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2016 SESSION
Senate Education and Health
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Newman (Chair), Saslaw, Lucas, Howell, Locke, Barker, Black, Carrico, Garrett, Petersen, Cosgrove, Lewis, Dunnavant, Chase, Suetterlein
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Thursday, 8:00 a.m. Senate Room B
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- HB 8 Virginia Virtual School; Board established.
- HB 36 Government courses at public high schools; civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test.
- HB 46 School Readiness Committee; Secretary of Education, et al., shall establish, increases membership.
- HB 47 Mixed-Delivery Preschool Fund and Grant Program; established, report, sunset provision.
- HB 66 New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Fund and Program; established.
- HB 131 Students who receive home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs.
- HB 196 Public elementary and secondary schools and local school divisions; information and forms.
- HB 197 Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program; established.
- HB 202 Anatomical gifts; search and rescue dog training.
- HB 209 Educational Institutions; revising and recodifying laws.
- 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 241 Students who are English language learners; BOE to consider certain assessment.
- HB 252 Assistant speech-language pathologists; duties, report.
- HB 259 SOL; Bd. of Education prohibited from adopting revisions that implement Common Core State Standards.
- HB 261 Armed Forces of the U.S. or Va. National Guard, former members of; provisional teaching licenses.
- HB 263 Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; decreases membership.
- HB 279 Career and technical education; three-year licenses.
- 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 353 School boards, local; transportation agreements with nonpublic schools.
- HB 357 Public schools; physical activity requirement for students in grades kindergarten through five.
- HB 381 Standards of Learning; alternative means for children with disabilities to demonstrate achievement.
- HB 386 Certified nurse aides; training in observational and reporting techniques.
- HB 389 Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report, effective clause.
- HB 415 People with Disabilities, Virginia Board for; powers and duties, report.
- HB 436 Standards of Learning assessments in English reading and mathematics; retake, recovery credit.
- HB 450 Comprehensive community colleges, certain; veterans advisors and veterans resource centers.
- HB 453 Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium; regional boundaries and governing board.
- HB 475 Students who have been treated for pediatric cancer; return to learn protocol.
- HB 487 School resource officers; those employed pursuant to School Resource Officer Grants Program.
- HB 498 TPA-certified optometrists; prescription of certain Schedule II controlled substances.
- HB 504 Nurse aide; renewal of certification.
- HB 515 Higher educational institutions; institutional 6-year plan, economic development, report.
- HB 516 Education, Board of; policy on sexually explicit instructional material.
- HB 518 School boards, local; to provide students with option to transfer to another school division.
- HB 519 School-affiliated entities; definition, providing protection for student personal information.
- HB 521 Education, Board of; annual report includes reporting requirements of local school divisions.
- HB 523 Higher educational institutions; student mental health policies.
- HB 524 Teacher performance and quality; confidentiality.
- 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 557 School efficiency reviews; scope and costs.
- HB 558 Onsite sewage systems and private wells; evaluation and design, report.
- 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 653 Consent to organ donation.
- HB 657 Prescription Monitoring Program; indicators of misuse, disclosure of information.
- HB 659 High school family life education curriculum; programs on prevention of dating violence, etc.
- HB 682 Teacher licensure; waiver of requirements, trade and industrial education programs.
- HB 738 Registered surgical technologists and surgical assistants; extends registration deadline.
- HB 749 School service providers; protection of student personal information.
- HB 750 Student personal information; definition of school services, college & career readiness assessment.
- HB 802 Veterinary technicians; supervision, reporting of animal cruelty.
- HB 825 Military medical personnel; pilot program for personnel to practice medicine.
- HB 829 Prescribers of covered substances; continuing education.
- HB 831 Standards of Learning; curriculum shall include computer science and computational thinking.
- HB 842 Teachers; preparation and licensure, professional development in indicators of dyslexia.
- HB 894 Standards of Learning Innovation Committee; change in membership.
- HB 895 High school graduation; graduation requirements.
- HB 896 Private school employees, certain; requirement of background checks.
- HB 905 Hospitals; advance disclosure of charge for elective procedure, test, or service.
- HB 942 School boards; reasonable access by certain youth groups.
- HB 954 Concussions; local school division policy to include Return to Learn Protocol for student-athletes.
- HB 961 Higher educational institutions; alternative tuition or fee structures to students, report.
- HB 1015 Higher educational institutions; memorandum of understanding with local law-enforcement agencies.
- HB 1044 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of certain information.
- HB 1058 Veterinarians; exemption from licensure, practice of veterinary medicine.
- HB 1062 Higher educational institutions; management agreements.
- 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 1103 ABLE savings trust accounts; exclusion from determination of state means-tested assistance, etc.
- HB 1230 Higher educational institutions; student intellectual property rights.
- HB 1253 Norfolk, City of; repeals obsolete provisions for appointment of members to school board.
- HB 1273 X-ray machines; expands authority of Department of Health to regulate.
- HB 1277 Restaurants; annual inspections.
- HB 1279 Public schools; fire drills and lock-down drills.
- HB 1292 Schedule IV drugs; adds eluxadoline to list.
- HB 1303 Higher educational institutions; educational programs for members of board of visitors.
- HB 1321 Higher educational institutions, private; memoranda of understanding, sexual assaults.
- HB 1377 School boards; assignment of teachers, reduces maximum class sizes.
- SB 17 STEM programs; grants for donations to programs at qualified schools.
- SB 19 Telemedicine; pilot program.
- SB 20 Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Council; established.
- SB 83 Higher educational institutions; required agreements with law enforcement.
- SB 159 Campus police departments; retention and storage of physical evidence recovery kits.
- SB 162 Family violence fatality review teams; definition of fatal family violence incident.
- SB 176 Organ donation; indication consent to remain on driver's license.
- SB 201 Division of fees among physicians.
- SB 211 Public schools; physical activity requirement for students in grades kindergarten through five.
- SB 212 Health regulatory boards; membership and terms.
- SB 224 Public schools; prohibited use of tobacco products on school bus, etc.
- SB 233 Recognition of EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact.
- SB 245 Comprehensive community colleges; dual enrollment of students into Career Pathways program.
- SB 246 STEM Competition Team Grant Program and Fund; established, created.
- SB 248 Minors; authority to consent to physical evidence recovery kit examination.
- SB 250 Local school boards; transportation agreements with nonpublic schools.
- SB 264 Nurse practitioners; practicing outside of a patient care team.
- SB 265 Nurse Licensure Compact; current Compact replaced with a revised version.
- SB 287 Prescription Monitoring Program; reports by dispensers shall be made within 24 hours or next day.
- SB 313 Virginia College Building Authority; financing projects, participating institutions.
- SB 328 Nurse aide education programs; observational and reporting techniques to be included in curriculum.
- SB 330 Tuition, in-state; eligibility of members of Virginia National Guard.
- SB 336 High school graduation; graduation requirements.
- SB 338 Higher educational institutions; study abroad programs.
- SB 343 Cancer; possession or distribution of marijuana for medical purposes.
- SB 360 Teachers; Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide a model exit questionnaire.
- SB 363 Persons with disabilities; rights in public places, fraudulent representation of service dog.
- SB 368 Public schools; standards for accreditation, corrective action plan.
- SB 369 Telemedicine pilot program; to expand access, etc., to health care services in certain areas.
- SB 399 Practitioners of healing arts; temporary authorization to practice.
- SB 401 Crohn's disease, colitis, etc.; identification cards and information.
- SB 425 Higher education; student mental health policies.
- SB 427 Standards of Learning assessments; Board of Education's calculation of passage rate.
- SB 437 Military medical personnel; pilot program for personnel to practice medicine.
- SB 438 Higher educational institutions; social media accounts.
- SB 440 Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; eligibility; use of funds.
- SB 452 Medical school; clinical rotation requirements.
- SB 458 Alternatives to suspension; Board of Education shall establish guidelines for local school boards.
- SB 463 Nurse practitioners; licensed as certified nurse midwives, practicing without patient care team.
- SB 480 Drug Control Act; Schedule 1.
- SB 491 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of certain information.
- SB 501 Higher educational institutions; increases in-state tuition.
- SB 502 School efficiency reviews; scope and costs.
- SB 513 Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements of prescribers of opiates.
- SB 528 Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
- SB 535 Virginia Behavioral Health Practitioner Student Loan Repayment Fund and Program; created.
- SB 538 Students with limited English proficiency; alternative to the eleventh grade Standards of Learning.
- SB 541 Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- SB 551 Physician assistants; unlawful use of title.
- SB 553 Nursing facilities; electronic monitoring.
- SB 556 Opiate addiction treatment; nonmethadone opioid replacements.
- SB 573 Part-time teachers; Board of Education to provide for issuance of permits.
- SB 576 New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; established, Fund created, report.
- SB 587 Compulsory school attendance cases; prosecution by attorneys for the Commonwealth.
- SB 592 Vital records; amending death certificates.
- SB 595 Dead human bodies; storage of body for more than 48 hours prior to disposition.
- SB 609 Academic credit; industry credentials.
- SB 612 Students who receive home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs.
- SB 636 State Council of Higher Education; longitudinal data system; report.
- SB 659 Standards of Quality; instructional positions.
- SB 660 Teacher dismissal; appointment of hearing officer.
- SB 665 Middle school student-athletes, public; pre-participation physical examination.
- SB 671 Lyme disease; treatment of a patient.
- SB 683 Training centers; communications with individuals.
- SB 701 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; permitting of pharmaceutical processors to manufacture and provide.
- SB 712 Dental hygienists; remote supervision.
- SB 734 Public charter schools.
- SB 740 Electronic textbooks; use by students.
- SB 774 DMAS; Request for Proposal.
- SB 775 DMAS; Medicaid eligibility and application.
- SB 776 Public schools; residency of children in kinship care.
- SB 780 Home instruction or religious exemption; information disclosure.
- SJ 85 Public elementary and secondary education; joint committee to study future of education.