Virginia SB 243 — Adult protective services; creates adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation central registry.
Virginia, 2027. SB 243: Adult protective services; creates adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation central registry.
Latest action
July 21, 2026 — Continued from last session
Summary
Adult protective services; adult abuse, neglect and exploitation central registry. Creates a central registry of substantiated complaints of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation to be maintained by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. The bill establishes (i) investigation requirements for local departments of social services related to reports of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (ii) record retention and disclosure requirements for the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services and local departments of social services; (iii) notice requirements related to findings by local departments and central registry entries; and (iv) an appeals process to contest the findings of a local department related to substantiated reports of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation. The bill directs the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and exempts the Commissioner's initial adoption of such regulations from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3802, 51.5-148, 63.2-1605, and 63.2-1606 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 5 of Chapter 14 of Title 51.5 sections numbered 51.5-148.1 and 51.5-148.2 and by adding sections numbered 63.2-1605.1, 63.2-1605.2, and 63.2-1605.3, relating to adult protective services; adult abuse, neglect and exploitation central registry.
Sponsors
- Christopher T. Head — primary sponsor
Bill text
Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute Read version ↗ Read version ↗ Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Introduced Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Recorded votes
No roll-call votes were supplied for this bill. This does not imply that no vote occurred.
Legislative history
- Continued from last session
- Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB243)
- Committee substitute printed 26107234D-S1
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- Senate committee offered
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB243)
- Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100799D
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