Foster care; placement and discharge requirements.

Foster care; placement and discharge requirements.Requires children's residential facilities, child-placing agencies,and qualified residential treatment programs that receive state orfederal funds for placement costs to (i) accept any foster childin Virginia who meets the applicable admissions criteria, subjectto certain requirements set forth in the bill, and (ii) prioritizethe admission of children in foster care in Virginia over out-of-stateapplicants. The bill prohibits children's residential facilities, child-placing agencies, and qualified residential treatment programsthat have entered into a placement agreement with a local departmentof social services from discharging a child except as provided inthe placement agreement. The bill also requires children's residentialfacilities, child-placing agencies, and qualified residential treatmentprograms to work with certain parties to secure an alternative placementfor a child prior to discharge in the event the child fails to meetcertain placement criteria.