West Virginia House Bill 4447

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-10 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Responsible Fatherhood Act; establishing purpose; requiring DHHR to contract with non-profit to create initiative to promote responsible fatherhood; provide certain services directed at fathers; establishing eligibility requirements for non-profits to be awarded contract; allowing DHHR to award grants to promote initiative's purposes; establishing reporting requirements; requiring Community-based-care (CBC) lead agencies to assess their fatherhood engagement services and report to DHHR; requiring DHHR to assess CBCs bi-annually regarding fatherhood engagement services; requiring the DHHR to integrate fatherhood engagement services into home visits; requiring the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement to provide certain information directed towards parents having difficulty making child support payments; and establishing Responsible Fatherhood Month.

To create the Responsible Fatherhood Act

Del. Josh Holstein [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-10	House	To House Health and Human Resources
2024-01-10	House	Introduced in House
2024-01-10	House	To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2024-01-10	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
49	10	1	New Code	See Bill Text
49	10	2	New Code	See Bill Text
49	10	3	New Code	See Bill Text
49	10	4	New Code	See Bill Text
49	10	5	New Code	See Bill Text
49	10	6	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4447&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4447%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4447