Bill Text: VA SB84 | 2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Foster care; extends option of independent living services to person between 18 and 21 years old.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-10 - House: Left in Appropriations [SB84 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-SB84-Engrossed.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §63.2-905.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §63.2-905.1. Independent living services. Local departments and licensed child-placing agencies may
provide independent living services to any person between 18 and 21 years of
age who is in the process of transitioning from foster care to
self-sufficiency. Any person who was committed or entrusted to a local board or
licensed child-placing agency may choose to discontinue receiving independent
living services any time before his twenty-first birthday in accordance with
regulations adopted by the Board. The local board or licensed child-placing
agency shall restore independent living services at the request of that person
provided that (i) the person has not yet reached 21 years of age and (ii) the
person has entered into a written agreement, less than [ 2. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless an appropriation of general funds effectuating the purposes of this act is included in a general appropriations act passed by the 2012 Session of the General Assembly, which becomes law. ] |