Bill Text: VA SB534 | 2014 | Regular Session | Prefiled

Virginia Senate Bill 534 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Local departments; consent to treatment and collection of evidence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-05 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) [SB534 Detail]

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SENATE BILL NO. 534 Offered January 8, 2014 Prefiled January 8, 2014 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 9 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-916, relating to local directors; consent to treatment and collection of evidence. ---------- Patron-- Barker ---------- Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 9 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-916 as follows:

§63.2-916. Consent to surgical and medical treatment and collection of forensic evidence.

The local director or his designee may (i) consent, in accordance with the provisions of §54.1-2969, to surgical or medical treatment of a minor who has been committed to the care and custody of the local board by a court of competent jurisdiction, entrusted to the local board by his parent or guardian, or taken into the custody of the local board pursuant to §63.2-1517, or (ii) consent to the collection of forensic evidence on behalf of a minor who has been committed to the care and custody of the local board by a court of competent jurisdiction, entrusted to the local board by his parent or guardian, or taken into the custody of the local board pursuant to §63.2-1517 in cases in which the minor is believed to be the victim of sexual assault.