Group homes and children's residential facilities; licensure, certain information required.
Summary
Group homes; licensure; certain information required. Requires every applicant for licensure or renewal of a license to establish, conduct, maintain, or operate or continue to operate a group home at which services for individuals with mental health or substance use disorder are offered to submit to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, together with such application, financial information; information about services and staffing; and a statement of (i) the legal name of the applicant and, if the applicant is an association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the names and addresses of its officers, agents, sponsors, partners, shareholders, or members and (ii) the legal name under which the applicant, any entity that operates group homes that is affiliated with or under common ownership or control with the applicant, and any entity that operates group homes and that is affiliated with or under common ownership or control with any officer, agent, sponsor, partner, shareholder, or member of the applicant to which a license to operate a group home has been issued in any other state, together with a list of the states in which such licenses have been issued and the dates for which such licenses were issued. The bill also provides that in the case of an application for licensure as a children's residential facility, such application shall contain information regarding any complaints, enforcement actions, or sanctions against a license to operate a children's residential facility held by the applicant in another state and that the investigation into such application conducted by the Department of Social Services shall include consideration of any complaints, enforcement actions, or sanctions against a license to operate a children's residential facility held by the applicant in another state.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Signed Apr 6, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 25, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 25, 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
34
Key actions
12
Committee
15
Apr 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 723 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned Rehab sub: Social Service and Corrections
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB597H1
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106676D-H1
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Behavioral Health
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104953D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
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