General Provisions

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 9 “Foster Care”, which is part of Subtitle III “Social Services Programs”, which is part of Title 63.2 “Welfare (Social Services)”. It contains 35 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 35 sections.

§ 63.2-900	Accepting children for placement in homes, facilities, etc., by local boards
§ 63.2-900.1	Kinship foster care
§ 63.2-900.2	Placement of sibling groups; visitation
§ 63.2-900.3	School placement of children in foster care
§ 63.2-901	Supervision of placement of children in homes
§ 63.2-901.1	Criminal history and central registry check for placements of children
§ 63.2-902	Agreements with persons taking children; dispute resolution; appeals
§ 63.2-903	Entrustment agreements; adoption
§ 63.2-904	Investigation, visitation, and supervision of foster homes or independent living arrangement; removal of child
§ 63.2-904.1	Intervention by Commissioner; corrective action plans; assumption of temporary control
§ 63.2-904.2	Complaint system
§ 63.2-905	Foster care services
§ 63.2-905.1	Independent living services
§ 63.2-905.1:1	Housing services
§ 63.2-905.2	Security freezes and annual credit checks for children in foster care
§ 63.2-905.3	Documents provided to foster care youth
§ 63.2-905.4	Individuals in foster care on eighteenth birthday; enrollment in Commonwealth's program of medical assistance
§ 63.2-905.5	Survey of children aging out of foster care
§ 63.2-905.6	Notice of eligibility for certain federal benefits
§ 63.2-906	Foster care plans; permissible plan goals; court review of foster children
§ 63.2-906.1	Qualified residential treatment programs
§ 63.2-907	Administrative review of children in foster care
§ 63.2-908	Permanent foster care placement
§ 63.2-909	Child support for child placed in foster care by court
§ 63.2-910	Child support for child placed in foster care where legal custody remains with parent or guardian
§ 63.2-910.1	Acceptance of children by local departments of social services
§ 63.2-910.2	Petition to terminate parental rights
§ 63.2-911	Liability insurance for foster parents
§ 63.2-912	Visitation of child placed in foster care
§ 63.2-912.1	Notification of certain rights of foster parents of public school students
§ 63.2-913	Establishment of minimum training requirements
§ 63.2-913.1	Caseload standard
§ 63.2-914	Not in effect
§ 63.2-915	Appeals to Commissioner
§ 63.2-916	Notice of developmental disabilities