Bill Text: VA SB1007 | 2023 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Child Care Subsidy Program; extending scope of eligibility to certain foster parents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-26 - Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) [SB1007 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2023-SB1007-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 1007 Offered January 11, 2023 Prefiled January 6, 2023 A BILL to direct the Board of Education to expand the scope of eligibility for the Child Care Subsidy Program to certain foster parents. ---------- Patron-- Hashmi ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Board of Education shall amend its regulations in 8VAC20-790-20 to expand the scope of eligibility to apply for the Child Care Subsidy Program to any foster parent of a child placed in the foster parent's home by a licensed or duly authorized child-placing agency if, at the time of eligibility determination or redetermination, the child for whom the foster parent is applying to the Child Care Subsidy Program (i) meets the criteria for eligibility set out in subsection A of 8VAC20-790-20 or (ii) is between the ages of 13 and 17 but otherwise meets the criteria for eligibility set out in subsection A of 8VAC20-790-20 provided, however, that there is documented evidence that such child between the ages of 13 and 17 has exhibited tendencies toward self-harm or harm to others.