WV HB5398 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-31 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

The purpose of this bill relates to establishing a drug testing program for adults who apply to serve as foster parents, kinship parents, or caregivers to displaced children in the legal custody of the Department of Human Services.

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Title

To require drug testing of foster parents prior to child placement.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-31HouseTo House Health and Human Resources
2024-01-31HouseIntroduced in House
2024-01-31HouseTo Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2024-01-31HouseFiled for introduction

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
492128ANew CodeSee Bill Text

West Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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