the following order: (i) inspections conducted in response to a complaint; (ii) inspections of licensed or registered child welfare agencies; (iii) inspections of license-exempt or unlicensed child welfare agencies that have entered into a contract with the Department of Social Services or a local department to provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant; and (iv) inspections of license-exempt and unlicensed child welfare agencies.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1706.1, relating to Department of Social Services; child welfare agencies; prioritization of inspections.

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H.B. 1671 Child abuse and neglect; investigation of an individual by local boards of social services.

Patron: Mullin

Child abuse and neglect; investigations by local boards of social services. Requires local boards of social services, when investigating an individual who is the subject of child abuse or neglect allegations or the subject of a family assessment, to determine whether such individual has resided in another state within at least the preceding five years and, if he has resided in another state, to request a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry maintained by such state. A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1505 and 63.2-1506 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child abuse and neglect; investigations by local boards of social services.

19104689D

H.B. 1884 State correctional facilities; visitors wearing tampons or menstrual cups.

Patron: Keam

Visitors at state correctional facilities; wearing of tampons or menstrual cups. Directs the Director of the Department of Corrections to review the Department's visitation policies concerning visitors' wearing of tampons or menstrual cups at state correctional facilities and shall revise such policies as necessary to permit such visitors to wear tampons or menstrual cups.

A BILL to require the Director of the Department of Corrections to review and revise the Department's visitation policies concerning visitors at state correctional facilities; wearing of tampons or menstrual cups.

19100617D

H.B. 1987 Aged or incapacitated adults; financial exploitation, authority to refuse transactions.

Patron: Toscano

Financial exploitation of aged or incapacitated adults; authority to refuse transactions or disbursements. Allows financial institution staff, pursuant to an internal policy, to refuse to execute a transaction, delay a transaction, or refuse to disburse funds if the financial institution staff (i) believes in good faith that the transaction or disbursement may involve, facilitate, result in, or contribute to the financial exploitation of an adult or (ii) has actual knowledge that a report was made by any person to the local department of social services or adult protective services hotline stating a good faith belief that the transaction or disbursement may involve, facilitate, result in, or contribute to the financial exploitation of an adult. The measure authorizes financial institution staff, upon request and to the extent permitted by state and federal law, to report any information or records relevant to the report or investigation. The measure provides that a financial institution and its staff are immune from civil or criminal liability for refusing to execute a transaction, delaying a transaction, refusing to disburse funds, or making a report to the local department of social services or the adult protective services hotline in good faith.  

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1606 of the Code of Virginia, relating to financial exploitation of aged or incapacitated adults; authority to refuse transactions or disbursements.

19104608D

H.B. 2005 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); eligibility.

Patron: Aird

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); eligibility. Makes eligible for TANF any person who is between the ages of 18 and 19 years old and a full-time student in a secondary school or in the equivalent level of career and technical education. Under current law, such persons are eligible for TANF if regularly attending, and expected to graduate from prior to turning 19 years of age, a secondary school or the equivalent level of career and technical education.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-602 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); eligibility.

19101798D

H.B. 2108 Foster care agreements; rights of foster parent, dispute resolution.

Patron: Bell, Richard P.

Foster care agreements; rights of foster parent; dispute resolution. Directs the Department of Social Services to promulgate emergency regulations to ensure collaboration, communication, access, and transparency between the local boards and licensed child-placing agencies and foster parents. The bill also directs local boards of social services and licensed child-placing agencies to implement and publicize a dispute resolution process through which a foster parent may contest an alleged violation of such regulations by the local board or licensed child-placing agency. A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-902 and 63.2-904 of the Code of Virginia, relating to foster care agreements; rights of foster parent; dispute resolution; regulations.

19105862D

H.B. 2208 Adoption by relative; expands the applicability of procedures.

Patron: Brewer

Adoption by relative. Expands the applicability of adoption procedures for a child's close relatives to all of the child's adult relatives, including stepparents, stepbrothers or stepsisters, and all other adult relatives of the child by whole or half blood, marriage, or adoption. A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1242.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to adoption by relative.

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H.B. 2258 Child day programs; staff training requirements, exemption for cooperative preschools.

Patron: Pogge

Child day programs; staff training requirements; exemption for cooperative preschools. Exempts parents and other persons who participate in a cooperative preschool center on behalf of a child attending such cooperative preschool center, including such parents and persons who are counted for the purpose of determining staff-to-child ratios, from orientation and training requirements applicable to staff of child day programs. The bill provides that such exempt parents may be required to complete up to four hours of training per year.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1734 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child day programs; staff training requirements; exemption for cooperative preschools.

19103912D

H.B. 2280 Child day programs; exemptions from licensure.

Patron: Head

Child day programs; exemptions from licensure. Adds to the list of programs that are not considered child day programs and are not subject to licensure (i) programs of recreational activities offered by a local government, staffed by local government employees, and attended by school-age children and (ii) programs offered by a local school division, operated for no more than four hours per day, staffed by local school division employees, and attended by children who are at least four years of age and are enrolled in public school or a preschool program within such school division. Under law that takes effect July 1, 2019, such programs are considered child day programs that are exempt from licensure and subject to certain health and safety requirements administered by the Department of Social Services. Under the provisions of the bill, however, such child day programs shall remain subject to safety and supervisory standards established by the local government or school division offering the program.

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

19103931D

H.B. 2367 Alcoholic beverage control; delivery permittees.

Patron: Knight

Alcoholic beverage control; delivery permits. Provides that a delivery permittee is only required to collect the taxes due to the Commonwealth and remit any excise taxes monthly to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (the Authority) and any sales taxes to the Department of Taxation for each delivery the permittee makes if such taxes have not already been paid. The bill specifies that delivery permittees must keep records of all deliveries for a period of at least two years and, in addition to current recordkeeping requirements, requires delivery permittees to keep records of the brands of wine and beer delivered and the signatures of the purchasers to whom the wine and beer is delivered. The bill provides that delivery permittees are only required to submit a monthly report to the Authority for any month during which a permittee makes a delivery for which the permittee is required to collect and remit excise taxes due to the Authority.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-204 and 4.1-212.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; delivery permittees.

19104396D

H.B. 2743 Child protective services; investigations and family assessments, contact information.

Patron: Morefield

Child protective services; investigations and family assessments; contact information. Requires any individual who is the subject of a child abuse or neglect investigation or family assessment to notify the local department of social services prior to changing his place of residence and provide the local department with the address of his new residence. The bill also requires the Department of Social Services to document and report to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2020, on the number of individuals who notified a local department of social services of a change in address and provided updated contact information between July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1505 and 63.2-1506 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child protective services; investigations and family assessments; contact information.

19103848D

H.B. 2749 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; restrictions on use of cash assistance, penalties.

Patron: Poindexter

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; restrictions on use of cash assistance; report. Directs the Department of Social Services to report annually by December 1 to the General Assembly information regarding the number of reported violations of restrictions on the use of TANF cash assistance, including the number of reported cases involving multiple violations of such restrictions.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-621 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; restrictions on use of cash assistance.

19106096D

H.B. 2756 Child day programs; licensure exemption.

Patron: Miyares

Child day programs; licensure exemption. Exempts from licensure any child day program in which child-minding services are offered on the premises of a small business for no more than four children under the age of 13 at any given time ad for no more eight hours per day, provided that the parent or guardian of every child receiving care is an employee of the business who is on the premises of the business and can resume responsibility for the child's supervision within 30 minutes upon request.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1715, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to child day programs; licensure exemption.

19106040D