HB 653 — Foster care; DSS to establish and implement a collaborative local board placement program.

VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- 2022 SESSION ENGROSSEDCHAPTER 22101454D10 HOUSEAn BILLAct NO.to amend and reenact § 59.1-284.39 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Shipping and Logistics Headquarters Grant Program.

653[H House324] AmendmentsApproved inMarch [2, ] –– February 7, 2022 ABe BILLit toenacted amendby andthe reenactGeneral §Assembly 63.2-900 of theVirginia: Code of Virginia, relating to foster care;

local1. boards of social services;

collaborativeThat placement§ program.59.1-284.39 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

––––––––––§ Patron59.1-284.39. Prior to ––––––––––t––Delegate Wampler Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions –––––––––– E Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

NShipping 1.and Logistics Headquarters Grant Program.

ThatA. § 63.2-900 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§As 63.2-900.used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

Accepting"Capital childreninvestment" formeans placementan inexpenditure homes,within facilities,an etc.,eligible locality, by localor boards.on behalf of a qualified company on or after January 1, 2021, in real property, tangible personal property, or both, at one of the facilities within an eligible locality that has been capitalized or is subject to being capitalized.

G"Capital A.development and land improvements;

Pursuant(ii) to § 63.2-319, a localcapital boardexpenditure shallrelated have the right to accepta forleasehold placementinterest in suiRablereal familyproperty; homes, children's residential facilities or independent living arrangements, subject to the supervision of the Commissioner and in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board, such persons court of competent jurisdiction, or placed through an agreement between it and the parent, parents or guardians where legal custody remains with the parent, parents, or guardians.

S The Board shall adopt regulations for the provision of foster care services by local boards, which shall be directed toward the prevention of unnecessary foster care placements and towards(iii) the immediatepurchase careor oflease and permanent planning for children in the custody of orfurniture, placedfixtures, bymachinery, local boards and thaDequipment, shallincluding achieve,under asan quicklyoperating aslease. practicable, permanent placements for such children.

The"Eligible locallocality" boardmeans shallthe firstCity seekof outChesapeake, kinshipthe careCity options to keep children out of fosterNorfolk, careor and as a placement option for those children in foster care, if it is in the child'sCounty bestof interests,Arlington. pursuant to § 63.2-900.1.

In"Facilities" casesmeans inthe whichbuildings, agroup childof cannotbuildings, beor returnedcampus, toincluding hisany priorrelated familyfurniture, orfixtures, placedequipment, forand adoptionbusiness andpersonal kinshipproperty, carein an eligible locality that is notowned, currentlyleased, inlicensed, theoccupied, bestor interestsotherwise operated by or on behalf of thea child,qualified thecompany localfor boarduse shallas considera theheadquarters placementfacility, a customer care center, or a research and servicesdevelopment thatinnovation affordcenter in the fosterfurtherance care,of treatmentits fostershipping care, and residentiallogistics care;business.

however,"Fund" themeans local board shall seek to place the childShipping withand aLogistics fosterHeadquarters familyGrant withinFund. the locality of the local board or a nearby locality through Hhe collaborative local board placement program set forth in subsection F, provided that such placement is in the best interests of the child.

Services"Grant" maymeans includea butgrant arefrom notthe limitedFund awarded to assessmenta andqualified 5company stabilization,in diligentan familyaggregate search,amount intensiveof in-home,up intensiveto wraparound,$9.5 respite,million mentorEng,$9,042,875. family mentoring, adoption support, supported adoption, crisis stabilization or other community-based services.

TheGrant Boardproceeds shallare alsointended approveto inbe fosterused careby policy the languagequalified ofcompany theto agreementpay requiredor inreimburse §costs 63.2-902.associated with constructing, renovating, acquiring, and staffing the facilities.

The"Memorandum of understanding" means a performance agreement shallor includerelated atdocument aentered minimuminto aon Codeor ofbefore EthicsAugust 1, 2021 2022, between a qualified company and mutualthe responsibilitiesCommonwealth that sets forth the requirements for allcapital partiesinvestment toand 36the creation of new jobs for the agreement.qualified company.

unknown,"New thejob" localmeans boardfull-time shallemployment requestat aor searchassociated with any of the Virginiafacilities Birthmeasured Fatherat Registryany establishedhertime after January 1, 2021, for which the annual average wage is 39at pursuantleast to$56,713 Articlefor 7a (§position 63.2-1249in etthe seq.)City of ChapterNorfolk 12or tothe determineCity whetherof anyChesapeake manor hasat registeredleast 40$99,385 asfor a position in the putativeCounty fatherof Arlington, that requires a minimum of 38 hours of an employee's time per week for the child.entire normal year, consisting of at least 48 weeks, of the qualified company's operations.

IfSeasonal theor searchtemporary resultspositions indicateand thatpositions acreated manwhen hasa registeredjob asfunction theis putativeshifted fatherfrom ofan theexisting child,location in the localCommonwealth board shall contactnot thequalify manas tonew beginjobs. the process to determine paternity.

TheAny localnew boardjob shall,shall be in accordanceaddition withto the regulationsbaseline adoptednumber byof theexisting Boardfull-time andpositions inat accordance with the entrustmentqualified agreementcompany's orfacilities, other order by which such person is entrusted or committed to itsbe care,set haveforth custodyin andthe controlmemorandum of theunderstanding. person so entrusted or committed to it until he is lawfully discharged, has been adopted or has attained his majority.

Whenever"Qualified company" means a localshipping boardand placeslogistics acompany, childand whereits legalaffiliates, custodythat remainsbetween withJanuary the1, parent,2021, parentsand orDecember shall31 specifySeptember the30, responsibilities2030, ofis eachexpected forto the(i) careretain andits controlNorth ofAmerican headquarters operations in the child.ardians.City of Norfolk;

The(ii) agreementmake The local board shall have authority to place for adoption, and to consent to the adoption of, any child properly committed or entrustedcause to itsbe caremade whena thecapital orderinvestment ofat commitmentone or entrustmentmore agreement between the parent or parents and the agency provides for the termination of all parental rights and responsibilities with respect to the childfacilities for the purpose of placingat andleast consenting$36 tomillion; the adoption of the child.

The(iii) localcreate boardand shallmaintain alsoat haveleast the415 rightnew tojobs acceptat temporaryor custodyassociated ofwith anythe personfacilities underrelated 18to, yearsor ofsupportive ageof, takenits intoshipping custodyand pursuantlogistics tobusiness subdivisionfunctions; B of § 16.1-246 or § 63.2-1517.

Theand placement(iv) ofestablish aand childoperate in a fosterresearch home, whether within or without the Commonwealth, shall not be for the purpose of stipulates.less the placement agreement between the foster parents and thedevelopment localinnovation boardcenter. specifically so B.

Prior"Secretary" tomeans the approvalSecretary of anyCommerce family for placement of a child, a home study shall be completed and HB653ETrade 2 of 2 the prospective foster or adoptivehis parentsdesignee. shall be informed that information about shaken baby syndrome, its effects, and resources for help and support for caretakers is available on a website maintained by the Department as prescribed in regulations adopted by the Board.

HomeB. studies by local boards shall be conducted in accordance with the Mutual Family Assessment home study template and any addenda thereto developed by the Department.

There is hereby created in the state treasury a nonreverting fund to be known as the Shipping and Logistics Headquarters Grant Fund.

The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller.

All funds appropriated to the Fund shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to it.

Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund.

Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purpose to pay grant installments pursuant to this chapter.

Payment of such grant installments shall be made by check issued by the State Treasurer on warrant of the Comptroller.

The Comptroller shall not draw any warrants to issue checks for grant installments under this section without a specific appropriation for the same.

PriorSubject to placingappropriation anyby such child in any foster home or children's residential facility, the localGeneral boardAssembly, shall enter into a writtenqualified agreementcompany withshall thebe fostereligible parents, pursuant to §receive 63.2-902,grant orinstallments otherof appropriate$6.33 custodianmillion settingin forthfiscal thereinyear the2022 conditionsand under$3.17 whichmillion thein childfiscal isyear so2023. placed pursuant to § 63.2-902.

However,Such ifgrant ainstallments childshall isbe placedpaid into athe children'squalified residentialcompany facilityfrom licensedthe asFund aduring temporaryeach emergencysuch shelter,fiscal andyear, acontingent verbalupon agreementthe forqualified placementcompany's ismeeting secured within eight hours of the child'srequirements arrivalset atforth thein facility, the writtenmemorandum agreementof doesof not2 needunderstanding to beprovide enteredsecurity intofor priorany topotential placement,repayment butof shallthe begrant, completedincluding anda signedcash byescrow the localaggregate boardamount and the facility representative within 24 hours of thegrants child'spayable arrivalunder orthis bysection theto enda ofqualified thecompany nextshall businessnot dayexceed after$9,042,875. the child's arrival.

AgreementsGrants enteredshall intobe pursuantpaid toin thisnine subsectionannual shallinstallments, includecalculated ain statementaccordance bywith the localmemorandum board that all reasonably ascertainable background, medical, and psychological records of theunderstanding, child,with includinggrants whetherthat themay childbe hasawarded beenin thea subjectparticular offiscal anyear investigationnot as the perpetrator of sexual abuse, have been provided to exceed the fosterfollowing: home or children's residential facility.

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$1,359,500 for the Commonwealth's fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022;

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