VA SB305

Creates a barrier crime waiver process for kinship foster care, allowing local departments to apply to the Department of Social Services for waivers when a prospective kinship foster parent has certain criminal convictions

Excludes federal barrier crimes, violent felony offenses, and offenses requiring sex offender registration from waiver eligibility

Requires local departments to evaluate eight factors before submitting waiver applications, including type of crime, number of convictions, time elapsed, evidence of rehabilitation, and community opinions

Mandates the Department of Social Services to file annual reports to legislative committees by December 1 each year detailing waiver requests by locality, types of requests, and dispositions, with the first report due December 1, 2026

Exempts initial regulations implementing this act from the Administrative Process Act requirements