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WVSB437Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to protect the rights and welfare of children conceived as the result of sexual assault, protect the survivors of sexual assault from repeated interactions with the perpetrators, provide definitions, provide for terminatio...
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2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB366Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require the department to file a petition to terminate parental rights when a parent whose child has been removed from their care and determined by a court to have subjected that child to abuse or neglect on two or more...
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2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB4420Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to redefining neglect to allow a parenting style that focuses on allowing children a certain amount of independence, referred to as "free range parenting," and establishing that activity is not considered neglect.
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2024-01-10
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee
WVHB4560Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to authorize family courts to certify a juvenile to the jurisdiction of a circuit court for proceedings.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4539Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require that free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners in all jails, regional jails or state correctional facilities and female juveniles in juvenile detention.
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2024-01-10
To House Jails and Prisons Committee
WVHB4430Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to remove the ability of a Bureau of Social Services worker to file a grievance if that person has elected to enter the merit based system.
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2024-01-10
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB4417Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to have social workers named for each elementary, middle school and junior high school in the state who are to be available to teachers, principals and other school staff upon request, to help improve or maintain school at...
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2024-01-10
To House Education Committee
WVHB4451Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require an agreement concerning subsidized adoption be required to provide for direct payment by the Department of Health and Human Resources the attorney's fees of the adoptive parent.
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2024-01-10
To House Health & Human Resources Committee
WVHB4562Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to specify the direct payment of adoption attorney fees and prohibit direct referrals.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4509Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to have social workers identified for each elementary, middle school, junior high school, and high school in the state who are to be available to teachers, principals, and other school staff upon request, to help improve o...
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2024-01-10
To House Education Committee
WVHB4585Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for individuals who provide respite care.
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2024-01-10
To House Health & Human Resources Committee
WVHB4386Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to allow for Child Protective Services expungement in certain circumstances.
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2024-01-10
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee
WVHB4189Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require a court to verify that before a child who has been removed from a home may be returned to that home, that if a parent is participating in a medication-assisted treatment program he or she shall be successfully f...
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2024-01-10
To House Health & Human Resources Committee
WVHB4211Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to establish limitation on law-enforcement officers conducting custodial interrogations of a child with certain exceptions.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4219Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require child subsidies shall be based on monthly enrollment rather than daily attendance.
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2024-01-10
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee
WVHB4180Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require the Juvenile Justice Reform Oversight Committee to recommend averted costs reinvestment; create a juvenile justice account and provide its purpose, funding, and disbursements; require new data to be collected an...
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4447Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to establish the Responsible Fatherhood Act; establishing purpose; requiring DHHR to contract with non-profit to create initiative to promote responsible fatherhood; provide certain services directed at fathers; establishi...
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2024-01-10
To House Health & Human Resources Committee
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