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2022 SESSION
HB 653 Foster care; DSS to establish and implement a collaborative local board placement program.
Introduced by: William C. Wampler III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Foster care; local boards of social services; collaborative placement program. Directs the Department of Social Services to establish and implement a collaborative local board placement program to increase kinship placements and the number of locally approved foster homes. The bill provides that such program shall require local boards of social services (local boards) within each region to work collaboratively to (i) facilitate approval of kinship foster parents through engagement, assessment, and training and (ii) expand the pool of available foster homes within and across the localities of such local boards. The bill also requires local boards, when placing a child, to seek placement with a foster family within the locality of the local board or a nearby locality through the collaborative local board placement program.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101454D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22101454D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101454D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/25/22 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/22 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/26/22 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/01/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/22 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/22 House: Read first time
- 02/07/22 House: Read second time
- 02/07/22 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/07/22 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB653E
- 02/07/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22101454D-E
- 02/08/22 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/22 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/08/22 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/18/22 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/01/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/22 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/03/22 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/03/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/03/22 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/22 House: Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 98-N)
- 03/07/22 House: VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/09/22 House: House acceded to request
- 03/09/22 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/09/22 House: Delegates: Wampler, Bell, Sickles
- 03/10/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/22 Senate: Senators: Boysko, Spruill, Hanger
- 03/12/22 House: Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455