Bill Text: VA HB1627 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Child welfare agencies; Commissioner of Social Services shall prioritize inspection of agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0273) [HB1627 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2019-HB1627-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1627 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled October 23, 2018 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1706.1, relating to Department of Social Services; child welfare agencies; prioritization of inspections. ---------- Patron-- Orrock ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 63.2-1706.1 as follows:

§63.2-1706.1. Inspections of child welfare agencies; prioritization.

The Commissioner shall prioritize inspections of child welfare agencies in the following order: (i) inspections conducted in response to a complaint involving a licensed, registered, license-exempt, or unlicensed child welfare agency; (ii) inspections of licensed or registered child welfare agencies that are not conducted in response to a complaint; (iii) inspections of license-exempt or unlicensed child welfare agencies that have entered into a contract with the Department or a local department to provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant, other than inspections conducted in response to a complaint; and (iv) inspections of license-exempt and unlicensed child welfare agencies that are not conducted in response to a complaint.