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2008 SESSION
Chairman: R. Edward Houck
Clerk: Jocelyn R. Lance
Staff: Jessica Eades, Brenda Edwards
Date of Meeting: January 10, 2008
Time and Place: 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Senate Room B, General Assembly Building
S.B. 61 Nutrition and physical activity best practices database; Board of Education to develop.
Patron: Howell
Board of Education; best practices database. Requires the Board of Education to develop a database of local school divisions' best practices regarding nutrition and physical education, including results of wellness-related fitness assessments. The database shall be accessible to all local school divisions and the Department of Health, and no school division shall be required to submit information to the database.
S.B. 63 Nursing, Board of; membership.
Patron: Howell
Board of Nursing; membership. Requires that one of the seven registered nurses on the Board of Nursing be a licensed nurse practitioner.
S.B. 72 Breast tumor treatment; repeals requirement that patient sign consent form.
Patron: Howell
Health professions; consent for breast tumor treatment. Repeals the requirement that a patient sign a consent form before the treatment of a breast tumor.
S.B. 98 Longwood University; increases number of members of Board of Visitors.
Patron: Ruff
Longwood University; board of visitors. Increases the Longwood University board of visitors from 11 to 13 members.
S.B. 148 Two-Year College Transfer Grant; clarification.
Patron: Stosch
Two-Year College Transfer Grant. Clarifies that (i) grants are made to institutions on behalf of students, not to students directly, (ii) students entering college during summer 2007 term are eligible, (iii) 3.0 grade point average is required only on completion of associate degree program, and (iv) the award amount is a maximum of $1,000, plus an additional maximum of $1,000 for engineering, mathematics, nursing, teaching, or science students. The bill also removes the requirement that institutions of higher education reduce state financial aid eligibility by the amount of the grant awarded by the program.