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2023 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chair: Barbara A. Favola

Clerk: Gillian Conway, Basit Khan
Staff: David May
Date of Meeting: February 3, 2023
Time and Place: 8:00 a.m. Senate Room A
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S.B. 1214

Patron: Lucas

Child abuse and neglect; custody and visitation; possession or use of marijuana. Provides that a child shall not be considered an abused or neglected child, and no person shall be denied custody or visitation of a child, based solely on the fact that the child's parent or other person responsible for his care, or the person petitioning for custody or visitation of the child, possessed or consumed marijuana in accordance with applicable law. The bill directs the Board of Social Services to amend its regulations, guidance documents, and other instructional materials to ensure that such regulations, documents, and materials comply with, and that investigations and family assessments are conducted by local departments of social services in accordance with, the provisions of the bill.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-228, 16.1-278.15, 20-124.2, and 63.2-100 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child abuse and neglect; custody and visitation; possession or use of marijuana.

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S.B. 1221

Patron: Obenshain

Assisted living facilities; minimum liability insurance. Requires the Board of Social Services to adopt regulations requiring each assisted living facility to maintain a minimum amount of liability insurance, as determined by the Board, and provide notice of such insurance, upon request, to any resident or prospective resident. Under current law, assisted living facilities must provide a statement disclosing whether the facility maintains liability insurance but can only state that it does if it meets a minimum amount of coverage established by the Board.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1805 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assisted living facilities; minimum liability insurance.

23102141D

S.B. 1242

Patron: Obenshain

Geriatric prisoners; conditional release; review hearings. Directs the Parole Board to review annually all petitions for geriatric conditional release. The bill provides that the Parole Board may, however, defer subsequent hearings for up to three years if an initial hearing was held and the petition for conditional release was denied. The bill also requires that, in situations in which a person who is otherwise eligible for parole under current law also files a petition for geriatric conditional release, the Parole Board conduct the reviews for such parole and conditional release at a single hearing.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-40.01 of the Code of Virginia, relating to geriatric prisoners; conditional release; review hearings.

23102607D

S.B. 1267

Patron: Favola

Information to certain defendants; services of community services boards. Requires juvenile and domestic relations district courts and circuit courts, in cases in which a defendant is found not guilty of any offense after a trial at which evidence of the defendant's mental condition at the time of the alleged offense was introduced, to make available to the defendant information regarding services provided by the community services board and how such services may be accessed. The bill requires each community services board to develop, regularly update, and make available to such courts in the same locality information regarding the services provided by the community services board and information about how to access such services.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 4.1 of Title 16.1 a section numbered 16.1-69.29:1, by adding in Article 9 of Chapter 11 of Title 16.1 a section numbered 16.1-290.2, by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 17.1 a section numbered 17.1-525, and by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 37.2 a section numbered 37.2-513, relating to information to certain defendants; services of community services boards.

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S.B. 1299

Patron: Deeds

Involuntary admission; temporary detention; release of detained individual. Permits the director of a facility where a person is awaiting transport to the facility of temporary detention pursuant to a temporary detention order to release the person prior to a commitment hearing if the person no longer meets the commitment criteria.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 37.2-809 and 37.2-813 of the Code of Virginia, relating to involuntary admission; temporary detention; release of detained individual.

23104043D

S.B. 1379

Patron: Deeds

Local and regional correctional facilities; provision of medical services; waiver of sovereign immunity. Waives sovereign immunity for health care providers employed by localities or by local or regional correctional facilities to provide medical services to prisoners for a claim of wrongful death or injury resulting from a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the provision of such medical services. This bill is in response to Patterson v. City of Danville, 875 Va. S.E.2d 65 (2022).

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 53.1 a section numbered 53.1-133.06, relating to local and regional correctional facilities; provision of medical services; waiver of sovereign immunity.

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S.B. 1421

Patron: Pillion

Adult protective services; referrals to local law enforcement. Removes the requirement that the adult protective services hotline immediately refer certain reports of alleged adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the appropriate local law-enforcement agency and removes the duty of local law-enforcement agencies to provide the adult protective services hotline with a preferred point of contact for such referrals. The bill retains the requirement for the local department of social services to immediately refer such reports to the appropriate local law-enforcement agency and the duty of local law-enforcement agencies to provide local departments of social services with a preferred point of contact for such referrals.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1605 of the Code of Virginia, relating to adult protective services; referrals to local law enforcement.

23100952D

S.B. 1424

Patron: Pillion

Department of Corrections; possession and administration of naloxone. Adds employees of the Department of Corrections designated by the Director of the Department to the list of persons who are authorized to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists. Under current law, the only employees of the Department authorized to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists are those designated as probation and parole officers or as correctional officers.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3408 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Corrections; possession and administration of naloxone.

23101326D

S.B. 1508

Patron: Mason

Assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and child welfare agencies; provisional license. Increases from six months to 12 months the maximum period of time during which a person may operate an assisted living facility, adult day care center, or child welfare agency under a provisional license issued by the Commissioner of Social Services.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1707 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and child welfare agencies; provisional license.

23104341D

S.B. 1513

Patron: Mason

State Executive Council for Children's Services; membership. Adds the Director of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to the State Executive Council for Children's Services. The bill also adds a representative from the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to the state and local advisory team tasked with advising the Council, managing cooperative efforts at the state level, and supporting local community efforts.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-2648 and 2.2-5201 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the State Executive Council for Children's Services; membership.

23103891D