Sunday, September 7, 2008
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Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
HB2987: Tobacco products; use thereof around foster care children .
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 63.2-900.2 as follows:
§ 63.2-900.2. Use of tobacco products around foster care children.
The Board shall adopt regulations restricting the use of tobacco products by and around children receiving foster care services pursuant to this chapter. The regulations shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions (i) forbidding the use or possession of tobacco products by children, (ii) limiting use of tobacco products in the children's living quarters, and (iii) limiting the use of tobacco products in motor vehicles when transporting children.
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