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- HB 193 Certificates of public need; creates three-phase process to sunset requirements for medical care.
- HB 197 Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program; established.
- HB 202 Anatomical gifts; search and rescue dog training.
- HB 203 Extended Foster Care Services and Support Program; established.
- HB 221 Active duty health care providers at public or private health care facilities; services and duties.
- HB 222 Recognition of EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; created.
- HB 239 Physicians; division of fees.
- HB 248 Financial exploitation of adults; documentation referred to local law-enforcement agency.
- HB 252 Assistant speech-language pathologists; duties, report.
- HB 293 Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements of prescribers of benzodiazepine or opiates.
- HB 310 Mobile dental clinics; exemption from registration requirements.
- HB 311 Emergency medical services providers; interstate agreements.
- HB 312 SHHR; increase sharing of electronic health records, report.
- HB 313 Immunizations; adds type of health professionals who may administer.
- HB 314 Drugs; administration by certain school employees.
- HB 319 Health regulatory boards; continuing education for certain individuals.
- HB 325 Veterinarians; practice of medicine.
- HB 330 Clinical nurse specialists; Board of Nursing may register applicant.
- HB 337 Neurodegenerative diseases; informed consent to experimental treatment.
- HB 343 Nursing homes; reimbursement of unexpended patient funds within 30 days of written request.
- HB 350 Certificate of public need; changes to Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program.
- HB 354 Lyme disease; prevention pilot program.
- HB 386 Certified nurse aides; training in observational and reporting techniques.
- HB 415 People with Disabilities, Virginia Board for; powers and duties, report.
- HB 435 Adult day care centers; exempt from licensure, Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
- HB 465 Private wells; validity of permits.
- HB 474 Child-care providers; criminal history background checks.
- HB 498 TPA-certified optometrists; prescription of certain Schedule II controlled substances.
- HB 504 Nurse aide; renewal of certification.
- HB 527 Nonresident medical equipment suppliers; registration with Board of Pharmacy
- HB 528 Prescription drugs; manufacture and distribution in the Commonwealth.
- HB 536 Sponsored residential and shared living services; background checks for providers.
- HB 558 Onsite sewage systems and private wells; evaluation and design, report.
- HB 559 Social Services, Department of; eliminates obsolete reporting requirements.
- HB 562 Massage therapists; licensure, exemption of certain practitioner of healing arts.
- HB 564 Optometrists; increases number of hours of continuing education requirements.
- HB 566 Licensed onsite soil evaluators; changes references in terminology.
- HB 574 Dietitians and nutritionists; clarifies the situations under which they may practice.
- HB 579 Optometry; repeals certain provision for license to practice.
- HB 580 Nurses; adds definitions of certified nurse midwife, etc.
- HB 581 Nurse practitioners; practicing outside of a patient care team.
- HB 583 Peer providers; Commissioner of BHDS to certify individuals in accordance with regulations.
- HB 586 Health regulatory boards; confidentiality of certain information obtained by boards.
- HB 629 Prescription drugs; pharmacies may participate in voluntary drug disposal programs.
- HB 646 Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Commissioner of; duties and powers.
- HB 648 Sewage system or nonconforming system; development of procedure for processing requests.
- HB 652 Neurological death; updates terminology.
- HB 656 Syringes services program; public health emergency.
- HB 657 Prescription Monitoring Program; indicators of misuse, disclosure of information.
- HB 674 Kinship foster care; waiver of foster home approval standards.
- HB 675 Auxiliary grants; supportive housing providers.
- HB 676 Financial exploitation of adults; DARS work group to study.
- HB 689 Certificate of public need; exception for certain medical care equipment and services.
- HB 738 Registered surgical technologists and surgical assistants; extends registration deadline.
- HB 740 Federal Rehabilitation Act and Older Americans Act; amends certain language in Code.
- HB 745 Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures, septic tanks.
- HB 764 Virginia Behavioral Health Practitioner Student Loan Repayment Fund and Program; created.
- HB 782 Social services, local board of; proceedings against persons liable for support.
- HB 789 Exhumations; clerk of circuit court to send notice to next of kin, exception.
- HB 802 Veterinary technicians; supervision, reporting of animal cruelty.
- HB 816 Public Guardian and Conservator Advisory Board; established, membership, report.
- HB 825 Military medical personnel; pilot program for personnel to practice medicine.
- HB 829 Prescribers of covered substances; continuing education.
- HB 896 Private school employees, certain; requirement of background checks.
- HB 900 Associate physicians; requirements for licensure, practice agreements.
- HB 905 Hospitals; advance disclosure of charge for elective procedure, test, or service.
- HB 920 Barrier crimes; conviction or finding not guilty by reason of insanity.
- HB 991 Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW); education and training programs.
- HB 992 TANF eligibility; drug-related felonies.
- HB 1026 Social Services, Department of; electronic notices.
- HB 1044 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of certain information.
- HB 1058 Veterinarians; exemption from licensure, practice of veterinary medicine.
- HB 1077 Drug Control Act; adds certain chemical substances to Schedule I.
- HB 1090 Health, Department of; expenditure of funds related to abortions and family planning services.
- HB 1189 Child welfare agency; operating without a license, abuse and neglect of child, penalty.
- HB 1266 Guardianship appointments, modifications, and terminations; notice sent to DMAS.
- HB 1267 Guardianship or conservatorship; orders prior to the respondent's 18th birthday.
- HB 1273 X-ray machines; expands authority of Department of Health to regulate.
- HB 1277 Restaurants; annual inspections.
- HB 1292 Schedule IV drugs; adds eluxadoline to list.
- HB 1309 Office of Immigrant Assistance created.
- SB 19 Telemedicine; pilot program.
- SB 162 Family violence fatality review teams; definition of fatal family violence incident.
- SB 201 Division of fees among physicians.
- SB 212 Health regulatory boards; membership and terms.
- SB 233 Recognition of EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact.
- SB 248 Minors; authority to consent to physical evidence recovery kit examination.
- SB 249 Financial exploitation of adults; documentation referred to local law-enforcement agency.
- SB 253 Confidentiality of information about victims of certain crimes.
- SB 264 Nurse practitioners; practicing outside of a patient care team.
- SB 265 Nurse Licensure Compact; current Compact replaced with a revised version.
- SB 278 Child welfare agencies; background checks for volunteers and employees.
- SB 287 Prescription Monitoring Program; reports by dispensers shall be made within 24 hours or next day.
- SB 328 Nurse aide education programs; observational and reporting techniques to be included in curriculum.
- SB 346 Family and Children's Trust Fund; exempt from taxation.
- SB 369 Telemedicine pilot program; to expand access, etc., to health care services in certain areas.
- SB 385 Foster and adoptive parents; criminal conviction waiver process.
- SB 399 Practitioners of healing arts; temporary authorization to practice.
- SB 407 Onsite sewage systems; conventional and alternative discharging systems, civil penalties.
- SB 417 Social Services, Department of; unauthorized practice of law.
- SB 433 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; established.
- SB 436 Fostering Futures program; established.
- SB 437 Military medical personnel; pilot program for personnel to practice medicine.
- SB 455 Social Services, Department of; information sharing.
- SB 463 Nurse practitioners; licensed as certified nurse midwives, practicing without patient care team.
- SB 467 Child day programs; exemptions from licensure.
- SB 480 Drug Control Act; Schedule 1.
- SB 491 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of certain information.
- SB 513 Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements of prescribers of opiates.
- SB 551 Physician assistants; unlawful use of title.
- SB 553 Nursing facilities; electronic monitoring.
- SB 556 Opiate addiction treatment; nonmethadone opioid replacements.
- SB 592 Vital records; amending death certificates.
- SB 595 Dead human bodies; storage of body for more than 48 hours prior to disposition.
- SB 712 Dental hygienists; remote supervision.
- SB 732 Assisted living facilities; no facility shall be required to provide or allow hospice care.
- SB 774 DMAS; Request for Proposal.
- SB 775 DMAS; Medicaid eligibility and application.