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- HB 160 Optometrists; classification of practicing in a commercial or mercantile establishment.
- HB 455 Dietitians; licensure.
- HB 578 Electronic communication; use thereof for certain proceedings and witness testimony.
- HB 1550 Child Day-Care Council; parental notification when a child is injured.
- HB 1570 Nosocomial infections; procedures for hospitals to release information.
- HB 1606 Nurses; endorsement of certain licensure of certification.
- HB 1607 Public health emergency; includes veterinarians in contact information.
- HB 1624 Insurance Plan for Seniors; created.
- HB 1662 Medical or health services to minors; notification to parents.
- HB 1687 Birth records; access by grandparents.
- HB 1727 Death certificates; allows attorney and funeral directors to obtain copy.
- HB 1761 Food stamp benefits; drug-related felonies.
- HB 1778 Methadone clinics; prohibited in certain counties.
- HB 1824 Infants; screening tests required after delivery.
- HB 1854 Drugs; returns, exchanges, or re-dispensing, exceptions.
- HB 1865 Pharmacy, Board of; requires executive director to be a pharmacist.
- HB 1919 Adoption; consent.
- HB 1938 Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; funding
- HB 1939 Health professionals; unprofessional conduct.
- HB 1963 Social benefits structure, current; Department of Social Services to assess report.
- HB 1969 Child protective services; anonymous complaints.
- HB 1998 Child day programs; exempts certain martial arts programs from licensure.
- HB 2002 Foster parents; approval of applicant if not convicted of more than one misdemeanor.
- HB 2005 Healing arts; practice by electronic mediums and out-of-state practitioners.
- HB 2009 Criminal history records check; behavioral health emply., limited number of misdemeanor convictions.
- HB 2018 Bedding and used upholstered furniture; regulations.
- HB 2036 Long-term care; to ensure coordinated, effective, and efficient services to older adults.
- HB 2038 Midwifery; licensure.
- HB 2039 Emergency Medical Services Plan, statewide; new requirements, and deletion of cross references.
- HB 2040 Chicken pox vaccine; immunization for children.
- HB 2042 Medical treatment options; physician disclosure.
- HB 2043 Drug Control Act; definition of compounding.
- HB 2044 Prescription Monitoring Program; includes reporting by out-of-state dispensers.
- HB 2070 Birth certificates; use of name.
- HB 2081 Home care organizations; exemption of certain, sunset provision.
- HB 2088 Controlled substances; adds additional to Schedule I list.
- HB 2098 Child-day centers; person convicted of one misdemeanor offense may be hired if 10 yrs. have lapsed.
- HB 2104 Long-term care; preadmission screenings.
- HB 2125 Consumer-directed and nurse-delegated medical care; Dept. of Med. Asst. Serv. to amend programs.
- HB 2139 Criminal history records check; allows certain employers to hire applicant while awaiting response.
- HB 2148 Mental health treatment; Depts. of Education, Health, et al, to address lack thereof for children.
- HB 2150 Assisted living facilities; establishes individualized family service plans.
- HB 2163 Child abuse or neglect; child protective services to investigate complaint against school personnel.
- HB 2166 Long-term health care; Sec. of Health & Human Resources to develop public info.campaign.
- HB 2198 Sewage sludge; program established to train employees for testing thereof.
- HB 2235 Tetanus vaccine; immunization requirements for children.
- HB 2236 Patient records; protection of health data by hospitals.
- HB 2237 Practitioner Self-Referral Act; exemption.
- HB 2238 Emergency medical services personnel training, response times, etc.; civil penalties.
- HB 2239 Emergency Medical Services Plan, statewide; include underserved regions, & delete obsolete cross ref
- HB 2242 Pharmacy interns; provisions.
- HB 2243 Medical care facilities certificate of public need; parties to the case.
- HB 2252 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board; increase in membership.
- HB 2253 Emergency Medical Services Plan, statewide; new requirements, and deletion of cross references.
- HB 2268 Food Stamps; elegibility for transitional benefits.
- HB 2284 Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; changes in benefits.
- HB 2296 Comprehensive Services Act; mandates medical assistance services for low-income families.
- HB 2316 Nursing home bed projects; conditions for issuance of an amended certificate of public need.
- HB 2317 Home attendant; definition and qualification thereof.
- HB 2361 Nursing homes; guidelines for staffing.
- HB 2362 Assisted living facilities; regulations for serving resident w/mental illness, mental retard., etc.
- HB 2363 Health records; emphasizes right of an individual to have access thereto, exceptions.
- HB 2366 Hospitals and nursing homes; Bd. of Health must include min. standards for design and construction.
- HB 2368 Dentists and dental hygienists; licensure and continuing education.
- HB 2402 Occupational therapy; licensure exemption for persons providing life skills training to disabled.
- HB 2429 Prescription Monitoring Program; includes reporting by out-of-state dispensers.
- HB 2430 Health care services; safety and quality by physicians.
- HB 2431 Practitioners; information provided to patients.
- HB 2433 Domestic violence and prevention services; responsibilities of Department.
- HB 2436 Prisoners; continued hospitalization of those involuntarily admitted.
- HB 2451 Septic systems; validity of septic tank permits.
- HB 2461 Residential facilities; Board who regulates to provide name, etc. of contact person.
- HB 2488 Naturopathy; definition, licensure, advisory board established.
- HB 2499 Hepatitis C; physicians to report to local health department identity of patient.
- HB 2510 Barbers and Cosmetology, Board for; regulation of estheticians.
- HB 2511 Newborn screening.
- HB 2512 Assisted living facilities; requires administrators to be licensed.
- HB 2514 Health care providers; elim. provisions governing disclosure of patient info. to third party payors.
- HB 2515 Medical records; charge for copies distinguished between patient request & subpoenaed records.
- HB 2516 Health records; revises certain provisions for privacy of minors.
- HB 2518 Optometry; practice in commercial establishments.
- HB 2519 Immunization Information System (VIIS); established.
- HB 2522 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board; increase in membership & deletion of obsolete cross ref.
- HB 2523 Ambulance services; localities authorized to charge insurers.
- HB 2524 Drug Control Act; definitions of compounding and dispense.
- HB 2526 Athletic trainers; allows administration of certain topical drugs.
- HB 2537 Assisted living facilities; licensing requirements, increases maximum civil penalty, report.
- HB 2538 Nonresident pharmacies; registration.
- HB 2543 Physician assistants; authority to sign various forms and provide treatment to certain.
- HB 2545 Assisted living facilities; regulations for serving resident w/mental illness, mental retard., etc.
- HB 2551 Mental illness; definition not to include dementia or Alzheimer's disease for certain purposes.
- HB 2598 Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Board of; licensure.
- HB 2601 Medical assistance services; establishing more restrictive asset transfer limit.
- HB 2639 Medical care facilities certificate of public need; reissuance of request for new nursing home beds.
- HB 2656 Obstetrical and pediatric care; pilot programs in certain areas.
- HB 2676 Adult Fatality Review Team; created, report.
- HB 2711 Hearing aids; practice of fitting or dealing.
- HB 2714 Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program; created, report.
- HB 2716 Controlled substances; additions and deletions to Schedule I and II list.
- HB 2783 Veterinary assistants; regulations.
- HB 2784 Abortion clinics; regulation and licensure.
- HB 2796 Suicide prevention; lead agency to be Department of Mental Health, etc., report.
- HB 2801 Infants; screening tests required after delivery.
- HB 2807 Assisted living facilities; gastric tube care to be provided for residents.
- HB 2826 Brain Injury Waiver; licensing authority.
- HB 2831 Clinical drug trials; publication of certain data.
- HB 2833 Nurse Licensure Compact; changes in provisions.
- HB 2848 Child day centers; square footage and space requirements.
- HB 2854 Hepatitis C; testing of persons convicted of certain crimes.
- HB 2855 Abortion; contraception not to constitute.
- HB 2857 Pharmacists; allows compounding under certain conditions, requirements.
- HB 2870 Human rights committees, state & local; requires 1 appt. to each shall be a health care provider.
- HB 2881 Children's group homes and residential facilities; summary suspension of licenses.
- HB 2883 Child support; establishing and enforcing visitation orders.
- HB 2884 Child support; notice to be provided to obligor if withholding of income or seizure of property.
- HB 2896 Assisted living facilities; requires administrators to be licensed.
- HB 2911 Child-protective services; Department of Social Services to evaluate investigations, report.
- HB 2921 Adoption; prohibited if homosexual.
- HJ 770 Child-Day Centers, Standards for Licensed; G. A. to support suspension or repeal of regulation.
- SB 272 Optometrists; classification of practicing in a commercial or mercantile establishment.
- SB 702 Medical assistance services; eligibility for aged and disabled individuals.
- SB 715 Nursing homes; guidelines for staffing.
- SB 716 Physician assistants; provisions for practicing in hospital emergency departments.
- SB 719 Public guardian and conservator program; changes in provisions.
- SB 724 Nursing homes; establishment of family councils.
- SB 730 Local Boards of Social Services; membership.
- SB 741 Substance Abuse Services Council; membership.
- SB 742 Medical assistance; employer information, report.
- SB 744 Nurse aides; nonprofit organization to provide on-site training to promote quality care.
- SB 749 Family day homes; if not covered by liability insurance to post & notify in writing parent/guardian.
- SB 753 Opiate addiction; standards for issuance of new licenses to providers of treatment.
- SB 841 Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program; created, report.
- SB 857 Adult Fatality Review Team; created, report.
- SB 861 Tuberculosis; establishing library of isolates from persons with disease.
- SB 889 Suicide prevention; lead agency to be Department of Mental Health, etc., report.
- SB 894 Social services, local departments of; grievance procedures.
- SB 935 Caregivers Grant Program; extends sunset provision.
- SB 953 Pharmaceutical assistance; maximizing benefits of Medicare discount card program for seniors.
- SB 1017 Detention of a mentally incapacitated person; judicial authorization.
- SB 1023 Persons with mental illness, mental retardation or substance abuse; recodification of Title 37.1.
- SB 1024 Hospitals and nursing homes; Bd. of Health must include minimum standards for design, etc.
- SB 1060 Motor medics pilot program; created in South Hampton Roads area.
- SB 1064 Health records; emphasizes right of an individual to have access thereto, exceptions.
- SB 1097 Medical Savings Account Plan; amd. prov. that permit eligible indiv. to establ. health savings acct.
- SB 1098 Prescription Monitoring Program; includes reporting by out-of-state dispensers.
- SB 1109 Health records; revises certain provisions for privacy of minors.
- SB 1110 Health care providers; elim. provisions governing disclosure of patient info. to third party payors.
- SB 1127 Dentists and dental hygienists; licensure.
- SB 1132 Immunization Information System (VIIS); established.
- SB 1144 Domestic violence and prevention services; responsibilities of Department.
- SB 1146 Emergency Medical Services Plan, statewide; new requirements, and deletion of cross references.
- SB 1183 Assisted living facilities; licensing requirements, increases maximum civil penalty, report.
- SB 1184 Newborn screening.
- SB 1203 Medical records; charge for copies distinguished between patient request & subpoenaed records.
- SB 1237 Brain Injury Waiver; licensing authority.
- SB 1247 Medical assistance services; recovery of overpayment.
- SB 1259 Midwifery; licensure.
- SB 1278 Clinical drug trials; publication of certain data.
- SB 1296 Shaken baby syndrome; requires nurse midwives and hospital to give information to maternity patient.
- SB 1304 Group homes or residential facilities for children; regulations to ensure education, etc.
- SB 1326 Wholesale drug distributors; provisions.
- SB 1333 Children's group homes and residential facilities; summary suspension of licenses.
- SB 1344 Wheelchair interfacility transport services and vehicles; exemption from regulation.