CHAPTER 432
An Act to direct the Department of Social Services to develop recommendations related to provisions governing criminal history background checks and barrier crimes for applicants to serve as foster or adoptive homes.
[S 689]
Approved April 11, 2022
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. That the Department of Social Services shall, together with relevant stakeholders, develop recommendations regarding changes to provisions governing criminal history background checks and barrier crimes for applicants to serve as a foster or adoptive home. The Department of Social Services shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by October 1, 2022.