SESSION HOUSESENATE SUBSTITUTE 22105233D22107518D HOUSE BILL NO.

833 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on JanuaryFinance 28,and 2022)onAppropriations Publicon SafetyMarch 3, 2022) (Patron Prior to Substitute––Delegate Wilt) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 51 of Title 2.29.1 an article numbered 5,17, consistingVirginia, ofrelating sectionsto numberedthe 2.2-525Virginia andCenter 2.2-526,for relatingFirearm toViolence groupIntervention violenceand intervention;Prevention;

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creation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 51 of Title 2.29.1 an article numbered 5,17, consisting of sections numbered 2.2-5259.1-194 and 2.2-526,9.1-195, as follows:

ArticleVirginia 5.Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention.

GroupS Violence§ Intervention.9.1-194.

HVirginia AsCenter usedfor inFirearm thisViolence article,Intervention "group violence intervention" means comprehensive law-enforcement, prosecutorial, and community-basedPrevention initiatives,created; substantially similar to Operation Ceasefire asO implemented in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Gang Reduction Programs implemented in Richmond and Los Angeles, California.

Theseduties. programs are documented by the Department of Justice and areU social services providers and that are designed to (i) reduce violence and homicide, (ii) minimSze harm to communities through deterrence and enforcement, and (iii) foster stronger relationships between members of law enforcement and the communities they serve.

EA. § 2.2-526.

OperationFrom Ceasefiresuch Grantfunds Fund.as may be appropriated, the Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention (the Center) is hereby established within the Department.

OperationThe CeasefireCenter Grantshall: Fund (the Fund) and managed by the Office of the Attorney General.

Thehe1. Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller.

AllServe moneysas appropriated by the GenerSlCommonwealth's Assemblyprimary resource for theresearch, Fund,best practices, and fromstrategies anyfor otherthe sources,implementation publicof orfirearm private,violence shallintervention, becommunity-based paidintervention, into the state treasury and begroup creditedviolence toint2. the Fund.

InterestOperate earneda onstatewide moneysgun inviolence theintervention Fundand shallprevention remainresearch incenter. the Fund fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund.

ExpendituresThe andBofCenter eachshall disbursementsserve fromas the FundCommonwealth's shallclearinghouse befor madedata toregarding thefirearm Stateviolence Treasurerand onfirearm warrantsvioleTce issuedintervention and prevention programs collected by thestate Sand Comptrollerlocal uponagencies writtenand requestshall ofmaintain thean Attorneyintegrated General.information system containing data, research, and statistical information regarding Eirearm violence in the Commonwealth;

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Facilitate sharing of data regarding firearm violence and firearm violence intervention and higher education, research institutions, hospitals and other medical care facilities, community-basedof organizations, and law-enforcement agencies;

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In conjunction with the Department of Health, Department of Social Services, Department oU Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Department of Education, and Department of VeteraBs Services, work to enhance programs and strategies designed to address firearm violence, including departments;t focus on the prevention of suicide or domestic violence in the populations servedSby such 5.

Facilitate coordination between state agencies, localities, and community-based organizations to 36 develop comprehensive practices for addressing firearm violence and implementing firearm violence 37 intervention and prevention programs;

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Develop and publish best practices for establishing firearm violence intervention and preTention 39 programs, including street outreach, hospital-based violence intervention, community-based violUnce int7.

Provide technical assistance to localities and community-based organizations to support the establishment of firearm violence intervention and prevention programs, including technical assistance on capacity building, obtaining grant funding, and collecting data;

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Administer the Virginia Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund established pursuant to § 9.1-195 and provide grants from the Fund to agencies of local government, community-based violence intervention and prevention efforts;of supporting implementation of evidence-informed firearm 9.

Evaluate state and community-based violence intervention programs and policies that receive funding through the Center;

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Produce reports and provide analysis and interpretation of statistical information regarding firearm violence, including information on firearm trafficking, crimes involving firearms, massHshootings, suicides, and fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries;

8 law-enforcement personnel containing best practices for (i) the service and execution of substantial risk orders and protective orders, (ii) the processes for obtaining a firearm from an individual pro1ibited from possessing a firearm, and (iii) addressing the different types of firearm violence, including unintentional injuries, mass shootings, domestic violence, suicides, homicides, and community violence;

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Apply for and accept grants from the United States government or any other source in carrying HB833S1 2 of 2 out the purposes of this article and accept any and all donations, both real and personal, and grants of money from any governmental unit or public agency, or from any institution, person, firm, or corporation, and may receive, utilize, and dispose of the same.

Any moneys received pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the account of the Department.

MoneysThe inCenter themay Fundrequire and shall bereceive usedfrom solelyevery fordepartment, thedivision, purposesboard, ofbureau, implementingcommission, violentauthority, crimeor reductionother law-enforcementagency agencies,created andby awardingthe grantsCommonwealth, or to organizationswhich suchthe asCommonwealth stateis anda localparty equipmenIor forany 36political law-enforcementsubdivision agencies,thereof, localcooperation attorneys for the Commonwealth, localities, social services proTiders, 37 and nonprofitassistance organizations that are engaged in groupthe violenceperformance interventionof efforts.its duties.

38The C.Center may also consult and exchange information with local government agencies and interested stakeholders, institutions of higher education, research institutions, hospitals and other medical care facilities, and community-based organizations.

TheC. Office of the Attorney General shall establish an application process for awarding grants 40 of the Virginia Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.) shall not apply to expenditures from the Fund.ons E H H 1

The Center shall report annually on or before October 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly.

The report shall include a summary of activities for the year and any recommendations to address firearm violence within the Commonwealth.

The Department shall ensure that such report is available to the public.