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2009 SESSION
House Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Hamilton (Chairman), Orrock, Nixon, O'Bannon, Bell, Athey, Nutter, Frederick, Peace, Crockett-Stark, Pogge, Massie, Merricks, Spruill, Sickles, Ebbin, Howell, A.T., BaCote, Englin, Armstrong, Amundson, Morrissey
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Legislation reported out: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 1598 Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need and method of filing.
- HB 1601 Administration of prescription drugs; expands authority of persons allowed to administer.
- HB 1605 Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to accept & approve request to amend.
- HB 1657 Appointment of guardian/conservator; when court hearing petition therefor, spouse may be appointed.
- HB 1681 Wells, private; requires site plan to be included in an application for permit to construct.
- HB 1714 Diversionary cash assistance; revises limitation on receipt of one-time assistance to one payment.
- HB 1718 Estheticians; extends grandfather period for licensure thereas until July 31, 2009.
- HB 1768 Certificate of public need; DOC exempt from definition of medical care facility for purpose thereof.
- HB 1792 Long-term care support service; Dept. for Aging to designate area agencies for No Wrong Door system.
- HB 1852 Health Professions, Department of; confidentiality of investigations.
- HB 1904 Virginia Child Protection Accountability System; established.
- HB 1914 Foster care; deletes certain Code references, guidelines for continuation thereof.
- HB 1937 Adoption records; all shall be available to birth parents, etc., upon showing of good cause.
- HB 1939 Radiologist assistants; licensure.
- HB 1943 Optometrists; those licensed may sell contact lenses & allowed to dispense ophthalmic devices.
- HB 1948 Involuntary commitment; allow examination by licensed marriage and family therapists.
- HB 1986 Medication aide training programs; requirements therefor.
- HB 2058 Dentistry, Board of; recovering monitoring costs.
- HB 2060 Mental health law; amends statutes to address issues resulting from overhaul thereof.
- HB 2061 Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; mandatory outpatient treatment.
- HB 2097 Animal shelter and pounds; allowed to purchase, etc., certain controlled substances for euthanizing.
- HB 2141 Infectious disease; deemed consent for testing for HIV or hepatitis B or C, etc.
- HB 2148 Onsite treatment works; designs therefor include a report by professional soil scientist.
- HB 2159 Adoption of a child; amends statutes governing.
- HB 2163 Midwifery; regulations governing practice thereof.
- HB 2180 Dental hygienists; those who hold a license, etc., may provide educational and preventative care.
- HB 2188 Onsite sewage system; Board of Health shall establish procedures for requiring survey plat.
- HB 2211 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information.
- HB 2212 Automated drug dispensing systems; allows drugs in multi-dose packaging to be placed therein.
- HB 2214 Bulk donation programs; pharmacy may charge reasonable dispensing or administrative fee.
- HB 2257 Outpatient treatment; allows court to order mandatory treatment following involuntary admission.
- HB 2258 Organ and tissue donation; funeral homes receiving body following donation, immune from liability.
- HB 2265 Voluntary registration of family day homes; Commissioner may contract to certify.
- HB 2270 Private residential wells; regulations shall include minimum storage capacity and yield requirement.
- HB 2288 Community services board; removes provision allowing employment of person convicted of assault.
- HB 2300 Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Services, Department of; name change.
- HB 2328 Adult abuse, suspected; requires local departments to take photographs, etc., thereof.
- HB 2340 Child protective services differential response system report; repealed.
- HB 2352 Donation of prescription medication; clarifies liability of pharmaceutical manufacturers.
- HB 2375 Application for social or health services; for purposes of qualifying for any program.
- HB 2396 Advance medical directives; revises Health Care Decisions Act to clarify process.
- HB 2405 Health Professions, Department of; may release information for determining shortage designations.
- HB 2407 Health Practitioners' Intervention Program; revisions, changes name.
- HB 2447 Influenza vaccination; requires Board of Health to develop and issue guidelines for administration.
- HB 2449 Infectious disease; establishes deemed consent to test for HIV & hepatitis B & C and release result.
- HB 2453 Electronic prescribing; Secretary of Health and Human Services, etc. to establish a website.
- HB 2458 Posting of charity care policies; requires hospitals to post information related thereto.
- HB 2459 Right to notify; consumer in mental health facility to have opportunity thereto of his condition.
- HB 2460 Transportation of person under emergency custody, etc.; allowed to be transported by family member.
- HB 2461 Notification of family member in commitment process; disclosure of certain information of patient.
- HB 2462 Patient level data system; reporting requirement.
- HB 2482 Prescription donation; clarifies hospital and clinic may redispense donation medication to indigent.
- HB 2486 Emergency custody; authority of law-enforcement officer.
- HB 2500 'A Place of My Own' Program; Department of Social Services to develop.
- HB 2551 Onsite treatment works; provides specific requirements therefor designed by professional engineer.
- HB 2674 Mental Retardation Waiver and IFDDS Waiver; Governor to plan to eliminate urgent care waiting lists.
- SB 823 Transportation of person under emergency custody, etc.; allowed to be transported by family member.
- SB 878 Massage Therapy, Advisory Board on; created.
- SB 897 Animal shelter and pounds; allowed to purchase, etc., certain controlled substances for euthanizing.
- SB 898 Elder or dependent adult abuse; emergency services personnel to report suspected abuse, etc.
- SB 927 Death certificates; disclosure to grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
- SB 949 Donor Registry and Public Awareness Fund; changes name of Transplant Council Education Fund thereto.
- SB 965 Preventive medications for sexual assault victims; may authorize registered nurses to administer.
- SB 968 Radiologist assistants; licensure.
- SB 969 Unlicensed child day centers; permitted to reduce number of staff per child during rest time.
- SB 1012 Foster care; placement of a child pursuant to agreement between parents & local board.
- SB 1015 Child support enforcement order; eliminates requirement obligor & obligee maintain marital domicile.
- SB 1028 Adult neglect; religious treatment exemption.
- SB 1032 Medication aide training programs; requirements therefor .
- SB 1045 Diversionary cash assistance; revises limitation on receipt of one-time assistance to one payment.
- SB 1063 Virginia Board for People with Disabilities; report.
- SB 1075 Optometrists; those licensed may sell contact lenses & allowed to dispense ophthalmic devices.
- SB 1076 Right to notify; consumer in mental health facility to have person of choice notified of condition.
- SB 1077 Notification of family member in commitment process; disclosure of certain information of patient.
- SB 1078 Special justices; expenses when presiding over certain hearings.
- SB 1079 Emergency custody; authority of law-enforcement officer.
- SB 1083 Mental health law; amends statutes to address issues resulting from overhaul thereof.
- SB 1085 Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders; revocation.
- SB 1107 Exposure to communicable diseases; first responders.
- SB 1117 Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Services, Department of; name change.
- SB 1122 Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; mandatory outpatient treatment; etc.
- SB 1128 Wells; issuance of an express geothermal permit for construction therof.
- SB 1142 Advance medical directives; revises Health Care Decisions Act to clarify process.
- SB 1144 Every Woman's Life Breast and Cervical Cancer Fund; established.
- SB 1162 Certificate of public need; plan of correction for failure to meet conditions.
- SB 1179 State Executive Council; increases membership and establishes term limits.
- SB 1180 State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services; powers and duties.
- SB 1181 Office of Comprehensive Services; report expenditures on children receiving pool-funded services.
- SB 1195 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information.
- SB 1201 Home Energy Assistance Program; report effectiveness of low-income energy assistance programs.
- SB 1202 Dental hygienists; those who hold a license, etc., may provide educational and preventative care.
- SB 1236 Health, Board of; adds two members.
- SB 1237 Child support; amends guidelines related to provision of health insurance or health care costs.
- SB 1276 Alternative on-site sewage systems; no locality shall prohibit use thereof.
- SB 1282 Health Professions, Department of; prohibited from providing personal information of individuals.
- SB 1334 Certificate of Public Need; increases maximum amount for fees for an application therefor.
- SB 1448 Indigent Health Care Trust Fund; repealed.
- SB 1454 Aging, Department for; designate area agencies on aging as lead agencies for No Wrong Door system.
- SB 1468 Onsite treatment works; provides specific requirements therefor designed by professional engineer.
- SB 1497 Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research Authority; created, report.
- SB 1527 Estheticians; extends grandfather period for licensure thereas until July 31, 2009.