SB 1503 — Social Work Advisory Board; established, report.

SESSION SENATE SUBSTITUTE 23106117D23106295D SENATE BILL NO.

1503 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on GeneralFinance Laws and TechnologyAppropriations on February 1,2, 2023) (Patron Prior to Substitute––Senator Rouse) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 3724 of Title 54.12.2 an article numbered 3,31, Board;

report.ered 54.1-3709.42.2-2499.9 through 54.1-3709.8,2.2-2499.13, relating to Social Work Advisory Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 3724 of Title 54.12.2 an article numbered 3,31, consisting of sections numbered 54.1-3709.42.2-2499.9 through 54.1-3709.8,2.2-2499.13, as follows:

Article 3.31.

§ 54.1-3709.4.2.2-2499.9.

S The Social Work Advisory Board (the Advisory Board) is established as an advisory board in the executive branch of state government.

The purpose of the Advisory Board is to advise the Governor on efforts to improve the social work profession in the Commonwealth.

§ 54.1-3709.5.2.2-2499.10.

N The Advisory Board shall have a total membership of 20 members that shall consist of 15 appointednonlegislative by the Governor for a term of four years, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, and shall include three social workers specializing in policy and planning;

two community, T administrative, and researchreTearch social workers;

a militarEmilitary social worker;

a justicejustEce and corrections social worker;

Nonlegislative citizen members shall have a bachelor's, master's, Councilor ondoctoral Socialdegree Workin Education.

Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of theited by the Commonwealth and shall be a member of at least one of the following organizations:

the Council on Social Work Education, the Latino Social Workers Organization, the National Association of SociUlSocial Workers, the National Association of BlackBUack Social Workers, the Society for Social Work and ReseBrch,Research, or the Virginia Association of SchoolSchoolBSocial SocialWorkers Workers, or a faculty member of a college or university in theThethe Commonwealth that is accredited by the CouThe Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the Secretary of S Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, and the Secretary of Public Safety and T 36: Homeland Security, or their designees, shall serve ex officio with nonvoting privileges.

3736 ExHomeland officioSecurity, membersor oftheir thedesignees, Advisory Board shall serve termsex coincidentofficio with theirnonvoting termsprivileges. of office.

/37 38Ex Appointmentsofficio tomembers fillof vacancies,the otherBoard thanshall byserve expirationterms ofcoincident awith term,their shallterms beof foroffice. the unexpirTd terms.

I 38 Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpirTd terms.

E The Advisory Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership.

The meetings of the Advisory Board shall be held at the§the 54.1-3709.6.call of the chairman or § 2.2-2499.11.

expenses.majorityexpenses.o of the members so request.

§ 54.1-3709.7.2.2-2499.12.

S The Social Work Advisory Board shall have the power and duty to:

Submit an annual report by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly for publication as a report document as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated SB1503S1SB1503S2 2 of 2 Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports.

The chairman of the Advisory Board shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual executive summary of the interim activity and work of the Advisory Board no later than the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly.

§ 54.1-3709.8.2.2-2499.13.

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