Virginia House Bill 716 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Kinship foster care; notice and appeal. Requires local boards of social services (local boards), upon receiving a request from a child's relative to become a kinship foster parent, to provide the relative with any forms and materials that must be submitted to become a kinship foster parent within 15 days. The bill requires local boards, upon denying a relative's request to become a kinship foster parent, to provide to the relative (i) a clear and specific explanation of the reasons for denial, (ii) a statement that such denial is appealable, and (iii) information regarding the procedure for filing such appeal. The bill allows relatives to file an appeal regarding such decisions with the Commissioner of Social Services and requires the Board of Social Services to adopt certain regulations regarding the timeline of such appeals.

Kinship foster care; notice and appeal.

Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]

2022-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 561 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-22	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
2022-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-08	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB716ER)
2022-03-08	House	Enrolled
2022-03-03	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2022-03-03	Senate	Read third time
2022-03-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-03-01	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2022-02-25	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2022-02-25	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
2022-02-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2022-02-16	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2022-02-14	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2022-02-14	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2022-02-11	House	Printed as engrossed 22100544D-E
2022-02-11	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB716E
2022-02-11	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2022-02-11	House	Read second time
2022-02-10	House	Read first time
2022-02-08	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
2022-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2022-01-21	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100544D

SB307 (Same As) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0562)
SB307 (Same As) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0562)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	900.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	915	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB716
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB716+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB716E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB716ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0561+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105510A.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22106255A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+HB716AH
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB716F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB716FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB716FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1202V0022+HB0716
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H12V0076+HB0716
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV0809+HB0716
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S09V0072+HB0716
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S05V0355+HB0716
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0681HB0716+HB0716
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0764HB0716+HB0716