Summary: Virginia Community College System; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program. Directs the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) to establish and administer a two-year Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Scholarship Pilot Program (the Program), beginning in 2019, for the purpose of providing access to postsecondary educational opportunities to students living in poverty. The Program would provide scholarships to select comprehensive community colleges in the maximum amount of $4,000 per year to 200 selected students who meet TANF eligibility requirements. The Program would be funded by the unexpended balance in federal TANF block grant funds. The bill directs VCCS to report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1 of each year of the Program regarding the effectiveness of and other information about the Program. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Summary: Training center; definition. Defines "trainingcenter" as a regional facility operated by the Department of BehavioralHealth and Developmental Services that is certified by the Centersfor Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as an intermediate carefacility for individuals with intellectual disability (ICF/IID).The bill provides that ICF/IID certification does not preclude additionalCMS certifications as appropriate.

Summary: Community policy and management teams; use of funds. Provides that the state pool of funds for community policy and management teams may be used for wrap-around services, as defined in the Policy Manual of the Children's Services Act and subject to specific appropriation, that are provided in a public school setting. The bill requires the Office of Children's Services to report annually to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance regarding the use of wrap-around services in public school settings.

Summary: Community health workers; certification. Prohibits a person from using or assuming the title of certified community health worker unless he is certified by an entity approved by the Department of Health. The bill requires an individual seeking certification to submit to the Department completed application and evidence satisfactory to the Department that the individual is certified by a Department-approved credentialing entity.

Summary: State Medical Facilities Plan; revisions. Requires the State Medical Facilities Plan task force to review the State Medical Facilities Plan and update or validate existing criteria in the State Medical Facilities Plan at least once every two years. Currently, the task force is required to review and update or validate the State Medical Facilities Plan at least once every four years. The bill also exempts amendments to the State Medical Facilities Plan from the Administrative Procedure Act if the Board of Health (i) provides a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action in accordance with the requirements of § 2.2-4007.01, (ii) provides notice and receives comment as provided in § 2.2-4007.03, and (iii) conducts at least one public hearing on the proposed amendments. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Summary: Foster care omnibus. Makes numerous changes to the laws governing the provision of foster care services in the Commonwealth. Among other things, the bill (i) allows the Commissioner of Social Services to develop and implement a corrective action plan for or assume temporary control over the foster care services of a local board of social services upon determining that the local board (a) has failed to provide foster care services or make placement and removal decisions in accordance with applicable laws or regulations or (b) has taken any action that poses a substantial risk to the health, safety, or well-being of any child under its supervision and control; (ii) requires the Commissioner to create within the State Department of Social Services (the Department) a foster care health and safety director position; (iii) directs the Commissioner to establish and maintain a confidential hotline to receive reports and complaints from foster parents and other persons regarding violations of laws or regulations applicable to foster care and any other matters related to the health, safety, or well-being of children in foster care; (iv) directs the Department to develop and implement a more reliable, structured, and comprehensive case review and quality improvement process to monitor and improve foster care services provided by local boards and departments of social services; and (v) requires the Department to establish and update annually a caseload standard that limits the number of foster care cases that may be assigned to each foster care caseworker.

Summary: Office of Medicaid Fiscal Oversight and Accountability. Creates as an independent state agency the Office of Medicaid FiscalOversight and Accountability and charges the agency with the preparationof the Official Medicaid Forecast for the state, monthly oversightof Medicaid expenditures, review of the fiscal impact of policy changes,and other oversight and accountability responsibilities. The Directorof the Office of Medicaid Fiscal Oversight and Accountability willbe appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the GeneralAssembly.

Summary: Child day programs; potable water; lead testing. Requires licensed child day programs and certain other programs that serve preschool-age children to develop and implement a plan to test potable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as high priority. The bill requires such plan and the results of each such test to be submitted to the Commissioner of Social Services and the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water. The bill stipulates that if the result of any such test indicates a level of lead in the potable water that is at or above 15 parts per billion, the program shall remediate the level of lead in the potable water to below 15 parts per billion and confirm such remediation by retesting the water and submitting the results of the retests to the Commissioner of Social Services and the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water. The bill allows such programs, in lieu of testing or remediation, to use other water sources that meet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards for bottled water.

Summary: Medicaid Supplemental Payment Program Fund. Establishes the Medicaid Supplemental Payment Program Fund (the Fund). The bill requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to accept and to pay into the Fund, from any county, city, or town provider, assessment funds that have been collected, pursuant to an ordinance, from inpatient hospitals authorized to receive Medicaid supplemental payments pursuant to the State Plan for Medical Assistance Services amendments 11-018 and 11-019. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.