Sponsored bills
The resolution is a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission
Requires the State Water Control Board, every two years beginning on July 1, 2019, to provide a summary report on discharges during the previous two years from combined sewer overflow systems located within the Commonwealth. Copies of the report shall be delivered to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee, the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and the Chairman of the House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee.
Creates the Kinship Guardianship Assistance program (the program) to facilitate child placements with relatives and ensure permanency for children for whom adoption or being returned home are not appropriate permanency options. The bill sets forth eligibility criteria for the program, payment allowances to kinship guardians, and requirements for kinship guardianship assistance agreements. The bill also requires the Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations for the program.