Bill Text: VA HB2339 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Child in foster care; provision of certain documents when child reaches 16 years of age.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-20 - Assigned sub: Social Services [HB2339 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2025-HB2339-Introduced.html
2025 SESSION
INTRODUCED
25102070D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2339
Offered January 8, 2025
Prefiled January 8, 2025
A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-905.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child in foster care; provision of certain documents; 16 years of age.
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Patron—Batten
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 63.2-905.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 63.2-905.3. Documents provided to foster care youth.
When a child is leaving in foster care upon reaching 18 reaches 16 years of age, unless the child has been in foster care for less than six months, the local department shall ensure that the child has, if eligible to receive, (i) a certified birth certificate, (ii) a social security card, (iii) health insurance information, (iv) a copy of the child's health care records, and (v) a driver's license or identification card issued by the Commonwealth.
