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Timestamp: 2019-10-18 01:25:42
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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1505, 63.2-1506, and 63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, relating to in utero exposure to a controlled substance. [S 1086] Approved
1. That §§ 63.2-1505, 63.2-1506, and 63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
2. Complete a report and transmit it forthwith to the Department, except that no such report shall be transmitted in cases in which the cause to suspect abuse or neglect is one of the factors specified in subsection B of § 63.2-1509 and the mother sought substance abuse counseling or treatment prior to the child's birth enter it into the statewide automation system maintained by the Department;
7. If a report of child abuse and neglect is founded, and the subject of the report is a full-time, part-time, permanent, or temporary employee of a school division located within the Commonwealth, notify the relevant school board of the founded complaint.
3. Complete the family assessment within forty-five 45 days and transmit a report to such effect to the Department and to the person who is the subject of the family assessment. However, upon written justification by the local department, the family assessment may be extended, not to exceed a total of sixty 60 days;
C. When a local department has been designated as a child-protective services differential response agency by the Department, the local department may investigate any report of child abuse or neglect, but the following valid reports of child abuse or neglect shall be investigated: (i) sexual abuse, (ii) child fatality, (iii) abuse or neglect resulting in serious injury as defined in § 18.2-371.1, (iv) child has been taken into the custody of the local department, or (v) cases involving a caretaker at a state-licensed child day center, religiously exempt child day center, licensed, registered or approved family day home, private or public school, hospital or any institution. If a report or complaint is based upon one of the factors specified in subsection B of § 63.2-1509, the local department shall (a) conduct a family assessment, unless an investigation is required pursuant to this subsection or other provision of law or is necessary to protect the safety of the child, and (b) develop a plan of safe care in accordance with federal law, regardless of whether the local department makes a finding of abuse or neglect.
B. For purposes of subsection A, "reason to suspect that a child is abused or neglected" shall include (i) a finding made by a health care provider within six weeks of the birth of a child that the results of toxicology studies of the child indicate the presence of a controlled substance not prescribed for the mother by a physician; (ii) a finding made by a health care provider within six weeks of the birth of a child that the child was born dependent on a controlled substance which was not prescribed by a physician for the mother and has demonstrated affected by substance abuse or experiencing withdrawal symptoms resulting from in utero drug exposure; (iii) (ii) a diagnosis made by a health care provider at any time within four years following a child's birth that the child has an illness, disease, or condition which that, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, is attributable to in utero exposure to maternal abuse of a controlled substance which was not prescribed by a physician for the mother or the child during pregnancy; or (iv) (iii) a diagnosis made by a health care provider at any time within four years following a child's birth that the child has a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder attributable to in utero exposure to alcohol. When "reason to suspect" is based upon this subsection, such fact shall be included in the report along with the facts relied upon by the person making the report.
2. That the State Board of Social Services shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act.
SENATE BILL NO. 1086 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services on January 27, 2017) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Wexton) A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1505, 63.2-1506, and 63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, relating to in utero exposure to a controlled substance.
SENATE BILL NO. 1086 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled January 6, 2017 A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1505, 63.2-1506, and 63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, relating to in utero exposure to a controlled substance.
C. When a local department has been designated as a child-protective services differential response agency by the Department, the local department may investigate any report of child abuse or neglect, but the following valid reports of child abuse or neglect shall be investigated: (i) sexual abuse, (ii) child fatality, (iii) abuse or neglect resulting in serious injury as defined in § 18.2-371.1, (iv) child has been taken into the custody of the local department, or (v) cases involving a caretaker at a state-licensed child day center, religiously exempt child day center, licensed, registered or approved family day home, private or public school, hospital or any institution.
B. For purposes of subsection A, "reason to suspect that a child is abused or neglected" shall include (i) a finding made by a health care provider within six weeks of the birth of a child that the results of toxicology studies of the child indicate the presence of a controlled substance not prescribed for the mother by a physician; (ii) a finding made by a health care provider within six weeks of the birth of a child that the child was born dependent on a controlled substance which was not prescribed by a physician for the mother and has demonstrated affected by substance abuse or experiencing withdrawal symptoms resulting from in utero drug exposure; (iii) a diagnosis made by a health care provider at any time following a child's birth that the child has an illness, disease, or condition which that, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, is attributable to in utero exposure to a controlled substance which was not prescribed by a physician for the mother or the child; or (iv) a diagnosis made by a health care provider at any time following a child's birth that the child has a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder attributable to in utero exposure to alcohol. When "reason to suspect" is based upon this subsection, such fact shall be included in the report along with the facts relied upon by the person making the report.
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