SB1135: Child in foster care; child identified as having a developmental disability.


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to require local departments of social services to notify the community services board when a child in foster care is identified as having a developmental disability.
[S 1135]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the local department of social services shall notify the appropriate community services board as soon as it is known that a child in the foster care system has a developmental disability so that the community services board may screen the child for placement on the statewide developmental disability waiver waiting list.


SENATE BILL NO. 1135
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
on January 25, 2019)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Favola)
A BILL to require local departments of social services to notify the community services board when a child in foster care is identified as having a developmental disability.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the local department of social services shall notify the appropriate community services board as soon as it is known that a child in the foster care system has a developmental disability so that the community services board may screen the child for placement on the Family and Individual Supports waiver waiting list.

SENATE BILL NO. 1135

Offered January 9, 2019
Prefiled December 30, 2018
A BILL to require the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to grant individuals with developmental disabilities leaving foster care Priority One status for Community Living Waiver services.
Patron-- Favola

Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall amend the criteria for determining the priority status of individuals on the waiting list for services under the Community Living Waiver to include individuals with developmental disabilities who will exit foster care and require waiver services within one year in the Priority One status.