Bill Text: VA HB50 | 2022 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Infant relinquishment laws; DSS to establish hotline to make information available to public.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0174) [HB50 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB50-Comm_Sub.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. That the Department of Social Services (the Department) shall establish a toll-free 24-hour hotline to make information about the Commonwealth's safe haven laws that provide for relinquishment of an infant, infant relinquishment locations, and support and resources available for parents available to the public and shall make information about the hotline, including the toll-free number that may be used to contact the hotline, available in its website. The Department shall also undertake a campaign to increase public awareness of the Commonwealth's laws providing for relinquishment of an infant and the hotline established pursuant to this act.