Family assessments; increases timeline for completion.
Summary
Family assessments; timeline. Increases from 45 days to 60 days the allowable time for completing a family assessment by a local department of social services and removes the local department's opportunity to request a 15-day extension. This bill is identical to SB 412.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Feb 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Feb 24, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2020 · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 11, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Feb 24, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100614D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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