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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2191 Social services, local departments of; investigations and family assessments, etc.
Introduced by: James A. "Jay" Leftwich | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Local departments of social services; investigations and family assessments; disclosure of child's location. Requires local departments of social services, when conducting investigations or family assessments, to disclose to the child's parent or guardian, upon request, the location of the child, provided that (i) the investigation or family assessment has not been completed and a report has not been transmitted; (ii) the parent or guardian requesting disclosure of the child's location has not been the subject of a founded report of child abuse or neglect; (iii) the parent or guardian requesting disclosure of the child's location has legal custody of the child and provides to the local department of social services any records or other information necessary to verify such custody; (iv) the local department is not aware of any court order, and has confirmed with the child's other parent or guardian or other person responsible for the care of the child that no court order has been issued, that prohibits or limits contact by the parent or guardian requesting disclosure of the child's location with the child, the child's other parent or guardian or other person responsible for the care of the child, or any member of the household in which the child is located; and (v) disclosure of the child's location to the parent or guardian will not compromise the safety of the child, the child's other parent or guardian, or any other person responsible for the care of the child.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100860D pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103371D-H1 pdf
- 01/28/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21103371D-EH1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200250D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2191ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100860D
- 01/13/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/15/21 House: Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
- 01/20/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/21 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/26/21 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103371D-H1
- 01/26/21 House: Read first time
- 01/27/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/28/21 House: Read second time
- 01/28/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103371D-H1
- 01/28/21 House: Amendment by Delegate Leftwich agreed to
- 01/28/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB2191EH1
- 01/28/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21103371D-EH1
- 01/29/21 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/01/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200250D-S1
- 02/16/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/22/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/25/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200250D-S1
- 02/25/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2191S1
- 02/25/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/25/21 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200250D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/21 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2191ER)
- 03/09/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 03/15/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/24/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 305 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/24/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305)