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    Adoption; adds certain sex crimes and child abuse and neglect crimes to list which nullifies consent requirement of birth father. Amending § 63.1-225. (Patron-Sherwood, HB 910)

    Adoption; birth father's consent not necessary if convicted of certain carnal knowledge of birth mother. Amending §§ 16.1-241, 20-124.1, 63.1-204, 63.1-220.2, 63.1-220.3 and 63.1-225. (Patron-Barry, SB 907)

    Adoption; standards for determining best interests of child. Amending § 63.1-225.1. (Patron-Sherwood, HB 2464)

    Adoption, Barriers to; Report of Department of Social Services (HJR 264, 1998). (HD 35)

    Adoption records; disclosure. Amending § 63.1-236. (Patron-Gartlan, SB 898)

    Adult care residences; accreditation and licensure, Joint Commission on Health Care and Secretary of Health and Human Resources to report on certain regulations thereof. Amending §§ 63.1-175 and 63.1-177. (Patron-Woods, SB 1173)

    Adult care residences; increases number of persons that can be cared for in a private home without licensure. Amending § 63.1-172. (Patron-Potts, SB 1315)

    Adult care residences; issuance of license to those which have demonstrated compliance for 3 years, inspection. Amending §§ 63.1-175 and 63.1-177. (Patron-Lambert, SB 1152)

    Adult care residences; Joint Commission on Health Care, et al., to study and make recommendations relating to issue of flexibility in Board of Social Services regulations thereof. (Patron-Diamonstein, HJR 751)

    Adult care residences; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and evaluate status of its recommendations. (Patron-Cantor, HJR 238)

    Adult Care Residences, Licensure of; Report of Department of Social Services (SJR 119, 1998). (SD 4)

    Adult care residences, small; recognizing special needs thereof. (Patron-Hall, HJR 352)

    Adult foster care programs; Joint Commission on Health Care to study effectiveness thereof in Virginia and other jurisdictions. (Patron-Walker, SJR 485)

    Adult protective services; false reports, penalties. Adding § 63.1-55.3:1. (Patron-Miller, Y.B., SB 333)

    Adult protective services; registry. Amending §§ 32.1-126.01, 37.1-20.3, 37.1-197.2, 63.1-55.02, 63.1-55.4 and 63.1-173.2; adding § 63.1-55.4:1. (Patron-Rollison, HB 2449)

    Adult protective services; to whom applicable. Amending §§ 63.1-55.1 and 63.1-55.3. (Patron-Tate, HB 2439)

    Caregivers Grant Program; created. Amending §§ 63.1-4 and 63.1-24; adding §§ 63.1-331 through 63.1-335. (Patron-Tate, HB 2193; Stosch, SB 910)

    Charitable corporations operating as clinics for indigent and uninsured; direct purchasing contracts. Adding § 2.1-447.1. (Patron-Hamilton, HB 2229)

    Child abuse; increases penalty for false reporting. Amending § 63.1-248.5:1.01. (Patron-Van Yahres, HB 1628)

    Child abuse and neglect; reporting. Amending §§ 9-173.8 and 63.1-248.3. (Patron-Watts, HB 2394)

    Child Care Studies, Summary of Previous; Report of Department of Social Services (Chapter 629, 1998 Acts). (SD 3)

    Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; created. Amending § 63.1-220.3; adding §§ 20-146.1 through 20-146.40; repealing §§ 20-125 through 20-146. (Patron-Mims, SB 413; Mims, SB 1087)

    Child day centers; personnel qualifications. Adding §§ 63.1-202.02, 63.1-202.03 and 63.1-202.04. (Patron-Ticer, SB 594)

    Child Day-Care Council; abolished. Amending §§ 2.1-1.7, 2.1-51.15, 9-6.25:2, 9-291.1, 22.1-19, 63.1-196.01, 63.1-196.01:1, 63.1-196.1, 63.1-196.5 and 63.1-202; repealing § 63.1-202.1. (Patron-Walker, SB 1290)

    Child support; dissemination of information. Amending § 63.1-274.6. (Patron-McClure, HB 2328)

    Child victims; use of closed-circuit TV testimony. Amending §§ 16.1-252, 18.2-67.9, 19.2-11.01 and 63.1-248.13:1. (Patron-Watts, HB 2058)

    Child victims; use of closed-circuit TV testimony. Amending § 63.1-248.13:1. (Patron-Watts, HB 2059)

    Child welfare agencies; issuance of variances to regulations, procedure. Amending §§ 63.1-196, 63.1-198.1, 63.1-200 and 63.1-201. (Patron-Watts, HB 2259)

    Children's health insurance program; urging Governor and Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement in order to provide for local government low-income employees. (Patron-Armstrong, HJR 659)

    Criminal history records check; applicable for employees or volunteers in child care positions. Adding § 19.2-392.02. (Patron-Crittenden, HB 1271; Crittenden, HB 2554)

    Criminal history records check; applicable to unlicensed child welfare agencies. Adding § 63.1-198.4. (Patron-Parrish, HB 775; Rollison, HB 965)

    Criminal history records check; applicable to unlicensed child welfare agencies. Adding § 63.1-198.5. (Patron-Rollison, HB 1992)

    Driver's license; refusal to renew or reissue for persons whom Department of Social Services could not serve notices of intent to suspend same. Amending § 46.2-320. (Patron-Diamonstein, HB 881; Woods, SB 325)

    Family day homes; registration required for providers, exception. Amending §§ 63.1-195 and 63.1-196.04. (Patron-Ticer, SB 592)

    Family day homes; variances may be issued concerning ratio of adults to children. Amending § 63.1-196. (Patron-Ruff, HB 1165)

    Homeless families; Department of Housing and Community Development to increase its efforts in improving condition of and provision of services to shelters therefor, and report on progress of its efforts. (Patron-Wagner, HJR 703)

    Housing; Housing Development Authority to study ways in which it can work more closely with localities and housing industry in approving loan financing and allocating Low-Income Housing Tax Credit incentives for multifamily new construction projects. (Patron-Diamonstein, HJR 746)

    Income tax, corporate; credit for day-care facility investment. Amending § 58.1-439.4. (Patron-Baskerville, HB 1257)

    Indigent Defendants, Capital Representation of; Report of Crime Commission (HJR 190, 1998). (HD 60)

    Indigent incarcerated felons; appointment of guardian ad litem for those who are sued by a crime victim, payment of expenses. Amending § 8.01-9. (Patron-Mims, SB 996)

    Information and Referral Centers; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to evaluate effectiveness thereof. (Patron-Landes, HJR 502)

    Long-term care insurance; urging Congress to establish pilot program which exempts State from certain provisions of Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 concerning enhanced Medicaid asset protection. (Patron-Woods, SJR 490)

    Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Services, Structure for Effective Delivery of; Report of Department of Housing and Community Development (Chapter 693, 1998 Acts). (HD 29)

    Medical assistance services; reimbursement. Amending § 32.1-325.1. (Patron-Woodrum, HB 2078)

    Mental health and mental retardation facilities; Joint Subcommittee Evaluating Future Delivery of Publicly Funded Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, et al., to review recommendations by Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission and identify potential uses for existing properties for children and families who are eligible for treatment under Comprehensive Services Act. (Patron-Hanger, SJR 478)

    Neighborhood Assistance Act; tax credits for any business who makes donations to programs thereunder. Amending § 63.1-324. (Patron-Davies, HB 633)

    Neighborhood Assistance Act; tax credits for contractors who donate goods or services thereunder. Amending §§ 63.1-321 and 63.1-324; adding § 63.1-325.1. (Patron-McQuigg, HB 1866; Colgan, SB 1021)

    Neighborhood Assistance Act; tax credits for donation of professional services by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, optometrists and pharmacists. Amending § 63.1-325. (Patron-Hall, HB 2290)

    Neighborhood Assistance Act; tax credits for donation of professional services by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, optometrists, dental hygienists and pharmacists. Amending § 63.1-325. (Patron-Lambert, SB 1153)

    Nursing facility reimbursement; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to examine Medicaid program's methodology for determining. (Patron-Bolling, SJR 463)

    Nursing home facilities and adult care residences; Joint Commission on Health Care to review staffing requirements to ensure adequate levels of care and enforcement of these standards. (Patron-Parrish, HJR 527; Spruill, HJR 547)

    Preschool or nursery school programs; exempt from licensure. Amending §§ 63.1-196.001 and 63.1-196.3:1. (Patron-Nixon, HB 2205)

    Prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries; authorizes participation by licensed pharmacists. Adding §§ 54.1-3434.5, 54.1-3434.6 and 54.1-3434.7. (Patron-Deeds, HB 2492)

    Prescription medications; Technical Advisory Panel of Indigent Health Care Trust Fund to examine establishing a pilot pharmacy program for indigent and uninsured as a means of improving access thereto. (Patron-Diamonstein, HJR 675)

    Procurement Act; exemptions for certain health care services for indigent. Amending § 11-45. (Patron-Schrock, SB 1112)

    Public assistance; day care for TANF recipients engaged in employment or education. Amending § 63.1-133.46; adding § 63.1-105.9. (Patron-Miller, Y.B., SB 1006)

    Public assistance; Department of Social Services to establish a finger imaging program to combat fraud. Adding § 63.1-124.4. (Patron-Barry, SB 459)

    Public assistance; eligibility for persons who have been abused or battered. Amending § 63.1-133.43. (Patron-Crittenden, HB 1272)

    Public assistance; recovery of that which is fraudulently or mistakenly paid. Amending § 63.1-127.2. (Patron-Griffith, HB 2349)

    Public assistance; vocational and job skills training for participants in Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW). Amending § 63.1-133.49. (Patron-Jones, D.C., HB 2597; Edwards, SB 767)

    Social services programs; Department of Social Services, et al., to study validation of workload measures and determine necessary appropriations for personnel and operating costs for mandated programs and services. (Patron-Phillips, HJR 554)

    Social workers; continuing education requirements. Adding § 54.1-3708. (Patron-Miller, Y.B., SB 1004)

    Social workers; education requirements. Amending § 63.1-26. (Patron-Ticer, SB 1168)

    Social workers, licensed; Board of Social Work of Department of Health Professions to study benefits requiring continuing education thereof. (Patron-Miller, Y.B., SJR 379)

    Substance abuse treatment program; Department of Social Services, et al., to evaluate and encourage participation in and completion thereof by recipients of public assistance. (Patron-Martin, SJR 387)

    Surplus motor vehicles; acquisition by Department of Social Services or local departments for sale or transfer to TANF recipients or former recipients. Amending §§ 46.2-1500 and 63.1-133.46; adding § 11-40.4. (Patron-Phillips, HB 1917)

    Surplus motor vehicles; sale of state vehicles to local social service departments for resale to TANF recipients. Amending § 2.1-457.2. (Patron-Jackson, HB 1987; Puckett, SB 971)

    Surplus tangible state property; may be sold to certain charitable corporations operating as clinics for indigent. Amending § 2.1-457.2. (Patron-Schrock, SB 1111)

    Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program; benefits criteria. Amending §§ 63.1-105.7, 63.1-133.43 and 63.1-133.49. (Patron-McDonnell, HB 2740)

    Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program; eliminates deprivation requirement as eligibility criterion. Amending § 63.1-105. (Patron-Edwards, SB 1190)

    Welfare Fraud; Report of Department of Social Services (SJR 356, 1997). (SD 11)

    Welfare Reform in Culpeper and Lynchburg Regions; Report of Department of Social Services (SJR 356, 1997). (SD 12)

    Welfare Reform Initiative: Implementation and Participant Outcomes; Report of Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (Items 14L and 14O, Chapter 924, 1997 Acts). (SD 21)

    Welfare to Work Transformation From Dependency to Opportunity; Report of Department of Social Services (Chapter 450, 1995 Acts). (HD 46)


    1999 Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Resolutions and Documents - For additional information, please contact Legislative Information, State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Telephone (804) 698-1500. Last Modified on June 10, 1999 at 03:26PM Eastern Daylight Time

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