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2011 SESSION
Senate Education and Health
MEMBERSHIP
Houck (Chair), Saslaw, Lucas, Howell, Quayle, Martin, Newman, Edwards, Ruff, Whipple, Blevins, Locke, Barker, Northam, Miller, J.C.
MEETS
Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Senate Room B
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- HB 1435 American Sign Language; recognition for completed coursework.
- HB 1456 Certificate of public need; authorization of certain amendment.
- HB 1464 Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Department of; disposition of unclaimed bodies.
- HB 1483 School calendar; certain school divisions granted waiver from regular opening schedule.
- HB 1493 Career and technical education; industry certification is mandatory.
- HB 1535 Licensure or certification by Board of Medicine, etc.; consideration of military experience.
- HB 1548 Parental notification; school board policy violations.
- HB 1554 Accreditation of schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations.
- HB 1619 Virginia College Savings Plan; clarifies roles of two advisory committees to Board, annual report.
- HB 1626 Onsite sewage systems; voluntary upgrades.
- HB 1643 Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to issue for certain nursing home beds.
- HB 1647 Higher educational institutions; military reinstatement guidelines.
- HB 1661 Disposition of dead bodies; payment of expenses.
- HB 1675 Emergency medical services; requirements for submission of applications for variances & exemptions.
- HB 1697 Medical care facility; exempts facility of Department of Veterans Services.
- HB 1708 Pittsylvania County school board; staggered terms.
- HB 1719 Vital records; certified copies for veterans or his survivor, free of charge.
- HB 1729 Criminal background checks; DBHDS to use for employment of certain persons.
- HB 1775 Students; school boards report to Board of Education number enrolled in English as second language.
- HB 1790 Discharge from a training center; consent of legal authorized responsible person required.
- HB 1792 Standards of Quality; flexibility to use funds for staffing related to math, reading, etc.
- HB 1793 Diploma seals; allows local school boards to award.
- HB 1818 Nursing homes; required by Board of Health to send notices and information about family council.
- HB 1836 Infants; blood sample provided to parents.
- HB 1841 Obstetrical and pediatric pilot programs; annual report.
- HB 1847 Health workforce activities; repeals requirement for Commissioner of Health to submit annual report.
- HB 1848 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for spouse of an active duty military service member.
- HB 1861 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for veterans who elect to establish Virginia as residence.
- HB 1868 Adult adopted person; access to identifying information.
- HB 1885 Public schools; unfunded programs.
- HB 1910 Cambridge Advanced Exams; course credit.
- HB 1911 School buses; installation of video-monitoring systems thereon by school divisions.
- HB 1917 Health professionals; assisted living facility administrator report those with mental health issues.
- HB 1940 Restaurant regulations; exemption for certain nonprofit fund-raisers.
- HB 1960 Tuition Assistance Grant Program; amends criteria to be eligible to receive tuition assistance.
- HB 1968 Physician assistants; signature to be included when law requires signature, etc., of a physician.
- HB 2013 Community services boards; Commissioner to establish workgroup to develop a drug formulary for use.
- HB 2017 Death certificates; organ procurement organizations to determine suitability of organs for donation.
- HB 2034 Attorney General; investigation of complaints.
- HB 2035 Medicaid fraud; restitution.
- HB 2037 Social work; unlawful for person not licensed by Board of Social Work to use title social worker.
- HB 2077 Mandatory testing; exclusion of certain students.
- HB 2140 UVA; to make full use of additional financial authority granted in management agreement.
- HB 2172 Virginia Index of Performance program; Board of Education to encourage achievement in science, etc.
- HB 2173 Drinking water consumer confidence reports; publication.
- HB 2193 Podiatry; expands definition.
- HB 2216 Laboratory results; authority to provide directly to insurance carrier, etc.
- HB 2218 Health care providers; third-party reimbursement programs.
- HB 2220 Pharmacies; implement continuous quality improvement program for analysis of dispensing errors.
- HB 2227 Assessment of sexually violent predators; qualifications.
- HB 2229 Practitioners; competency assessments.
- HB 2243 School board policies; adopt policies which certain electronic records and signatures are accepted.
- HB 2253 Health professions; reciprocity exemption from licensing.
- HB 2255 Health records; health care providers who prescribe or dispense controlled substances.
- HB 2256 Schedule II drugs; identification required for filling prescriptions.
- HB 2279 Emergency medical services personnel; certification of applicants.
- HB 2291 Health requirements for home-instructed children; immunizations.
- HB 2292 Health records; electronic access.
- HB 2326 Waterworks systems; regulation.
- HB 2384 Medicaid Works program; DMAS to increase maximum allowable earnings for individuals.
- HB 2427 Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to approve request to amend certain conditions.
- HB 2439 Driver education; school boards in Planning District 8 to make available to certain students.
- HB 2453 Certificate of public need; addition of nursing facility beds in Planning District 11, etc.
- HB 2464 Drug Control Act; conforms Schedule II to federal drug classification schedule.
- HB 2494 Standards for Accreditation; any school board may seek approval of alternative plan for its schools.
- HB 2510 Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011; established, report.
- HB 2515 Health records; disclosure requirements.
- SB 810 Accreditation of schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations.
- SB 819 Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program; established.
- SB 824 Tuition, in-state; waiver of one-year residency requirement for veterans.
- SB 828 Health professions; reciprocity exemption from licensing.
- SB 906 Family life education; SOL objectives related to dating violence, etc., to be taught in school.
- SB 924 Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; regulations required of Board of Health.
- SB 946 School buses; installation of video-monitoring systems thereon by school divisions.
- SB 953 Virginia Index of Performance program; Board of Education to encourage achievement in science, etc.
- SB 959 Vital records; certified copies for veterans or his survivor, free of charge.
- SB 960 Children's hospitals; definition.
- SB 966 Public schools; physical education requirement, exception.
- SB 967 Family life education; requires school division to implement standards of learning program.
- SB 976 Nursing homes; required by Board of Health to send notices and information about family council.
- SB 978 FAMIS Plan; eligibility.
- SB 986 Certificate of public need; exempts Veterans Services facilities.
- SB 1014 Dental hygienists; extension of educational and preventive care protocol.
- SB 1024 Drinking water community confidence reports; publication.
- SB 1029 Health records; health care providers who prescribe or dispense controlled substances.
- SB 1031 Public schools; allows local school divisions to keep any funds from State for use next year.
- SB 1039 Certificate of public need; removes an exception for requirements for certain nursing facilities.
- SB 1074 Tuition, in-state; person of other state meeting requirements called to National Guard is eligible.
- SB 1077 International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement examinations; clarifies eligibility for credit.
- SB 1078 Child care; administration of certain medicines of those regulated by local government.
- SB 1082 Marijuana, synthetic; added to Schedule I, penalty for possession.
- SB 1093 Assisted living facilities; may continue to operate with an acting administrator.
- SB 1094 Youth health risk survey; Department of Health to develop and notify parents of students selected.
- SB 1096 Pharmacies; shall have access to Prescription Monitoring Program.
- SB 1110 UVA; to make full use of additional financial authority granted in management agreement.
- SB 1116 Laboratory results; authority to provide directly to insurance carrier, etc.
- SB 1117 Death certificates; allows supervised nurse practitioners and physician assistants to sign.
- SB 1146 Dentists; sedation and anesthesia permits.
- SB 1147 Health professions; social security numbers for investigations.
- SB 1149 Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to approve request to amend certain conditions.
- SB 1150 Schedule II drugs; identification required for filling prescriptions.
- SB 1212 Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to approve request to amend certain conditions.
- SB 1214 Attorney General; investigation of complaints of abuse of person in care of others.
- SB 1215 Medicaid fraud; restitution.
- SB 1245 Registered nurses; provisional licensure for applicant.
- SB 1255 Freedom of Information Act; exempts certain records provided to Attorney General from disclosure.
- SB 1270 Standards of Quality; flexibility to use funds for staffing related to math, reading, etc.
- SB 1275 Sexually violent predators; procedure for rescission of respondent's refusal for examination.
- SB 1279 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for spouse of an active duty military service member.
- SB 1306 Higher Educational Institutions; Virginia College Building Authority to issue credit enhancements.
- SB 1321 Certificate of public need; relocation of nursing home beds.
- SB 1352 Local governments; private capital lending.
- SB 1362 Virginia College Savings Plan; clarifies roles of two advisory committees to Board, annual report.
- SB 1363 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; increases amount, students enrollment requirements.
- SB 1396 Podiatry; expands definition.
- SB 1434 Certificate of public need; addition of nursing facility beds in Planning District 11, etc.
- SB 1439 Tuition Assistance Grant Program; amends criteria for higher educational institutions.
- SB 1448 Cambridge Advanced Exams; course credit.
- SB 1451 Behavioral health services; posting of certain information to be available on its website.
- SB 1459 Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011; established, report.
- SB 1463 Kinesiotherapists; requires Board of Medicine to license and regulate.
- SB 1464 Medicaid; eligibility for legal permanent residents.
- SB 1470 Sexually violent predators; conditional release of those civilly committed.
- SB 1486 Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund; administration of Fund, report.