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Code of Virginia
Title 63.2. Welfare (Social Services)
7/21/2026

Title 63.2. Welfare (Social Services) (2026 Updates)

  • Subtitle I. General Provisions Relating to Social Services
  • Chapter 1. General Provisions
    § 63.2-100
    Definitions
    § 63.2-102
    Allowing access to records and information for public assistance programs and child support enforcement; penalty
    § 63.2-105
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Confidential records and information concerning social services; child-protective services and child-placing agencies
    § 63.2-105
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Confidential records and information concerning social services; child-protective services and child-placing agencies
  • Chapter 2. State Social Services
    • Article 1. Department and Commissioner of Social Services
    § 63.2-203
    Powers and duties of Commissioner generally
    § 63.2-203.1
    Intervention by Commissioner; corrective action plans; assumption of temporary control of local boards and local departments
  • Chapter 3. Local Social Services
    • Article 1. Local Boards of Social Services
    § 63.2-301
    Local board appointments and terms of office
    § 63.2-319.1
    Intervention by Commissioner; corrective action plans; assumption of temporary control of local boards
  • Subtitle II. Public Assistance
  • Chapter 6. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
    § 63.2-603
    Eligibility for TANF; childhood immunizations
  • Subtitle III. Social Services Programs
  • Chapter 9. Foster Care
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 63.2-901.1
    Criminal history and central registry check for placements of children
    § 63.2-901.2
    Barrier crime waivers for kinship foster parents
  • Chapter 12. Adoption
    • Article 6. Records
    § 63.2-1246
    Disposition of reports; disclosure of information as to identity of birth family
  • Chapter 15. Child Abuse and Neglect
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 63.2-1501
    Definitions
    § 63.2-1502
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Establishment of Child-Protective Services Unit; duties
    § 63.2-1502
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Establishment of Child-Protective Services Unit; duties
    § 63.2-1503
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Local departments to establish child-protective services; duties
    § 63.2-1503
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Local departments to establish child-protective services; duties
    § 63.2-1506
    Family assessments by local departments
    • Article 2. Complaints
    § 63.2-1508
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Valid report or complaint
    § 63.2-1508
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Valid report or complaint
    § 63.2-1509
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalty for failure to report
    § 63.2-1509
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalty for failure to report
    § 63.2-1510
    (Repealed effective July 1, 2027) Complaints by others of certain injuries to children.
    § 63.2-1510.1
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Conflict of interest when local department employee is alleged abuser; duties of court when assigning valid complaint
    § 63.2-1512
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Immunity of person making report, etc., from liability
    § 63.2-1512
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Immunity of person making report, etc., from liability
    • Article 3. Records
    § 63.2-1515
    Central registry; disclosure of information
    • Article 5. Oversight and Evaluation of Program
    § 63.2-1527
    Board oversight duties; Out-of-Family Investigations Advisory Committee
    • Article 6. Virginia Child Protection Accountability System
    § 63.2-1530
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Virginia Child Protection Accountability System
    § 63.2-1530
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Virginia Child Protection Accountability System
  • Subtitle IV. Licensure
  • Chapter 17. Licensure and Registration Procedures
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 63.2-1701
    Licenses required; issuance, expiration, and renewal; maximum number of residents, participants or children; posting of licenses
    • Article 3. Background Checks
    § 63.2-1721
    Background check upon application for licensure as a child-placing agency, etc.; penalty
    § 63.2-1722
    Revocation or denial of renewal based on background checks; failure to obtain background check
  • Chapter 18. Facilities and Programs
    • Article 1. Assisted Living Facilities
    § 63.2-1808.2
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, c. 496, cl. 2) Electronic monitoring in resident rooms