Giles County Department Of Social Services v. Virginia

On February 28, 2022, the Virginia circuit Court of Giles County published this Giles County Department Of Social Services v. Virginia complaint. According to the state's ‘Bed of last resort law’, state run psychiatric facilities are required to admit individuals if other treatment is not available. However, the case alleges that a foster child under the custody of the Giles County Department of Social Services spent four days confined in a Richmond emergency room waiting for a state bed to become available . . .