Child Welfare
West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Relating to the reimbursement of costs for newborn screenings [HB-4513]
Relating to the reimbursement of costs for newborn screenings
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer Chapter 115, Acts, 2008 on 04/08/2008
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Prohibiting sex offenders from residing in certain areas [HB-4509]
The purpose of this bill is to ensure the safety of the community by prohibiting sexual offenders from residing in certain areas.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Lane Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Prohibiting certain sex offenders from loitering within one thousand feet of a school or child care facility, school bus stop, or other child safety zone [HB-4483]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit certain sex offenders from loitering within one thousand feet of a school or child care facility, school bus stop, or other child safety zone.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley Filed For Introduction on 02/11/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Allowing for juveniles to be tried as adults for instances of child abuse resulting in bodily injury and child abuse which results in death [HB-4429]
The purpose of this bill is to allow for juveniles to be tried as adults for instances of child abuse resulting in bodily injury and child abuse which results in death.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Hamilton Filed For Introduction on 02/05/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Providing a misdemeanor penalty if a person fails to make a reasonable, good faith attempt to return a minor child in a timely manner at the expiration of a lawful custody or visitation period [HB-4430]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a misdemeanor penalty if a person fails to make a reasonable, good faith attempt to return a minor child in a timely manner at the expiration of a lawful custody or visitation period.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 02/05/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Expanding West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program to children of employees whose annual income is twenty-five thousand dollars or less [HB-4427]
The purpose of this bill is to qualify children of state employees and any other person employed in this state whose annual income is twenty-five thousand dollars a year or less for the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 02/05/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Creating the crime of murder of a child by a parent who exposes his or her child to the manufacturing of a controlled substance [HB-4398]
The purpose of this bill is to create the crime of murder of a child by a parent who exposes his or her child to the manufacturing of a controlled substance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 02/04/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Reducing acts of student violence and disruptive behavior and increasing penalties for chronically disruptive students [HB-4368]
Reducing acts of student violence and disruptive behavior and increasing penalties for chronically disruptive students
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Chapter 77, Acts, 2008 on 04/08/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Expanding the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program to children of certain state employees [HB-4301]
The purpose of this bill is to qualify children of state employees, receiving income of twenty-five thousand dollars per year or less, for the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 01/28/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Health and Human Resources, newborn screening, system [HB-4241]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Newborn Screening System.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley Do Pass, But First To Judiciary on 02/12/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Relating to leaving children unattended or supervised in motor vehicles [HB-4162]
The purpose of this bill is to establish leaving children unattended or unsupervised in a motor vehicle as a crime; to establish penalties; and to allow law-enforcement officers to take necessary steps to protect children left unattended or unsupervised in a motor vehicle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley Filed For Introduction on 01/24/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Permitting adult adoptees to obtain uncertified copies of their original birth certificates and providing birth parents with consent preference and medical history forms [HB-4135]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a process by which an adult adopted person, the child or children of a deceased adopted person or an adopted person judged incompetent by a court of law, or a legal representative of an adopted person may obtain a copy of that person's original unamended and unaltered birth certificate. This bill also allows a birth parent to include with the child's original birth certificate a form that indicates whether the parent wishes to be contacted by the child and an updated medical history form.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Yost Filed For Introduction on 01/23/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Providing immunity from civil liability for adult protective services workers and child protective services workers [HB-4104]
The purpose of this bill is provide personal immunity from civil liability for adult protective services workers and child protective service workers for acts, errors or omissions that occurred during the course of their official duties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 01/21/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Relating to child abuse and neglect [HB-4102]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit parents, guardians or custodians from allowing sexually violent predators and registered child abusers access to children. The bill also defines key terms and makes technical changes for purposes of consistency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer Filed For Introduction on 01/21/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Increasing criminal penalty to commit malicious assault, unlawful assault, battery or assault upon a child protective caseworker or a local adult protective services caseworker employee [HB-4103]
The purpose of this bill creates an increased criminal penalty to commit malicious assault, unlawful assault, battery or assault upon a child protective services caseworker or as a local adult protective services caseworker employee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 01/21/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Providing for a video recording device monitoring system during Amber Alert periods [HB-4075]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for a video recording device monitoring system during Amber Alert periods.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Chapter 8, Acts, 2008 on 04/08/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Creating a Maternal Mortality Review Team [HB-4071]
The purpose of this bill is to create a Maternal Mortality Review Team and to establish its members and responsibilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brent Boggs Filed For Introduction on 01/17/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Provide for the denial or suspension of a driver's license for any student who withdraws from school or fails to receive passing grades [HB-4023]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the denial or suspension of a driver's license for any student who withdraws from school or fails to receive passing grades.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Armstead Chapter 68, Acts, 2008 on 04/08/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Providing that a child born addicted to a controlled substance constitutes child abuse [HB-3203]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that a child born addicted to a controlled substance constitutes child abuse.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 01/09/2008
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West Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Providing that the limitation on child support is tolled until the last child that is subject of an income withholding order reaches eighteen years of age [HB-3191]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that the limitation on child support is tolled until the last child that is subject of an income withholding order reaches eighteen years of age or is legally emancipated.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Ashley Filed For Introduction on 01/09/2008