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2020 SESSION
House Health, Welfare and Institutions
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- HB 38 Tanning facilities; prohibits use by persons under age 18.
- HB 42 Prenatal and postnatal depression, etc.; importance of screening patients.
- HB 94 Adoption; proper notice of proceeding to legal custodian.
- HB 97 Newborn screening; screening for Krabbe disease.
- HB 115 Health care providers, certain; program to address career fatigue and wellness, civil immunity.
- HB 141 Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, eliminates requirement for identification of race.
- HB 165 Teledentistry; definitions, establishes requirements for practice, digital scans, etc.
- HB 180 Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, eliminates requirement for identification of race.
- HB 188 Health care services; payment estimates.
- HB 212 Custody and visitation arrangements; use of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil by foster parent, etc.
- HB 287 Central registry; retention of records.
- HB 299 Fluoride varnish; possession and administration by medical assistants, etc.
- HB 303 Clinical psychologists; telepsychology, services to established patients who are out of state.
- HB 310 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; extends sunset provision.
- HB 312 Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; communication of information by Board of Pharmacy.
- HB 324 Independent Living Community Ombudsman, Office of; established, report.
- HB 347 Commonwealth's medical cannabis program; SHHR to convene work group to review & make recommendation.
- HB 362 Physician assistant; capacity determinations.
- HB 367 Donated human breast milk; payment of medical assistance.
- HB 371 Adoption by stepparent; circuit court shall consider results of background check.
- HB 378 Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency, repeals sunset provision.
- HB 385 Chiropractic, practice of; clarifies definition.
- HB 386 Conversion therapy; prohibited by certain health care providers.
- HB 391 Food stamps; eligibility, drug-related felonies.
- HB 400 Fostering Futures program; established.
- HB 409 State plan for medical assistance services; orthotic devices.
- HB 471 Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.
- HB 474 Certified community health workers; establishes requirements for use of the title.
- HB 479 Death certificate; veterans, fees.
- HB 517 Collaborative practice agreements; adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to list.
- HB 526 Reproductive health services; health benefit plans to cover the costs of specified services, etc.
- HB 546 Prescribing of Schedule VI controlled substances; telemedicine, store-and-forward technologies.
- HB 552 Birth control; definition.
- HB 566 Food stamps and TANF; eligibility, drug-related felonies.
- HB 580 Child abuse and neglect; gender identity or sexual orientation.
- HB 584 Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference in state government for persons with disabilities.
- HB 586 PFOA, PFOS, and PFAS; substances in public drinking water.
- HB 589 Community services boards; funding formula, population and need.
- HB 597 Group homes and children's residential facilities; licensure, certain information required.
- HB 603 Medical Assistance Services, Board of; reimbursement for services, family members.
- HB 608 Health Enterprise Zone Program and Fund; established, report.
- HB 626 Opioids; prescribing, required patient disclosures.
- HB 637 Child support; reasonable cost of health care coverage.
- HB 641 Funeral service providers; caskets provided by third parties.
- HB 648 Prescription Monitoring Program; information disclosed to Emergency Department Care Coord. Program.
- HB 650 Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession and administration.
- HB 661 Exposure-prone incidents; Secretaries of HHR & PSHS to establish a work group.
- HB 666 Vital records; expands the definition of "dead body."
- HB 687 State-certified doulas; certification, registry.
- HB 688 Certified community health workers; establishes requirements for use of the title.
- HB 690 Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); family cap.
- HB 691 Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Office, etc.; established.
- HB 699 Mandatory outpatient treatment; rescission of order.
- HB 700 Mandatory outpatient treatment; eliminates patient consent.
- HB 702 Mandatory outpatient treatment; petition for review, efforts of the community services board.
- HB 713 Mandatory outpatient treatment orders; judicial review conferences.
- HB 728 Residential psychiatric placement and services; SOE, et al., to establish work group.
- HB 737 Nursing homes; standards of care.
- HB 740 Movie theaters; closed captioning.
- HB 747 Movie theaters; open captioning on any film that is regularly shown.
- HB 763 Hospitals; notification to patient of outpatient physical therapy following discharge.
- HB 778 Family assessments; increases timeline for completion.
- HB 786 Food stamps; eligibility, drug-related felonies.
- HB 791 Comprehensive harm reduction programs; authority to establish and operate.
- HB 799 Child day programs; lead testing, potable water.
- HB 806 Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; victims of sexual assault, report.
- HB 808 Survivors of sexual assault; definitions, every hospital to provide treatment or transfer services.
- HB 809 Child abuse and neglect; valid report or complaint, alleged abuser.
- HB 814 TANF; eligibility for drug-related felonies.
- HB 823 Health Insurance Premium Payment program; enrollment of eligible individuals.
- HB 826 State plan for medical assistance; payment for services provided by certified doulas.
- HB 829 Group homes; license application, notice to locality.
- HB 855 Group home; definition, licensure of private providers.
- HB 860 Inhaled asthma medications; school nurse, etc., may administer to a student.
- HB 876 Prescription drugs; price transparency.
- HB 879 Certificate of public need; revises the Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program.
- HB 883 DCJS; costs and benefits of implementing a deflection to treatment program, report.
- HB 887 ABLE savings trust agreement; Medicaid clawback prohibition.
- HB 902 Long-term care services and supports; preadmission screenings.
- HB 904 Child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs.
- HB 907 Sickle cell anemia; treatment.
- HB 908 Naloxone; possession and administration by employee or person acting on behalf of a public place.
- HB 910 Pharmacy; compounding of drugs, regulation by Board of Pharmacy.
- HB 917 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; expands eligibility, fictive kin.
- HB 918 Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; execution.
- HB 920 State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; created.
- HB 925 DMAS; steps to facilitate transition between two programs.
- HB 933 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; expands eligibility, fictive kin, definition.
- HB 966 Health regulatory boards; conversion therapy.
- HB 968 State plan for medical assistance services; covered services.
- HB 997 Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal background checks, repeals sunset.
- HB 1000 Prescription drugs; expedited partner therapy, labels.
- HB 1006 Human trafficking; assessments by local departments.
- HB 1013 Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, repeals sunset date.
- HB 1015 Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; created, report.
- HB 1025 Law-enforcement officers w/disability, former; vocational rehabilitation and employment services.
- HB 1026 Mandatory outpatient treatment; criteria.
- HB 1027 Opioid addiction treatment pilot program; DBHDS, et al., to establish in Planning District 12.
- HB 1040 Naturopathic doctors; Board of Medicine to license and regulate.
- HB 1041 Certificate of birth; new certificate issued to show change of sex.
- HB 1051 Child-placing agencies; conscience clause, discrimination.
- HB 1057 Health insurance; clinical nurse specialists.
- HB 1059 Certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority.
- HB 1075 Home care organizations; public disclosure of complaints.
- HB 1084 Surgical assistants; definition, licensure.
- HB 1090 Immunizations; regulations by State Board of Health.
- HB 1094 Certificate of public need; exempts physician-owned ambulatory surgery centers.
- HB 1097 Health care services; estimate of cost of any procedure, etc.
- HB 1117 Temporary detention order; transportation, change of provider.
- HB 1118 Involuntary admission order; transportation, transfer to local law enforcement.
- HB 1121 Massage therapists; qualifications, license.
- HB 1127 Therapeutic day treatment; definition.
- HB 1130 TANF eligibility; drug-related felonies.
- HB 1137 TANF & Va. Initiative for Education & Work; hardship exception.
- HB 1147 Epinephrine; every public place may make available for administration.
- HB 1148 Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Department of; reorganizes provisions.
- HB 1158 Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, eliminates requirement for identification of race.
- HB 1172 Electronic health records; digital format.
- HB 1176 Sexual assault nurse examiners; place of practice.
- HB 1209 New Americans, Office of; created within Department of Social Services.
- HB 1214 Family day homes; licensure threshold.
- HB 1226 Higher educational institutions, public; collection of debts by hospitals affiliated w/institutions.
- HB 1230 Certificate of public need; criteria for determination of need.
- HB 1235 Religious-exempt child day centers; staff-to-children ratios.
- HB 1257 Drinking water supplies and waterworks; maximum contaminant levels, effective date, report.
- HB 1260 Athletic Training, Advisory Board on; membership.
- HB 1261 Athletic trainers; naloxone or other opioid antagonist.
- HB 1263 Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.
- HB 1266 Septic system inspectors; requirements to perform a septic system inspection.
- HB 1281 Southwestern Va. Mental Health Institute; Governor to lease a portion of property to Smyth County.
- HB 1286 Group homes and children's residential facilities; limit on number of license applications.
- HB 1291 Medical assistance services; managed care organization contracts with pharmacy benefits managers.
- HB 1304 Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees; registration.
- HB 1321 Guardianship; supported decision making.
- HB 1332 Telehealth services; definitions, report.
- HB 1351 Temporary detention; expands category of individuals who may evaluate a person.
- HB 1363 Veterinary medicine and veterinary technology; licensure exemption for student practice, etc.
- HB 1371 TANF; diversionary cash assistance.
- HB 1387 Certificate of public need; definition of "medical care facility."
- HB 1399 Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases; establishes compact.
- HB 1404 Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program; established, report.
- HB 1405 Prescription drugs for the treatment of diabetes; price transparency, civil penalty.
- HB 1410 Food stamps; Restaurant Meals Program.
- HB 1425 Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, identification of race.
- HB 1432 Early childhood care and education programs, certain; parents of enrolled children.
- HB 1445 Reproductive health services; health benefit plans to cover costs of specified health care services.
- HB 1452 Temporary detention; observation, testing, or treatment.
- HB 1453 Acute psychiatric bed registry; DBHDS shall establish work group to evaluate, etc.
- HB 1456 Medical assistance services; managed care organization contracts with pharmacy providers.
- HB 1460 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; certification for use of oil.
- HB 1465 Naloxone; possession and administration, employee or person acting on behalf of a public place.
- HB 1466 Naloxone; possession and administration.
- HB 1468 PSAP & Poison Control Centers; work group to study information about opioid overdoses.
- HB 1477 Application for public assistance; eligibility, review of records.
- HB 1478 Frozen embryos; required disclosures.
- HB 1482 Involuntary admission or certification of eligibility order; clarifies provisions governing appeals.
- HB 1488 Virginia Public Procurement Act; definitions, clarification of "best value."
- HB 1489 Disease prevention and control; immunizations.
- HB 1506 Pharmacists; initiating of treatment with and dispensing and administering of controlled substances.
- HB 1531 Drug disposal; Bd. of Pharmacy to develop public awareness of proper methods.
- HB 1540 Behavioral health providers; barrier crimes, exceptions.
- HB 1549 Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need.
- HB 1559 Prescription drug price transparency; penalties.
- HB 1562 Music therapy; definition of music therapist, licensure.
- HB 1570 Tobacco products, etc.; possession by persons under 21 years of age.
- HB 1606 Hospitals; notice and consent, out-of-network providers.
- HB 1654 Schedule VI controlled substances and hypodermic syringes and needles; limited-use license.
- HB 1658 Adult protective services; creates central registry.
- HB 1662 Adoption by stepparent; background check.
- HB 1670 Pharmaceutical processors; cannabidiol oil, permit to operate processor.
- HB 1683 Diagnostic medical sonography; definition, certification.
- HB 1701 Medical Excellence Zone Program; VDH to determine feasibility of establishment.
- SB 52 Opioid addiction treatment pilot program; DBHDS, et al., to establish in Planning Dist. 12, clause.
- SB 53 Social workers; licensure by endorsement.
- SB 62 Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, eliminates requirement for identification of race.
- SB 120 Health care providers, certain; program to address career fatigue and wellness, civil immunity.
- SB 122 Teledentistry; definitions, establishes requirements for practice, digital scans, etc.
- SB 124 Food stamps and TANF; eligibility, drug-related felonies.
- SB 156 Fostering Futures program; established.
- SB 178 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; expands eligibility, fictive kin, definition.
- SB 185 Nursing homes, hospices, etc.; possession and administration of cannabidiol or THC-A.
- SB 187 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); removes time limitations.
- SB 239 Fluoride varnish; possession and administration by medical assistants, etc.
- SB 245 Conversion therapy; prohibited by certain health care providers.
- SB 256 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; extends sunset provision.
- SB 264 Certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority.
- SB 270 Pharmacy; practice, regulation by Board of Pharmacy, report.
- SB 279 Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need.
- SB 297 Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; created, report.
- SB 300 DMAS; remote patient monitoring, rural populations.
- SB 301 Medically underserved areas; transporting patients to 24-hour urgent care facilities.
- SB 317 Licensed inpatient nursing services; in-home follow-up care upon discharge.
- SB 346 Contractors, on-site superintendents; boiler and pressure vessel operator license.
- SB 352 Guardianship and conservatorship; supported decision-making alternative.
- SB 355 Assisted living facilities; regulations regarding audio-visual recording of residents, report.
- SB 365 Health care provider; SHHR to convene a work group related to credentialing.
- SB 386 Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Information System; trauma data, confidentiality.
- SB 391 Adult abuse; financial exploitation, required report by financial institution.
- SB 393 Child day programs; lead testing, potable water.
- SB 397 Nursing homes; VDH to convene work group related to increasing availability of clinical workforce.
- SB 412 Family assessments; increases timeline for completion.
- SB 420 Public schools; seizure management and action plan, training.
- SB 422 Health regulatory boards; clarifies the meaning of "license."
- SB 472 Foster care; termination of parental rights, independent living needs assessments.
- SB 482 Developmental Disabilities Mortality Review Committee; created, report.
- SB 501 Adoption and foster care; persons authorized to conduct home studies.
- SB 530 Epinephrine; possession and administration by a restaurant employee.
- SB 538 Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.
- SB 540 Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.
- SB 544 Physician assistant; capacity determinations.
- SB 564 Virginia Hearing Loss Identification & Monitoring System; language development for certain children.
- SB 565 Collaborative practice agreements; adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to list.
- SB 566 Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession and administration, liability.
- SB 568 Medical assistance services; managed care organization contracts with pharmacy benefits managers.
- SB 569 DBHDS and VSP; mobile applications, mental health and public safety.
- SB 570 State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; created, effective clause.
- SB 572 Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; early detection and diagnosis, risk reduction and care.
- SB 575 Prescription Monitoring Program; information disclosed to Emergency Department Care Coord. Program.
- SB 585 Guardianship; special education transition materials, etc.
- SB 602 Temporary detention order; transportation, change of provider.
- SB 603 Involuntary admission order; transportation, transfer to local law enforcement.
- SB 633 Music therapy; definition of music therapist, licensure.
- SB 657 Certificate of birth; new certificate issued to show change of sex.
- SB 668 Child care providers; out-of-state background checks.
- SB 675 Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal background checks, repeals sunset.
- SB 678 Central registry; electronic requests and responses.
- SB 686 Assisted living facilities; regulations governing individualized service plans.
- SB 706 Human trafficking; assessments by local departments.
- SB 712 Virginia Human Rights Act; unlawful discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth.
- SB 713 Art therapists and art therapy associates; definitions, licensure.
- SB 715 TANF; menstrual supplies.
- SB 738 Temporary detention; observation, testing, or treatment.
- SB 739 Acute psychiatric bed registry; DBHDS shall establish work group to evaluate, etc.
- SB 757 Medical Excellence Zone Program; VDH to determine feasibility of establishment.
- SB 760 Psychologists; licensure, permitted to practice in Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact.
- SB 764 Certificate of public need; revises the Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program.
- SB 830 Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees; registration.
- SB 836 Naloxone; possession and administration, employee or person acting on behalf of a public place.
- SB 841 George Mason University; encouraged to establish a school of medicine.
- SB 846 Organ, eye, or tissue transplantation; discrimination prohibited.
- SB 864 Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency, repeals sunset provision.
- SB 885 Performance of laboratory analysis; cannabidiol oil, THC-A oil, tetrahydrocannabinol.
- SB 902 Long-term care services and supports; preadmission screenings.
- SB 903 Hospitals; screening emergency department patients, etc.
- SB 913 Home hospice programs; disposal of drugs, opioids.
- SB 927 Religious-exempt child day centers; staff-to-children ratios.
- SB 930 Mental Health Crisis Intervention Hotline; SHHR to establish a work group to evaluate.
- SB 949 Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; victims of sexual assault, report.
- SB 976 Pharmaceutical processors; operation of cannabis dispensing facilities.
- SB 983 Certificate of public need; definition of "medical care facility," facilities subject to review.
- SB 991 New Americans, Office of; created within Department of Social Services.
- SB 993 State Health Commissioner; local health directors, qualifications.
- SB 1025 Kinship foster care; training and approval processes.
- SB 1026 Pharmacists; initiating treatment, dispensing, and administering of controlled substances.
- SB 1029 Alcoholic beverage control; gourmet shop license, distiller participation in tastings.
- SB 1044 Funeral directors and embalmers; Board to promulgate regulations for licensure.
- SB 1045 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; sample testing.
- SB 1046 Clinical social workers; patient records, involuntary detention orders.
- SB 1049 Involuntary commitment; notice and participation, discharge plans.
- SB 1066 Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, eliminates requirement for identification of race.
- SB 1074 Schedule VI controlled substances and hypodermic syringes and needles; limited-use license.
- SB 1081 COPN; demonstration of public need and compliance with State Medical Facilities Plan.
- SB 1088 Nongovernmental emergency medical services agencies; dissolution of agency.