CHAPTER 789
An Act to exempt certain children's residential facilities from current licensure requirements.
Approved April 6, 2018
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. That, notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 17 (§ 63.2-1700 et seq.) of Title 63.2 of the Code of Virginia, the Commissioner of Social Services shall issue a license to a facility operated or conducted under the auspices of a religious institution established in 1978 and located in Atkins, Virginia, at the intersection of Pierce Road and Freedom Tabernacle Lane that receives no public funds that meets the minimum standards for licensed child-caring institutions adopted by the Board of Social Services and in effect on January 1, 1987. Such facility shall not be required to comply with regulations governing children's residential facilities as a condition of licensure.
2. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2021.