Child Welfare
West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to alternative nicotine products [SB-389]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to define alternative nicotine products and electronic cigarettes; prohibit the sale of alternative nicotine products to individuals under eighteen years of age; prohibit the use and possession of alternative nicotine products by an individual under eighteen years of age; add alternative nicotine products to the list of products for which unannounced inspections may be conducted to ensure compliance with sales restrictions; and restrict the sale of alternative nicotine products in vending machines.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Beach
Filed For Introduction on 02/27/2013
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Allowing family court judge order child to be taken into custody in certain emergency situations [SB-385]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow a family court judge to order a child to be taken into custody in emergency situations which occur in the presence of the judge.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Plymale
Filed For Introduction on 02/27/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Increasing certified legal education credits required for court-appointed attorneys in juvenile cases [SB-384]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the number of certified legal education credits required to serve as a court appointed attorney in juvenile cases.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Plymale
To House Judiciary on 03/28/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating generally to appointment and termination of guardians for minors [SB-382]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating generally to appointment and termination of guardians for minors
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Plymale
Filed For Introduction on 02/27/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Granting courts broad discretion in placing neglected or abused children [SB-375]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to grant prosecuting attorneys and judges broad discretion in their respective responsibilities concerning the placement of children in cases of child neglect or abuse.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Plymale
Filed For Introduction on 02/26/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to minors obtaining tattoos [SB-28]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to minors obtaining tattoos
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Green
Committee Substitute Reported, But First To Judiciary on 03/15/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Requiring health insurance coverage for hearing aids under certain circumstances [SB-26]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
The purpose of this bill is to require health insurers to cover hearing aids for individuals under eighteen years of age, when prescribed by a licensed physician. Coverage is limited as follows: (1)Initial hearing aids and replacement hearing aids not more frequently than every thirty-six months; (2) hearing aids when alterations to the existing hearing aids cannot adequately meet the needs of the covered individual; and (3) services, including audiometric testing, the initial hearing aid evaluation, fitting, and adjustments, and supplies, including
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Stollings
Committee Substitute Reported, But First To Finance on 02/26/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Waiving adoption filing fees in certain cases [SB-105]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
The purpose of this bill is to waive filing fees for a petition for adoption in cases wherein the Department of Health and Human Resources is the payor of attorney fees for the petitioner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Beach
Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
"Parents' Bill of Rights" [HB-3121]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
"Parents' Bill of Rights"
Sponsored by: Rep. Daryl Cowles
Filed For Introduction on 03/25/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Making it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent of both parents [HB-3103]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Making it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent of both parents
Sponsored by: Rep. Cindy Frich
Filed For Introduction on 03/25/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to the right of a minor to nominate a guardian [HB-3061]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to change the age at which a minor has the right to nominate a guardian from fourteen to sixteen.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Manchin
Filed For Introduction on 03/22/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Providing for structured settlements for minors who are injured or otherwise suffer a loss [HB-2972]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing for structured settlements for minors who are injured or otherwise suffer a loss
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley
Filed For Introduction on 03/19/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to juvenile proceedings [HB-2901]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Crime ]
The purpose of this bill is to specify the allocation of payment of salary and benefits for school-based juvenile probation officers in counties which have established a truancy program in a judicial circuit where a grant is provided by the county board of education to the Supreme Court of Appeals to hire a school-based juvenile probation officer to handle truancy matters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Ellington
Filed For Introduction on 03/12/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to continued enrollment of at-risk student in public school [HB-2861]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to remove a deterrent to public schools to seeking and assisting the enrollment of a student, who is at-risk and is becoming a discouraged and defeated learner, in an alternative program designed to prepare them for a successful transition back into the public schools. The bill sets forth characteristics of a discouraged and defeated learner, and al1ows the county superintendent to approve the continued enrollment of these students 1n the public schools while they are enrolled in the alternative program. The alternative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer
Chapter 57, Acts, 2013 on 05/15/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to mandatory immunizations for school children [HB-2831]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide exemptions for immunizations of public school age children; to make express that informed consent applies to mandatory vaccinations; to establish specific criteria for composition of the Childhood Immunization Advisory Committee and a deadline date for appointment to the committee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan Ferns
Filed For Introduction on 03/05/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to the crime of soliciting or attempting to solicit a child into a motor vehicle near a school [HB-2828]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the crime of soliciting or attempting to solicit a child into a motor vehicle near a school for any illegal or illicit purpose. The bill also provides a felony criminal penalty. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Ferro
Filed For Introduction on 03/05/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to procedures and protections for child witnesses in domestic relations [HB-2824]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to procedures and protections for child witnesses in domestic relations, child abuse and neglect and criminal proceedings. The bill sets forth the rights of child witnesses. The bill establishes the procedure and safeguards to be used when taking testimony of a child witness. The bill permits a court in certain instances to permit a child witness to give testimony by closed-circuit television. The bill establishes the procedure to be used when taking testimony of a child witness by closed-circuit television. The bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Justin Marcum
Filed For Introduction on 03/05/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Clarifying and modifying the process of appointing and terminating guardians for minors [HB-2815]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
This bill is recommended for passage by the Court Improvement Board of the Supreme Court of Appeals. It proposes a comprehensive overhaul of W.Va. Code
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley
Chapter 131, Acts, 2013 on 05/15/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to state responsibilities for the protection and care of children [HB-2773]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Child Protective Services and the West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services to develop, coordinate and implement the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths" (CANS), evaluation developed by the Buddin Praed Foundation as the accepted system for outcomes evaluation in the State of West Virginia.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan Ferns
Filed For Introduction on 03/01/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating generally to child abuse and neglect [HB-2765]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Relating generally to child abuse and neglect
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley
Filed For Introduction on 02/28/2013