Source: https://www.legiscan.com/VA/text/HB1671/2019
Timestamp: 2019-07-15 22:07:43
Document Index: 151506060

Matched Legal Cases: ['§63', '§63', '§ 63', '§16', '§63', '§63', '§18', '§ 9', '§ 63']

Bill Text: VA HB1671 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered | LegiScan
Bill Text: VA HB1671 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Child abuse and neglect; investigation of an individual by local boards of social services.
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0276) [HB1671 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB1671-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 276 An Act to amend and reenact §§63.2-1505 and 63.2-1506 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child abuse and neglect; investigations by local boards of social services. [H 1671] Approved March 8, 2019
1. That §§63.2-1505 and 63.2-1506 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
1. Make immediate investigation and, if the report or complaint was based upon one of the factors specified in subsection B of § 63.2-1509, the local department may file a petition pursuant to §16.1-241.3;
Any information exchanged for the purposes of this subsection shall not be considered a violation of §63.2-102, 63.2-104, or 63.2-105.
6. 7. Make no disposition of founded or unfounded for reports in which a family assessment is completed. Reports in which a family assessment is completed shall not be entered into the central registry contained in §63.2-1515; and
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) cases involving a child's being left alone in the same dwelling with a person to whom the child is not related by blood or marriage and who has been convicted of an offense against a minor for which registration is required as a violent sexual offender pursuant to § 9.1-902, (v) child has been taken into the custody of the local department, or (vi) 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.