The Senate reconvened at 9 p.m. to receive House messages.
Nine bills completed legislation including House Bill 2010, Relating to foster care. The bill would update the regulation of foster care in West Virginia. The bill does nine things which include:
- Mandates the transition of the foster care population into managed care.
- It requires that the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) transition the foster care system into a managed care system by Jan. 1, 2020.
- Creates a foster care child and parent investigator.
- Implements performance-based contracting.
- Studies kinship care.
- Requires DHHR to update their legislative rule to ensure normalcy for the foster child.
- The bill would extend the time a foster family is certified from one to three years.
- Clarifies the amount that DHHR will pay for court ordered services
- Changes policies of child residential providers with the goal of keeping children in West Virginia.
- Clarifies the type of assessment performed on a foster child.
- States that the use of Medication Assisted Treatment may not be the sole reason parental rights may be terminated.
The Senate also passed eight other bills. Those bills include the following:
- Senate Bill 613: Requiring DNR include election of organ donation on hunting licenses
- Senate Bill 656: Relating to electronic filing of tax returns
- Senate Bill 669: Allowing appointment of commissioners to acknowledge signatures
- Senate Bill 677: Supplemental appropriation to Division of Health and Division of Human Services
- Senate Bill 679: Supplemental appropriation to Division of Finance
- Senate Bill 680: Supplemental appropriations to various divisions in DMAPS
- House Bill 2486: Using records of criminal conviction to disqualify a person from receiving a license for a profession or occupation
- House Bill 3141: Requiring capitol building commission authorization for certain renovations
All bills will be reported to Governor Justice to singed into law or vetoed.
The Senate is currently in session.
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