Signed by Governor Patrick Morrisey

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report vote and pass a bill that requires that parent resource navigators, who help parents who are seeking to reunify with their children, be included in key meetings about the child's case in West Virginia.

Highlights:

• Requires that parent resource navigators, who help parents who are seeking to reunify with their children, be included in key meetings about the child's case in West Virginia (Ch. 49, Article 1, Sec. 201.

• Specifies that parent resource navigators are established through the court system (Ch. 49, Article 1, Sec. 201).

• Establishes a Critical Incident Review Team that will review a fatality or near fatality of a child in the custody of the state Department of Human Services (Ch. 49, Article 1, Sec. 201.

• Requires that the team must meet within 45 days of the fatality or near fatality to conduct the review and share a report with lawmakers and online (Ch. 49, Article 1, Sec. 201).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Ch. 49, Article 1, Sec. 201).

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