SB472: Group homes & residential facilities for children; regulations for licensure of programs offered.

Chief Patron

Emmett Hanger (R-24)
Served: 1996–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

03/08/2008: Passed the Senate

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01/09/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08
01/09/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083151232
01/09/2008 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
02/08/2008 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2008 Committee substitute printed 085709232-S1
02/11/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2008 Read second time
02/12/2008 Reading of substitute waived
02/12/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 085709232-S1
02/12/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB472S1
02/12/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2008 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2008 Communicated to House
02/14/2008 Placed on Calendar
02/14/2008 Read first time
02/14/2008 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
02/19/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB472S1)
02/19/2008 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2008 Committee substitute printed 088578232-H1
02/19/2008 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/22/2008 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources (Hamilton)
02/27/2008 Reported from Appropriations (23-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/29/2008 Read second time
02/29/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB472H1)
03/03/2008 Read third time
03/03/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 088578232-H1
03/03/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB472H1
03/03/2008 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
03/03/2008 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2008 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2008 Enrolled
03/08/2008 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB472ER)
03/08/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/11/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB472ER)
03/11/2008 Signed by President
03/12/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/12/2008 Signed by President
03/17/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB472ER)
04/11/2008 Governor's recommendation received by Senate

Summary

Licensure of group homes and residential facilities for children. Eliminates provisions requiring the Department of Education and the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services to regulate group homes and residential facilities for children. This bill requires the Department of Social Services to regulate group homes and residential facilities for children, requires the Department of Education to regulate educational programs and the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services to regulate mental health, mental retardation or substance abuse services offered in group homes and residential facilities for children licensed by the Department of Social Services.

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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/09/2008, 01/09/2008, 02/08/2008, 02/08/2008, 02/11/2008, 02/12/2008, 02/14/2008, 02/14/2008, 02/19/2008, 02/19/2008, 02/22/2008, 02/22/2008, 02/29/2008 and 03/11/2008.

Comments

Alison Hymes writes:

Great way to make sure children aren't protected in residential treatment. Take oversight out of the hands of MH licensing which does a great job and knows the territory and put it in the overburdened hands of Social Services which doesn't come close to doing the job MH licensing does. What we really need is MORE oversight, not less and we need to take decisons about closure out of the hands of political appointees and allow the licensing professionals to make these decisions themselves.

Who benefits from this bill? Not children in state care.

Posted 7 months ago. #

chris t. writes:

interesting that the lobbist for psy soutions contributed mucho dinaro to hanger then he sponsers a bill to reduce their oversight........hmmmmmmmm

Posted 6 months ago. #

Alison Hymes writes:

Psychiatric Solutions owns/operates Whisper Ridge in Charlottesville which should have lost its license a long time ago and nearly did. Less oversight of that place will lead to death. They almost lost a resident to assault already, had suicide attempts on "one on one" supposedly, failed to get needed medical care, sexual abuse by staff, if human rights advocates from DMHMRSAS and licensing folks aren't in there every week kids will die. No question. Meanwhile we have empty beds at Commonwealth Center For Children And Adolescents.

Posted 6 months ago. #

Alison Hymes writes:

Can anyone explain what the amended version of this bill means? What Department is the Amendment talking about? Who will be licensing residential facilities?

Posted 5 months ago. #