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The Department shall publish a plan to implement the child-protective services differential response system in local departments by July 1, 2000, and complete implementation in all local departments by July 1, 2003. The Department shall develop a training program for all staff persons involved in the differential response system, and all such staff shall receive this training.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":276017,"text":"The Department shall implement a child-protective services differential response system in all local departments. The differential response system allows local departments to respond to valid reports or complaints of child abuse or neglect by conducting either an investigation or a family assessment. The Department shall publish a plan to implement the child-protective services differential response system in local departments by July 1, 2000, and complete implementation in all local departments by July 1, 2003. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0500\">500<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69022,"section_number":"63.2-1503","catch_line":"Local departments to establish child-protective services; duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1503\/"},{"id":77537,"section_number":"63.2-1506","catch_line":"Family assessments by local departments","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1506\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271729,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76900,"identifier":"63.2-1504","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/1\/63.2-1504","url":"\/63.2-1504\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1504\/","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/1\/63.2-1504","dublin_core":{"Title":"Child-protective services differential response system","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1504","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall implement a <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span>-protective services<\/span> differential response system in all <span class=\"dictionary\">local departments<\/span>. The differential response system allows <span class=\"dictionary\">local departments<\/span> to respond to valid reports or complaints of <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> abuse or neglect by conducting either an investigation or a family assessment. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall publish a plan to implement the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span>-protective services<\/span> differential response system in <span class=\"dictionary\">local departments<\/span> by July 1, 2000, and complete implementation in all <span class=\"dictionary\">local departments<\/span> by July 1, 2003. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall develop a training program for all staff persons involved in the differential response system, and all such staff shall receive this training.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHILD-PROTECTIVE SERVICES DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE SYSTEM (\u00a7 63.2-1504)\n\nThe Department shall implement a child-protective services differential response\nsystem in all local departments. The differential response system allows local\ndepartments to respond to valid reports or complaints of child abuse or neglect\nby conducting either an investigation or a family assessment. The Department\nshall publish a plan to implement the child-protective services differential\nresponse system in local departments by July 1, 2000, and complete\nimplementation in all local departments by July 1, 2003. The Department shall\ndevelop a training program for all staff persons involved in the differential\nresponse system, and all such staff shall receive this training.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 500, \u00a7 63.1-248.2:1; 2002, c. 747.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}