HB 2381 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Children's Ombudsman, Office of the, and Children's Advocacy Fund; created.

Summary
Creates the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to provide ombudsman services, including investigation of complaints, advocacy, and information for children, parents, and citizens involved with child-serving agencies, as defined in the bill. The bill provides for the Office of the Governor to conduct a needs assessment with the Department of General Services to provide for the office space needs of the Office of the Children's Ombudsman. The bill also creates the Children's Advocacy Fund for the purpose of supporting the operations of the Office of the Children's Ombudsman. The Fund would be funded in part by fines collected from criminal offenses involving a child.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2019
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Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019 Last action Feb 5, 2019
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Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103801D
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors

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