VA HB634 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; work group; review and evaluate guardianship visitation requirements; report. Directs the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to convene a work group to (i) evaluate how a requirement for private guardians to visit the individual under their guardianship in person at least once every 90 days would reduce the availability of willing and qualified individuals to serve as private guardians, if at all; (ii) consider whether a different number and frequency of visits per year, other than at least once every 90 days, would better balance resource constraints with the importance of guardian visits to the incapacitated person under their care; (iii) determine the additional resources, if any, needed to mitigate the negative impacts of an increased visitation requirement on the willingness and availability of qualified individuals to serve as private guardians; (iv) determine how those resources could be allocated to the relevant private and public entities in the guardianship system to promote compliance with an increased visitation requirement; and (v) determine whether expansion of the Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program would substantially alleviate issues related to these concerns. The Department shall submit a summary of its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee for Courts of Justice and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary by November 1, 2022. Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; work group; review and evaluate guardianship visitation requirements; report. Directs the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to convene a work group to (i) evaluate how a requirement for private guardians to visit the individual under their guardianship in person at least once every 90 days would reduce the availability of willing and qualified individuals to serve as private guardians, if at all; (ii) consider whether a different number and frequency of visits per year, other than at least once every 90 days, would better balance resource constraints with the importance of guardian visits to the incapacitated person under their care; (iii) determine the additional resources, if any, needed to mitigate the negative impacts of an increased visitation requirement on the willingness and availability of qualified individuals to serve as private guardians; (iv) determine how those resources could be allocated to the relevant private and public entities in the guardianship system to promote compliance with an increased visitation requirement; and (v) determine whether expansion of the Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program would substantially alleviate issues related to these concerns. The Department shall submit a summary of its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee for Courts of Justice and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary by November 1, 2022.
Title
Guardianship visitation requirements; DARS shall convene a work group to review and evaluate.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2022-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-08 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242) | |
| 2022-04-08 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 242 (effective 7/1/22) | |
| 2022-03-22 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022 | |
| 2022-03-22 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022 |
| 2022-03-08 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2022-03-08 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2022-03-07 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB634ER) |
| 2022-03-07 | House | Enrolled |
| 2022-03-02 | Senate | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2022-03-02 | Senate | Passed by temporarily |
| 2022-03-02 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2022-03-01 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2022-02-28 | Senate | Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2022-02-14 | Senate | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 2022-02-14 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2022-02-11 | House | VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2022-02-11 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2022-02-10 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB634H1 |
| 2022-02-10 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 22105845D-H1 |
| 2022-02-10 | House | Read second time |
| 2022-02-09 | House | Read first time |
| 2022-02-07 | House | Committee substitute printed 22105845D-H1 |
| 2022-02-07 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) |
| 2022-02-02 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2022-01-25 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 2022-01-11 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2022-01-11 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104036D |
Subjects
Aging and Rehabilitative Services Department for
Study Commissions Committees and Reports
Uncodified Legislation
Wills Trusts and Fiduciaries
Study Commissions Committees and Reports
Uncodified Legislation
Wills Trusts and Fiduciaries
