HB 2381

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2019 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 08, 2019
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Children's Ombudsman, Office of the, and Children's Advocacy Fund; created.

Abstract

Creates the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to provide ombudsman services, including investigation of complaints, advocacy, and information for children, parents, and citizens involved with child-serving agencies, as defined in the bill. The bill provides for the Office of the Governor to conduct a needs assessment with the Department of General Services to provide for the office space needs of the Office of the Children's Ombudsman. The bill also creates the Children's Advocacy Fund for the purpose of supporting the operations of the Office of the Children's Ombudsman. The Fund would be funded in part by fines collected from criminal offenses involving a child.

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Feb 05, 2019

House

Left in Appropriations

Jan 14, 2019

House

Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources

Jan 08, 2019

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103801D

House

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

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House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103801D HTML

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