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2022 SESSION
SB 396 Foster care placements; court review, best interests of the child.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Foster care placements; court review. Provides that the juvenile and domestic relations district court has the authority to review a child's status in foster care or review a foster care plan. The bill requires a foster care plan to describe in writing an assessment of the stability of proposed placements, the services provided or plans for services to be provided to address placement instability, and a description of other placements that were considered for the child.
The bill also (i) requests that the Committee on District Courts study child dependency hearings in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court system and make recommendations to the General Assembly as to whether a separate docket or court would result in better service to children and families involved in child dependency hearings and other family law matters and (ii) directs the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to convene a work group to consider issues relating to the Commonwealth's model of court-appointed legal counsel in child dependency cases.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103950D pdf
- 01/24/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105002D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22107143D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB396ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103950D
- 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/24/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105002D-S1
- 01/25/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/22 Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/27/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22105002D-S1
- 01/27/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB396S1
- 01/28/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/22 House: Read first time
- 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/22/22 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/23/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 02/28/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 02/28/22 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/02/22 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22107143D-H1
- 03/02/22 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/04/22 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 House: Read second time
- 03/09/22 House: Read third time
- 03/09/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22107143D-H1
- 03/09/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB396H1
- 03/09/22 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/22 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/10/22 Senate: Title replaced 22107143D-H1
- 03/21/22 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/21/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB396ER)
- 03/21/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 305 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305)