Virginia House Bill 148 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Health and Human Services
Pending: House Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Social Services; human trafficking services. Adds to the responsibilities of the Department of Social Services certain duties related to human trafficking prevention and victim support. The bill requires the Department, among other things, to develop a tiered certification system for programs that provide services to victims of human trafficking, which shall consider (i) whether the program is accredited by a nationally recognized credentialing entity; (ii) the program's services, practices, governance, organizational structure, leadership, financial management, and compliance history; and (iii) any other criteria deemed relevant by the Department. The bill also authorizes the Department, subject to regulations of the Board of Social Services and the availability of state or federal funds, to receive state and federal funds for services to victims of human trafficking; disburse funds through matching grants to local public or private nonprofit agencies to provide service programs for the victims of human trafficking; and develop and implement grant mechanisms for funding such local services.

Human trafficking services; adds to responsibilities of DSS certain duties related to prevention.

Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Health and Human Services
2024-01-02	House	Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
2024-01-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101588D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	1612	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1614	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1615	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB148
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB148+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB148F122+PDF