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1996 SESSION
HB 34 Child protective services; retention of records.
Introduced by: Linda T. Puller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Child protective services. Requires records of unfounded cases to be kept for one year. Such records would be accessible only to the state and local departments of social services and would be purged in one year if there are no subsequent reports regarding the same child or alleged perpetrator. Currently records of unfounded reports must be purged within 30 days of making the unfounded determination.
This bill is a recommendation of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions' Special Subcommittee Studying the Death of Valerie Smelser and the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Child Protective Services System in the Commonwealth (HJR 502).
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/96 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/96 960552344 pdf
- 02/01/96 House: Committee substitute printed 967504410-H1 pdf
- 02/07/96 House: Printed as engrossed 967504410-EH1 pdf
- 02/26/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB34ER) pdf
- 04/16/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/96 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/96 960552344
- 01/10/96 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/16/96 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 3
- 02/01/96 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/96 House: Committee substitute printed 967504410-H1
- 02/02/96 House: Read first time
- 02/05/96 House: Read second time
- 02/05/96 House: Committee substitute agreed to 967504410-H1
- 02/05/96 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 967504410-H1
- 02/06/96 House: Engrossment reconsidered by House
- 02/06/96 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/07/96 House: Read second time
- 02/07/96 House: Amendments by Ms. Puller agreed to
- 02/07/96 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. w/amds 967504410-EH1
- 02/07/96 House: Printed as engrossed 967504410-EH1
- 02/08/96 House: Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/96 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/96 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/09/96 Senate: Read first time
- 02/09/96 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/16/96 Senate: Reported from R. & S. S. (13-Y 1-N)
- 02/19/96 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/96 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/96 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/96 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB34ER)
- 03/04/96 House: Enrolled
- 03/04/96 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/96 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/06/96 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 791 (effective 7/1/96)
- 04/16/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)