Hangul Day. Designates October 9, in 2020and in each succeeding year, as Hangul Day in Virginia.
Commending George Mason University Korea.
State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program. Creates the State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program (the program) to facilitate child placements with relatives, including fictive kin, and ensure permanency for children in foster care. The bill sets forth eligibility criteria for the program, payment allowances to kinship guardians, and requirements for kinship guardianship assistance agreements. The bill also expands eligibility for the Federal-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program by allowing payments to be made to fictive kin who receive custody of a child of whom they have been the foster parent. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Fostering Futures program. Establishes the Fostering Futures program to provide services and support to individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 who were in foster care as a minorand are transitioning to full adulthood and self-sufficiency.
Virginia Council on Environmental Justice; established. Establishes the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice, consisting of 24 members, to advise the Governor and provide recommendations intended to protect vulnerable communities from disproportionate impacts of pollution and provide such communities meaningful involvement in the decision-making process. The bill provides that 18 members of the Council are appointed by the Governor and six are specified Cabinet Secretaries. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2023.
Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee on CoastalFlooding; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee on CoastalFlooding for two additional years, through the 2021 interim. Thisresolution incorporates HJ 77 and is identical to SJ 27.
George Mason University; establishment of a school of medicine. States that it is the sense of the General Assembly that George Mason University shall be encouraged to take steps to investigate and pursue the potential of establishing a school of medicine in the Northern Virginia area.
Indian American Heritage Month. DesignatesAugust, in 2020 and in each succeeding year, as Indian American HeritageMonth in Virginia.
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome AwarenessMonth. Designating October, in 2020 and in each succeeding year,as Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Awareness Month in Virginia.
Year of the Eye Exam. Designates 2020 as the Year of the Eye Exam in Virginia.
