West Virginia legislation · 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia HB3182: Luggage for foster care children transferred between homes
Status: Introduced, March 6, 2025
The purpose of this bill is to provide luggage to foster care children so that they may transport their personal belongings.
What the bill says
To amend and reenact §49-2-126 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §49-2-126A, all relating to providing foster care children with their own luggage for transporting their personal belongings. article 2. State responsibilities for children. §49-2-126. The Foster Child Bill of Rights. (a) Foster children and children in a kinship placement are active and participating members of the child welfare system and have the following (2) The right to be free from physical, sexual, or psychological abuse or exploitation includi.
From the introduced text, March 6, 2025:
A BILL to amend and reenact §49-2-126 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §49-2-126A, all relating to providing foster care children with their own luggage for transporting their personal belongings. article 2. State responsibilities for children. §49-2-126. The Foster Child Bill of Rights. (a) Foster children and children in a kinship placement are active and participating members of the child welfare system and have the following (2) The right to be free from physical, sexual, or psychological abuse or exploitation including being free from unwarranted physical restraint and isolation. (3) The right to receive adequate and healthy food, appropriate and seasonally necessary clothing, and an appropriate travel bag; (4) The right to receive medical, dental, and vision care, mental health services, and substance use treatment services, as needed; (5) The right to be placed in a kinship placement, when such placement meets the objectives set forth in this article; (6) The right, when placed with a foster of kinship family, to be matched as closely as possible with a family meeting the child's needs, including, when possible, the ability to remain with siblings; (7) The right, as appropriate to the child's age and development, to be informed on any medication or chemical substance to be administered …