2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

25102072D

HOUSE BILL NO. 2340

Offered January 13, 2025

Prefiled January 8, 2025

A BILL to direct the Department of Social Services to amend its regulations related to trainings for foster and adoptive providers to ensure that reciprocity for such trainings is established among all local departments of social services and all licensed child placing agencies in the Commonwealth.

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Patron—Batten

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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Social Services shall amend its regulations related to preservice trainings and annual in-service trainings for foster and adoptive providers to ensure that reciprocity for such trainings is established among all local departments of social services and all licensed child placing agencies in the Commonwealth. The adoption of such regulations shall be exempt from the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq. of the Code of Virginia).