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| Bill | Kinship foster care; notice and appeal. | Kinship foster care; notice and appeal. Requires local boards of social services (local boards), upon receiving a request from a child's relative to become a kinship foster parent, to provide the relative with any forms and materials that must be submitted to become a kinship foster parent within 15 days. The bill requires local boards, upon denying a relative's request to become a kinship foster parent, to provide to the relative (i) a clear and specific explanation of the reasons for denial, (ii) a statement that such denial is appealable, and (iii) information regarding the procedure for filing such appeal. The bill allows relatives to file an appeal regarding such decisions with the Commissioner of Social Services and requires the Board of Social Services to adopt certain regulations regarding the timeline of such appeals. This bill is identical to SB 307. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 716 | Virginia HB 716 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 716 (2022) — Kinship foster care; notice and appeal.
Kinship foster care; notice and appeal. Requires local boards of social services (local boards), upon receiving a request from a child's relative to become a kinship foster parent, to provide the relative with any forms and materials that must be submitted to become a kinship foster parent within 15 days. The bill requires local boards, upon denying a relative's request to become a kinship foster parent, to provide to the relative (i) a clear and specific explanation of the reasons for denial, (ii) a statement that such denial is appealable, and (iii) information regarding the procedure for filing such appeal. The bill allows relatives to file an appeal regarding such decisions with the Commissioner of Social Services and requires the Board of Social Services to adopt certain regulations regarding the timeline of such appeals. This bill is identical to SB 307.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0561 (committee substitute) — source
- HB716ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100544D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 22100544D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Wendy W. Gooditis — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100544D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2022-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB716)
- 2022-01-21 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2022-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-03 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-08 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-08 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-11 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2022-02-11 Engrossed by House as amended HB716E
- 2022-02-11 Printed as engrossed 22100544D-E
- 2022-02-14 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-14 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB716E)
- 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
referral-committee - 2022-02-25 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2022-03-01 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-03 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-08 Enrolled
- 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-08 Signed by President
- 2022-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB716ER)
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 561 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c1a48cf-996c-4d5d-bba8-f53921ab53a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).