Abandoned children; establishment and operation of infant-receiving facilities, prosecution for abuse and neglect, Department of Social Services to report on number and disposition of abandoned children. Amending §§ 16.1-228, 16.1-260, 16.1-263, 16.1-281, 16.1-283, 18.2-371.1, 63.1-248.2, 63.1-248.6 and 63.1-248.9; adding §§ 16.1-241.4 and 63.1-56.4. (Patron-Byrne, SB 168)
Abandoned children; establishment and operation of infant-receiving facilities, prosecution for abuse and neglect, Department of Social Services to report on number and disposition of abandoned children. Amending §§ 16.1-228, 16.1-283 and 18.2-371.1; adding §§ 16.1-241.4 and 63.1-56.4. (Patron-Griffith, HB 920)
Abortion; procedure when parental consent not given for minors. Amending § 54.1-2969. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 1177)
Adoption; nullifies consent of birth father if he has been convicted of assault and battery against mother while pregnant with child. Amending §§ 63.1-204, 63.1-219.10, 63.1-219.29 and 63.1-219.40. (Patron-Wright, HB 1175; Newman, SB 607; Saslaw, SB 628)
Alcoholic beverages; purchasing or possession by certain underage persons, placement on probation, penalty for possession of fake identification. Amending § 4.1-305. (Patron-Almand, HB 1193)
Business Advisory Commission on Quality Child Care Financing; created, reports to be made. Adding §§ 2.2-2518, 2.2-2519 and 2.2-2520. (Patron-Miller, Y.B., SB 648)
Child abuse or neglect; parent or guardian's right to counsel in such cases. Amending § 16.1-266. (Patron-Mims, SB 537)
Child Care Automation, Status of; Interim Report of Department of Social Services (Item 387L, Chapter 1073, 2000 Acts). (HD 8)
Child custody and visitation; definition of managing parent, parenting arrangements, and shared and sole parenting. Amending §§ 16.1-228, 20-124.1, 20-124.2, 20-124.3, 20-124.5 and 63.1-250. (Patron-Reid, HB 590)
Child custody and visitation; determining best interests of child, factors include parental alienation syndrome. Amending § 20-124.3. (Patron-Reese, HB 417; Dillard, HB 1132)
Child custody and visitation; education seminars for interested parties. Amending §§ 16.1-278.15 and 20-103. (Patron-Reid, HB 591)
Child custody and visitation; equitable responsibility of parents, supervision of child if parent guilty of child abuse or neglect. Amending § 20-124.2. (Patron-Nixon, HB 831; Marsh, SB 277)
Child custody and visitation; penalty for violation of court order, filing of complaints for violations. Amending § 18.2-49.1. (Patron-Jones, J.C., HB 129; Van Yahres, HB 1009)
Child custody and visitation; relocation of child which impedes or prevents exercise of prior court order. Amending § 20-124.5. (Patron-Jones, J.C., HB 447; Griffith, HB 458; Dillard, HB 1138)
Child custody and visitation; testimony of teachers in hearings. Amending § 20-124.2. (Patron-Mims, SB 545)
Child day-care centers; qualification of program leader or child care supervisor. Adding § 63.1-202.02. (Patron-Hanger, SB 596)
Child Day-Care Council; membership. Amending § 63.1-202.1. (Patron-Hanger, SB 595)
Child restraint devices; penalty for violation, exception. Amending §§ 46.2-1095 and 46.2-1098. (Patron-McQuigg, HB 254)
Child restraint devices; raises minimum age of use by child, except when weight of child renders use impractical. Amending §§ 46.2-1095 and 46.2-1100. (Patron-Bolvin, HB 1328; Whipple, SB 395)
Children; subsidized guardianship of those living with relative caregivers. Adding § 63.1-206.2. (Patron-Miller, Y.B., SB 36)
Children of foreign nationals; memorializing Congress to provide adequate financial impact aid to State and its localities that reflects actual costs to provide education and other services thereto. (Patron-Reese, HJR 68)
Community services boards; to provide services for adults, children and adolescents with mental illness, substance abuse, etc. Amending § 37.1-194. (Patron-Hamilton, HB 888; Rerras, SB 413)
Comprehensive Services Act; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to identify viable incentives to encourage localities to enhance or maintain levels of funding for children who are nonmandated thereunder. (Patron-Houck, SJR 102)
Criminal history records information; dissemination to youth mentoring programs. Amending §§ 19.2-389, 46.2-208 and 63.1-248.8. (Patron-Van Landingham, HB 1068)
Driver improvement clinics; awarding of safe driving points for attendance by persons under age 18. Amending § 46.2-334.01. (Patron-O'Bannon, HB 1358)
Driver improvement clinics; extends time for attendance when good cause shown. Amending § 46.2-501. (Patron-Watts, HB 679)
Driving privileges; may be denied until a child reaches age 16 and 3 months, including nonresidents. Amending §§ 16.1-278.9, 46.2-307, 46.2-308 and 46.2-309. (Patron-Mims, SB 655)
Early childhood educational and developmental initiatives; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to study. (Patron-Van Landingham, HJR 168)
Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS) Plan; collection of data on children enrolled in Medicaid program. Amending §§ 32.1-325, 32.1-351 and 32.1-352. (Patron-Brink, HB 1354)
Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS) Plan; eliminates waiting period for previously insured children covered thereunder. Amending § 32.1-351. (Patron-Brink, HB 1090)
Family life education; instruction on adoption. Amending § 22.1-207.1. (Patron-Reese, HB 1206)
Grandparents raising grandchildren; joint subcommittee to study needs thereof. (Patron-Miller, Y.B., SJR 32)
Guardian ad litem program; joint subcommittee to study effectiveness and costs thereof. (Patron-Griffith, HJR 76)
Juvenile court; jurisdiction in child protection and welfare. Amending § 16.1-241. (Patron-Nixon, HB 830)
Juveniles; fingerprinting in marijuana cases. Amending § 16.1-299. (Patron-Broman, HB 277)
Juveniles; procedure when child under age 15 taken into custody. Amending § 16.1-247. (Patron-McQuigg, HB 424)
Library computers; limits children's access to Internet. Amending § 42.1-36.1. (Patron-Black, HB 602)
Medicaid; Department of Medical Assistance Services, et al., to study ways to provide immediate access to benefits for eligible offenders when they are released from prisons, jails, juvenile correctional centers or detention homes. (Patron-Weatherholtz, HJR 142; Martin, SJR 97; Houck, SJR 100)
Mental health and substance abuse assessment and treatment services accessible to juveniles, including those in local detention homes; Department of Juvenile Justice, et al., to examine opportunities to leverage non-general fund sources of funding to meet need therefor. (Patron-Tata, HJR 120)
Mental health treatment needs, symptoms and disorders; Commission on Youth to coordinate collection and dissemination of empirically-based information on treatment modalities and practices recognized as effective for treatment of children, including juvenile offenders. (Patron-Houck, SJR 99)
Mental health treatment needs, symptoms and disorders; Commission on Youth to coordinate collection and dissemination of empirically-based information that would identify treatment modalities and practices recognized as effective for treatment of children, including juvenile offenders. (Patron-Tata, HJR 119; Darner, HJR 165)
Motor vehicles; notice to parents of arrest or issuance of citations for drunk driving or violation of laws by minors. Amending §§ 46.2-208 and 46.2-334; adding § 46.2-116. (Patron-Suit, HB 472)
Newborn Infants Dependent on Controlled Substances; Report of Department of Social Services (Chapters 704 and 716, 1998 Acts). (HD 6)
Newborn testing; includes screening for medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD or MCADH) deficiency. Amending § 32.1-65. (Patron-Ticer, SB 218)
Personal flotation devices; wearing by children under age 12 when watercraft in operation. Adding § 29.1-735.01. (Patron-Lucas, SB 47)
Psychiatric and residential treatment beds for youths and adolescents; certain data to be collected and reported. Amending § 2.2-5206; adding §§ 37.1-189.3 and 37.1-197.3. (Patron-Hamilton, HB 887; Houck, SB 426)
Sex offenders; required to register, including with DMV, when convicted of unlawful photographing, videotaping, etc., of a nonconsenting person. Amending §§ 19.2-298.1 and 46.2-323. (Patron-Ticer, SB 143)
Sex offenders and crimes against children; Crime Commission to study all penalties for crimes involving. (Patron-Albo, HJR 203)
Substance abuse; minors consent to treatment. Amending § 54.1-2969. (Patron-Rollison, HB 127)
Teen drivers; exempt from midnight to 4:00 a.m. curfew if volunteer firefighter or rescue squad personnel responding to emergency call. Amending § 46.2-334.01. (Patron-Mims, SB 656)
Teen drivers; passenger limitations, exception when traveling to or from a Governor's School. Amending § 46.2-334.01. (Patron-Griffith, HB 327)
Teen drivers; passenger limitations, exception when traveling to or from school. Amending § 46.2-334.01. (Patron-McQuigg, HB 253)
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); use of child care subsidies. Amending § 63.1-133.46. (Patron-Ticer, SB 129)
Workers' compensation; payments to minor. Amending § 65.2-525. (Patron-Suit, HB 1239)
Youth; Commission on Youth to identify all current state-funded initiatives that address needs thereof. (Patron-McQuigg, HJR 74)
Youth Suicide Prevention Plan; Report of Department of Health (§ 32.1-73.7 of Code of Virginia). (HD 22)
Youth with Emotional Disturbance Requiring Out-of-Home Treatment; Final Report of Commission on Youth (HJR 119, 2000 - as introduced and per request of Speaker). (HD 23)