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2020 SESSION
Chair: Richard L. Saslaw
Date of Meeting: February 17, 2020
Time and Place: 15 minutes after adjournment of the Senate / Senate Room A
Patron: Simon
Qualified education loan servicers. Prohibits any person from acting as a qualified education loan servicer except in accordance with provisions established by this bill. The bill requires a loan servicer to obtain a license from the State Corporation Commission (SCC) and establishes procedures pertaining to such licenses. Banks, savings institutions, credit unions, and nonprofit institutions of higher education are exempt from the licensing provisions. The servicing of a qualified education loan encompasses (i) receiving any scheduled periodic payments from a qualified education loan borrower pursuant to the terms of a qualified education loan; (ii) applying the payments of principal and interest and such other payments, with respect to the amounts received from a qualified education loan borrower, as may be required pursuant to the terms of a qualified education loan; and (iii) performing other administrative services with respect to a qualified education loan. Qualified education loan servicers are prohibited from, among other things, (a) misrepresenting the amount, nature, or terms of any fee or payment due or claimed to be due on a qualified education loan, the terms and conditions of the loan agreement, or the borrower's obligations under the loan; (b) knowingly misapplying or recklessly applying loan payments to the outstanding balance of a qualified education loan; and (c) failing to report both the favorable and unfavorable payment history of the borrower to a nationally recognized consumer credit bureau at least annually if the loan servicer regularly reports information to such a credit bureau. Violations are subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $2,500. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021, but provides that applications shall be accepted, and investigations commenced, by the SCC beginning March 1, 2021.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 19.2-389 and 59.1-200 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 6.2 a chapter numbered 26, consisting of sections numbered 6.2-2600 through 6.2-2621, relating to student loans; licensing of qualified education loan servicers; civil penalties.20104524D
Patron: Carroll Foy
Nonpayment of wages; private action; liability for payment of wages due under construction contracts; penalties. Provides that an employee has a private cause of action, individually, jointly, with other aggrieved employees as a collective action, on behalf of similarly situated employees as a collective action under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act against an employer who fails to pay wages to recover the amount of wages due plus interest at eight percent annually from the date the wages were due, an additional amount as liquidated damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs. If the court finds that the employer knowingly failed to pay wages, the court shall award the employee reasonable attorney fees and costs and the employer is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. If the court finds that the employer's failure to pay wages was willful and with intent to defraud the employee, the court shall award the employee triple the amount of wages due and reasonable attorney fees and costs. The measure also provides that any construction contract entered into on or after July 1, 2020, shall be deemed to include a provision under which the general contractor and the subcontractor are jointly and severally liable to pay the wages due to the subcontractor's employees. If the wages due to the subcontractor's employees are not paid, the general contractor is subject to criminal and civil penalties for which an employer is liable for failing or refusing to pay wages. The measure requires the subcontractor to indemnify the general contractor for wages, damages, interest, penalties, or attorney fees owed as a result of the subcontractor's failure to pay the wages unless the subcontractor's failure to pay wages was because of the general contractor's failure to pay moneys due to the subcontractor. The measure also provides that the lack of privity between the general contractor and the employees of the subcontractor is not a defense in an action against the general contractor arising from nonpayment of wages to the subcontractor's employees. This bill incorporates HB 482.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 40.1-29 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 11-4.6, relating to nonpayment of wages; construction contracts; joint and several liability of general contractor and subcontractor for payment of wages to subcontractor's employees; cause of action; penalties.20106941D
Patron: Miyares
Veterans' benefits. Provides that if any person advertises, arranges, offers, or enters into any assignment of right to receive veterans' pension or retirement benefits, such action constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act if such assignment is prohibited or void under specified federal anti-assignment acts.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-200 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-2001.5, relating to assignments of the right to receive veteran's benefits.20105742D
Patron: Ware
Unemployment compensation; leaving employment to follow military spouse. Repeals the sunset provision on the current statutory provision that provides that good cause for leaving employment exists if an employee voluntarily leaves a job to accompany the employee's spouse, who is on active duty in the military or naval services of the United States, to a new military-related assignment established pursuant to a permanent change of duty order from which the employee's place of employment is not reasonably accessible. This provision will presently expire on December 31, 2020.
A BILL to repeal the fourth enactment of Chapter 442 of the 2014 Acts of Assembly, relating to unemployment compensation; voluntarily leaving employment to accompany military spouse.20100239D
Patron: Kilgore
Reinsurance credits. Conforms Virginia's law regarding credits to insurers for reinsurance ceded to approved assuming insurers to the provisions of the Credit for Reinsurance Model Law of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The bill eliminates the reinsurance collateral requirements for assuming insurers that are domiciled in or have their head office in a reciprocal jurisdiction, which is defined in the bill. Under the bill, such assuming insurers are required to maintain a minimum capital and surplus, maintain a minimal solvency or capital ratio, as applicable, and provide notice to the State Corporation Commission in the event of noncompliance of any requirements. The bill requires the Commission to create and publish a list of reciprocal jurisdictions and assuming insurers.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 38.2-1316.1, 38.2-1316.2, 38.2-1316.4, and 38.2-1316.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to credits for reinsurance.20104676D
Patron: Sickles
Banks; trust subsidiaries. Establishes a mechanism by which a subsidiary bank of a Virginia bank holding company that holds trust powers may be substituted in every fiduciary capacity for a trust subsidiary under common ownership with that bank. Such mechanism follows the existing procedures by which (i) a subsidiary bank may be substituted as fiduciary for another bank under common ownership and (ii) a trust subsidiary may be substituted as fiduciary for an owning or affiliated bank. In each case, the determination as to whether the application for substitution will be granted is made by the circuit court of the jurisdiction in which the main office of the petitioning bank or trust subsidiary is located.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 6.2-1047 and 6.2-1059 of the Code of Virginia, relating to banks; trust subsidiaries.20101596D
Patron: Tyler
Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumption; correctional officers. Adds correctional officers to the list of public safety employees who are entitled to a presumption that certain infectious diseases are compensable occupational diseases. The presumption shall apply only to diagnoses that occur on and after July 1, 2020.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 65.2-402.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.20102696D
Patron: VanValkenburg
Employment; covenants not to compete; low-wage employees; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer from entering into a covenant not to compete with any of its low-wage employees. Any employer that violates this prohibition is subject to a civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation. The measure authorizes a low-wage employee to bring a civil action against an employer that attempts to enforce a prohibited covenant not to compete.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 40.1 a section numbered 40.1-28.7:7, relating to covenants not to compete; low-wage employees; civil penalty.20102056D
Patron: Krizek
Virginia Minimum Wage Act; exclusions. Eliminates the exclusion in the Virginia Minimum Wage Act for persons whose earning capacity is impaired by physical deficiency, mental illness, or intellectual disability.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 40.1-28.9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the minimum wage; application to persons whose employment is covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and to persons with impaired earnings capacity.20106980D
Patron: Price
Nonpayment of wages; investigations. Authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, if he acquires information during an investigation of a complaint of an employer's failure or refusal to pay wages and that information creates a reasonable belief that other employees of the same employer may not have been paid wages, to investigate whether the employer has failed or refused to make a required payment of wages to other employees. The measure also provides that if the Commissioner finds in the course of such investigation that the employer has committed a violation, the Commissioner may institute proceedings on behalf of any employee against his employer. In such proceedings, the Commissioner is not required to have obtained a written complaint of the violation or the written and signed consent of any employee.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 40.1-29.1, relating to the authority of the Department of Labor and Industry to investigate employers for failure to pay wages.20102626D
Patron: Price
Nonpayment of wages; discriminatory actions prohibited. Prohibits an employer from discharging or otherwise discriminating against an employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding related to the failure to pay wages, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding. The measure authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to institute proceedings against an employer who has taken such prohibited discriminatory action. Available remedies include reinstatement of the employee, recovery of lost wages, and liquidated damages.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 40.1 a section numbered 40.1-33.1, relating to prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees for instituting proceedings for nonpayment of wages.20102627D
Patron: Lopez
Project labor agreements; public procurement. Authorizes any public body, including any state or local government, when engaged in procuring products or services or letting contracts for construction, manufacture, maintenance, or operation of public works, to require bidders to enter into or adhere to project labor agreements on the public works projects. The bill incorporates HBs 122, 1202, and 1311.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4321.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to contracts with government agencies for public works; agreements with labor organizations.20107061D
Patron: Ward
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $7.25 per hour to $9 per hour effective July 1, 2020; to $11 per hour effective July 1, 2021; to $13 per hour effective July 1, 2022; and to $15 per hour effective July 1, 2023, unless a higher minimum wage is required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The measure also provides that the Virginia minimum wage applies to persons whose employment is covered by the FLSA and to public employees.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 40.1-28.9 and 40.1-28.10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the minimum wage.20107949D
Patron: Heretick
Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder; law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act if a mental health professional examines a law-enforcement officer or firefighter and diagnoses the individual as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the individual's undergoing a qualifying event. "Qualifying event" includes an event occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2020, that results in serious bodily injury or death to any person or persons; involves a minor who has been injured, killed, abused, or exploited; involves an immediate threat to the life of the claimant or another individual; involves mass casualties; or occurs while responding to a crime scene for investigation. Other conditions for compensability include (i) if the post-traumatic stress disorder resulted from the law-enforcement officer or firefighter acting in the line of duty and, in the case of a firefighter, such firefighter complied with certain federal Occupational Safety and Health Act standards; (ii) if the law-enforcement officer's or firefighter's undergoing a qualifying event was a substantial factor in causing his post-traumatic stress disorder; (iii) if such qualifying event, and not another event or source of stress, was the primary cause of the post-traumatic stress disorder; and (iv) if the post-traumatic stress disorder did not result from any disciplinary action, work evaluation, job transfer, layoff, demotion, promotion, termination, retirement, or similar action of the officer or firefighter. The measure also establishes requirements for resilience and self-care technique training.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 65.2 a section numbered 65.2-107, relating to workers' compensation; compensability of post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter.20108008D
Patron: Heretick
Railroads; crew size; civil penalty. Requires a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of railroad freight in the Commonwealth to operate with a crew of at least two individuals, unless such movement involves hostler service or utility employees in yard service. The State Corporation Commission shall have discretion to fine a person willfully violating this requirement an amount not to exceed $500 for a first offense and an amount not to exceed $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense. The measure has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2020.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 56-419.3, relating to railroads; freight train crew requirements; civil penalty.20102226D
Patron: Bulova
Security freezes; fees. Prohibits a credit reporting agency from requiring a consumer to pay a fee to place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report. Currently, a consumer may be required to pay a fee of no more than $5 to place a security freeze on his credit report. Victims of identity theft are currently exempt from the fee.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 59.1-444.2 and 59.1-444.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to security freezes on credit reports; elimination of fees.20100947D
Patron: Keam
Undergrounding electric transmission lines; pilot program. Specifies that one of the two projects that may be included in the pilot program for the undergrounding of electric transmission lines shall be for the relocation or conversion of an existing 230-kilovolt overhead line to an underground line. The measure provides that such a project may be approved if the estimated additional cost of placing the line, in whole or in part, underground does not exceed $40 million or, if greater than $40 million, the cost does not exceed 2.5 times the costs of placing the same line overhead, which costs are borne by all of the utility's ratepayers through a rate adjustment clause. Currently the cost of such a project is ineligible if it exceeds 2.5 times the cost of placing the same line overhead. The measure provides that such a project may be approved for participation in the pilot program if its primary need is related to the economic development priorities and the comprehensive plan of the governing body of the locality in which at least a portion of line will be placed. The measure exempts a project that satisfies the criteria for participation in the pilot project from the requirement that the State Corporation Commission find that the transmission line is needed. The measure adds that the pilot program is created to further understanding of the benefits of undergrounding existing electric transmission lines to promote economic development.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 56-585.1:5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electric utility regulation; underground electric transmission line pilot program.20102639D
Patron: Guzman
Collective bargaining for public employees. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The measure creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which will determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The measure requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. The measure repeals a provision enacted in 2013 that declares that, in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organization to represent employees, the right of an individual employee to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteed from infringement.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 4 of Title 40.1 an article numbered 2.2, consisting of sections numbered 40.1-57.4 through 40.1-57.22, and to repeal § 40.1-54.3 and Article 2.1 (§§ 40.1-57.2 and 40.1-57.3) of Chapter 4 of Title 40.1, relating to collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation.20106939D
Patron: Aird
Wage payment statements. Limits the scope of the requirement enacted in 2019 that requires periodic wage payment statements to show the number of hours worked during the pay period. The measure provides that the statement is required to show the number of hours worked if the employee is either (i) paid on the basis of the number of hours worked or (ii) paid on the basis of a salary that is less than the standard salary level adopted by the U.S. Department of Labor establishing an exemption from the overtime premium pay requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The measure contains an emergency clause.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 40.1-29 of the Code of Virginia, relating to payment of wages; statement of earnings.20101293D
EMERGENCY
Patron: Hope
PSAP dispatchers; telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency Medical Dispatch education program. Requires each public safety answering point (PSAP) to provide training and equipment for each of its dispatchers in high-quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation (TCPR) instruction, which is defined in the measure as the delivery by trained 911 telecommunicators of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction for acute events requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. The measure (i) requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to adopt regulations that establish training and equipment standards and (ii) authorizes a PSAP to enter into reciprocal agreements with another PSAP to transfer callers to the other PSAP at times that the initial PSAP does not have a trained dispatcher on duty able to provide TCPR. The measure establishes immunity from civil damages for dispatchers who instruct a caller on TCPR. The measure also requires each operator of a PSAP to implement a requirement that each of its dispatchers complete an Emergency Medical Dispatch education program by July 1, 2024, and to conduct ongoing quality assurance of its TCPR program.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 56-484.16:1, relating to E-911 dispatchers; training in telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency medical dispatch.20106254D
Patron: Askew
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters or certain employees develop the cancer. The presumption shall not apply for any individual who was diagnosed with one of the conditions before July 1, 2020. The measure removes the compensability requirement that the employee who develops cancer had contact with a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty. The bill also reduces the number of years of service needed to qualify for the presumption from 12 to five for various types of cancer. For hypertension or heart disease, the bill adds a requirement that an individual complete five years of service in their position in order to qualify.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 65.2-402 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.20106358D
Patron: Bagby
Consumer lending. Replaces references to payday loans with the term "short-term loans." The measure caps the interest and fees that may be charged under a short-term loan at an annual rate of 36 percent, plus a maintenance fee; increases the maximum amount of such loans from $500 to $2,500; and sets the duration of such loans at a minimum of four months, subject to exceptions, and a maximum of 24 months. Short-term loan licensees are required to make a reasonable attempt to verify a borrower's income and may not collect fees and charges that exceed 50 percent of the original loan amount if such amount is equal to or less than $1,500 and 60 percent of the original loan amount if such amount is greater than $1,500. The measure amends the requirements for motor vehicle title loans, including setting the duration of such loans at a minimum of six months, subject to exceptions, and a maximum of 24 months and prohibiting motor vehicle loans for amounts greater than §2,500. The measure sets a 36-percent annual interest rate cap on open-end credit plans and allows a $50 annual participation fee. A violation of these provisions is made a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The measure amends provisions of the Consumer Finance Act to, among other things, allow licensed lenders to use the services of access partners and establish requirements that loans be between $300 and $35,000; be repayable in substantially equal installment payments; have a term of no fewer than six and no more than 120 months; charge not more than 36 percent annual interest and a loan processing fee; and require licensees to post a bond. The measure prohibits credit service businesses from advertising, offering, or performing other services in connection with an extension of credit that has an annual interest rate exceeding 36 percent, is for less than $5,000, has a term of less than one year, or is provided under an open-end credit plan. The measure has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 6.2-303, 6.2-312, 6.2-435, 6.2-1500, 6.2-1501, 6.2-1505, 6.2-1507, 6.2-1509, 6.2-1517, 6.2-1518, 6.2-1520, 6.2-1523, 6.2-1524, 6.2-1800, 6.2-1801, 6.2-1803, 6.2-1804, 6.2-1807, 6.2-1809, 6.2-1810, 6.2-1811, 6.2-1816, 6.2-1817, 6.2-1819, 6.2-1820, 6.2-1827, 6.2-1828, 6.2-2200, 6.2-2201, 6.2-2203, 6.2-2204, 6.2-2207, 6.2-2210, 6.2-2215, 6.2-2216, 6.2-2217, 6.2-2224, 6.2-2226, 59.1-200, and 59.1-335.5 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 6.2-1508.1, 6.2-1523.1, 6.2-1523.2, 6.2-1523.3, 6.2-1816.1, 6.2-1817.1, 6.2-1818.1 through 6.2-1818.4, 6.2-2215.1, 6.2-2216.1 through 6.2-2216.5, and 6.2-2218.1; and to repeal § 6.2-1818 of the Code of Virginia, relating to open-end credit plans; payday lenders and short-term loans; consumer finance loans; car title lending.20106372D
Patron: Hurst
Health insurance; association health plans. Provides that for policies of group accident and sickness insurance issued to an association, members of such an association may include (i) a self-employed individual and (ii) an employer member (a) with at least one employee that is domiciled in the Commonwealth or (b) that has a principal place of business that does not exceed the boundaries of a metropolitan area that is at least partially in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that for such policies issued to an association that covers at least 51 members and employees of employer members of such association on the first day of the plan year the policies shall be considered a large group market plan and are required to meet various provisions in the bill. The bill provides that to determine the size of an association all of the members and employees of employer members are aggregated and treated as employed by a single employer.
The bill requires an insurer issuing a policy to an association to (1) treat all of the members and employees of employer members who are enrolled in coverage under the policy as a single risk pool; (2) set premiums based on the collective group experience of the members and employees of employer members who are enrolled in coverage under the policy; (3) vary premiums by age, except that the rate shall not vary by more than 5 to 1 for adults; (4) not vary premiums based on gender; (5) not establish discriminatory rules based on the health status of an employer member, an individual employee of an employer member, or a self-employed individual for eligibility or contribution.
The bill requires the Commissioner of Insurance to initiate proceedings to apply to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services for a state innovation waiver under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, to implement the provisions of the bill and within 180 days of a certain judicial order to submit the waiver request to implement the provisions of the bill regarding association health plans.
20106947D
Patron: Delaney
Employment; disclosure of terms. Requires every employer of employees who are 18 years of age or older who work for daily wages or are employed to work on a project for a total of 10 days or less, with some exceptions specified in the measure, to furnish to such employees, at the time of the employee's hiring, a written disclosure of information regarding the terms of employment, including the name and address of the employer, the rate of pay and basis thereof, and the regular payday. The measure also requires employers to notify its employees in writing of any changes to this information.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 40.1-29.1, relating to a requirement for disclosure of the terms of employment.20107213D
Patron: Delaney
Health care services; explanation of benefits. Requires health carriers and Medicaid managed care organizations to provide an explanation of benefits to covered persons or recipients. The measure requires the State Corporation Commission to adopt regulations that establish alternative methods of delivery of the explanation of benefits that permit the receipt of an explanation of benefits by an alternative method, provided that such alternative method is in compliance with the provisions of federal regulations regarding the right to request privacy protection for protected health information. The measure requires health carriers and Medicaid managed care organizations to take all reasonable actions to ensure that their internal processes and systems prohibit the identification or description of sensitive health care services in their explanations of benefits. The measure requires a health carrier that requires a covered person to make a request for confidential communications in writing in accordance with federal law to accept the form of the explanation of benefits approved by the Commission. The measure also requires the Commission to define "sensitive health care services." The measure will take effect 90 days after the Commission has adopted the required regulations. The measure is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-330.2 and 38.2-3407.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to health care; explanation of benefits; sensitive health care services.20104454D
Patron: Ward
Credit unions; director compensation. Provides that compensation of members of a credit union's board of directors and members of the credit and supervisory committees shall be determined by a written policy approved by the board of directors, provided that annual compensation for an individual member does not exceed $6,000. The measure removes the existing prohibition on compensating members of a credit union's board of directors for services as a member of the board.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 6.2-1352 of the Code of Virginia, relating to credit unions; compensation of directors.20106517D
Patron: Carroll Foy
Utility easements; location of broadband and other communications facilities. Declares that it is the policy of the Commonwealth that easements be used to provide communications services, that such use is in the public interest, and that such use of the easements where no new poles are erected does not constitute a change in the physical use of the easement or interfere with, impair, or take any vested or other rights of the owner or occupier of the servient estate, or place any additional burden on the servient estate. The measure further provides that the installation and operation of communications services within any such electric easements are merely changes in the manner, purpose, or degree of the granted use as appropriate to accommodate a new technology, and absent any express prohibition contained in the easement itself, will be deemed, as a matter of law, to be a permitted use within the scope of every easement for the location and use of electric utility facilities. The measure limits the damages that may be recovered in any trespass action arising from such use of an easement to the lesser of actual damages based on any reduction in the value of the land as a result of the existence, installation, construction, maintenance, modification, operation, repair, or replacement of communications facilities, or $2,000 per tract of land.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 55.1-306 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 55.1-306.1, relating to utility easements; broadband and other communications services.20107797D
Patron: Carroll Foy
Virginia Public Procurement Act; public works contracts; prevailing wage rate; penalty. Requires contractors and subcontractors under any public contract for public works with a state agency to pay wages, salaries, benefits, and other remuneration at the prevailing wage rate to any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform services in connection with the public contract for public works. The bill requires the Department of Labor and Industry to determine the prevailing wage rate for such public contracts and provides that any prevailing wage rate determined by the Department shall not be less than the applicable prevailing wage rate determination made by the U.S. Secretary of Labor under the provisions of the federal Davis-Bacon Act. The bill provides that a contractor or subcontractor who knowingly or willfully employs any mechanic, laborer, or worker to perform work to be done under the public contract at a rate that is less than the prevailing wage is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that such contractor or subcontractor shall be liable to such individuals for the payment of all wages due plus interest and shall be disqualified from bidding on public contracts with any public body until full restitution has been paid to such individuals.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 40.1-6 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-4321.3, relating to prevailing wage requirement for public works contracts; penalty.20107486D
Patron: Sullivan
Utility Transfers Act; water and sewer utilities; asset acquisitions. Directs the State Corporation Commission to establish rules governing fair market valuations of water utility or sewer utility asset acquisitions to determine the initial rate base for the purpose of post-acquisition rate recovery. Such rules shall identify information to be filed in addition to all other filing requirements in the Utility Transfers Act (§ 56-88 et seq.).
A BILL to direct the State Corporation Commission to establish rules governing fair market valuations of water utility or sewer utility asset acquisitions.20106909D
Patron: Murphy
Health insurance; formula and enteral nutrition products. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for medicines to classify medically necessary formula and enteral nutrition products as medicine and to include coverage for medically necessary formula and enteral nutrition products for covered individuals requiring treatment for an inherited metabolic disorder. Such coverage is required to be provided on the same terms and subject to the same conditions imposed on other medicines covered under the policy, contract, or plan. The measure provides that the required coverage includes any medical equipment, supplies, and services that are required to administer the covered formula or enteral nutrition products. These requirements apply only to formula and enteral nutrition products that are furnished pursuant to the prescription or order of a physician or other health care professional qualified to make such prescription or order for the management of an inherited metabolic disorder and are used under medical supervision.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-4319 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.2-3418.18, relating to health insurance; medicines; formula and enteral nutrition products.20105024D
Patron: Ransone
Mutual assessment property and casualty insurers; notice by electronic delivery. Authorizes a mutual assessment property and casualty insurer to provide notice of assessment by electronic delivery. Under current law, such notice may only be provided personally or by mail.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-2521 of the Code of Virginia, relating to mutual assessment property and casualty insurers; notice by electronic delivery.20101810D
Patron: Delaney
Misclassification of workers; cause of action. Authorizes an individual who has not been properly classified as an employee to bring a civil action for damages against his employer for failing to properly classify the employee if the employer had knowledge of the individual's misclassification. The court may award damages in the amount of any wages, salary, employment benefits, including expenses incurred by the employee that would otherwise have been covered by insurance, or other compensation lost to the individual, a reasonable attorney fee, and the costs incurred by the employee in bringing the action. The measure provides that an individual who performs services for a person for remuneration shall be presumed to be an employee unless it is shown that the individual is an independent contractor as determined under the Internal Revenue Service guidelines.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 40.1 a section numbered 40.1-28.7:7, relating to the misclassification of workers; cause of action.20105116D
Patron: Rasoul
Health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans. Prohibits carriers from issuing in the Commonwealth any short-term limited-duration medical plan with a duration that exceeds three months or that can be renewed or extended, except for a one-time nonconsecutive renewal, or if the plan's issuance would result in a covered person being covered by a short-term limited-duration medical plan for more than six months in any 12-month period. The measure prohibits a carrier from issuing a short-term limited-duration medical plan during an annual open enrollment period and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 34 of Title 38.2 a section numbered 38.2-3407.21, relating to health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans.20107200D
Patron: Keam
Virginia Stock Corporation Act. Makes clarifying and technical changes to the Virginia Stock Corporation Act. Many of the bill's provisions revise the legislation enacted in the 2019 Session that comprehensively updated the Act in accordance with the Model Business Corporation Act and that is scheduled to become effective on July 1, 2020. Several of the bill's provisions address the documentation required to be filed when a corporation converts to another type of business entity. The measure also repeals a section that provides that a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth that domesticates to a domestic corporation is deemed to have withdrawn its certificate of authority when the certificate of domestication becomes effective, as it is duplicative of provisions addressed in this bill.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 13.1-603, 13.1-604, 13.1-609, and 13.1-610, §§ 13.1-614.1, 13.1-614.7, 13.1-615.1, and 13.1-616, as they shall become effective, §§ 13.1-624, 13.1-630, 13.1-636, 13.1-652, 13.1-657, 13.1-679, 13.1-692.1, 13.1-695, 13.1-712.1, as it shall become effective, 13.1-718, 13.1-719, and 13.1-721, §§ 13.1-721.1, 13.1-722.5, 13.1-722.7:1, and 13.1-722.9 through 13.1-722.13, as they shall become effective, and §§ 13.1-761, 13.1-764, and 13.1-766.1 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 13.1-768.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Stock Corporation Act.20106259D
Patron: Tran
Employee misclassification; retaliatory actions prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer from discharging, disciplining, threatening, discriminating against, or penalizing an employee or independent contractor because the employee or independent contractor reported or plans to report that an employer or any officer or agent has failed to properly classify an individual as an employee and failed to pay required benefits or other contributions. The measure also prohibits such actions against an employee or independent contractor who is requested or subpoenaed by an appropriate authority to participate in an investigation, hearing, or inquiry by an appropriate authority or in a court action. These prohibitions apply only if an employee or independent contractor acts in good faith and upon a reasonable belief that the information is accurate. The measure authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to institute proceedings against an employer who has taken such prohibited retaliatory action. Available remedies include reinstatement of the employee and recovery of lost wages. An employer that violates these provisions is subject to a civil penalty equal to the employee's lost wages.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 40.1 a section numbered 40.1-33.1, relating to prohibiting employers from retaliating against employees for reporting employee misclassification; civil penalty.20103498D
Patron: Wilt
Legal services plans. Authorizes legal services organizations to provide to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services any registration information or fees on behalf of their legal services plan sellers. Currently, sellers are required to register with the Department individually. The measure also (i) authorizes a foreign insurer issuing legal services plans to file financial statements with the State Corporation Commission in the form used in its state of domicile; (ii) allows legal services plans to be written in Virginia by a foreign insurer that is authorized to write legal services plans in another jurisdiction; (iii) authorizes a legal services organization to request an exemption from the requirement that the Commission conduct an examination of it every five years if the organization provides an audited financial statement; (iv) allows a legal services organization to seek a waiver of the requirement that it obtain the Commission's prior approval of policy forms and related documents; (v) eliminates the requirement that legal services organizations file actuarial opinions; and (vi) allows legal services organizations to exclude the management discussion and analysis sections of their financial statements filed with the Commission.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 38.2-316, 38.2-4402.1, 38.2-4410, and 59.1-441.2 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.2-4410.1, relating to the regulation of legal services plans.20106498D
Patron: Heretick
Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Telephone Privacy Act (the Act), "telephone solicitation call" includes any text message sent to any wireless telephone with a Virginia area code, or to a wireless telephone registered to any natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth, for the purpose of offering or advertising any property, goods, or services for sale, lease, license, or investment, including offering or advertising an extension of credit or for the purpose of fraudulent activity. The bill prohibits a telephone solicitor from engaging in any conduct that results in the display of false or misleading caller identification information on the called party's telephone. The bill increases the amount of damages and the amount of the civil penalty for violations of the Act from $500 for each such violation to $500 for a first violation, $1,000 for a second violation, and $5,000 for each subsequent violation and increases to $5,000 the maximum civil penalty the court may impose for a willful first or second violation.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 59.1-510, 59.1-513, 59.1-515, and 59.1-517 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act.20105168D
Patron: Torian
Balance billing; emergency services. Provides that when a covered person receives covered emergency services from an out-of-network health care provider, the covered person is not required to pay the out-of-network provider any amount other than the applicable cost-sharing requirement. The measure deletes a provision that allows an out-of-network provider to charge an individual for the balance of the provider's billed amount after applying the amount the health carrier is required to pay for such services. The measure also establishes a fourth standard for calculating the health carrier's required payment to the out-of-network provider of the emergency services, which standard is (i) the regional average for commercial payments for such service if the provider is a health care professional or (ii) the fair market value for such services if the provider is a facility. This fourth standard is the amount the health carrier is obligated to pay to the out-of-network provider if the amount is greater than any of the other three standards, which are (a) the amount negotiated with in-network providers for the emergency service or, if more than one amount is negotiated, the median of these amounts; (b) the amount for the emergency service calculated using the same method the health carrier generally uses to determine payments for out-of-network services, such as the usual, customary, and reasonable amount; or (c) the amount that would be paid under Medicare for the emergency service. The measure requires the health carrier to pay the required amount, less applicable cost-sharing requirements, directly to the out-of-network health care provider of the emergency services. If such provider determines that the amount to be paid by the health carrier does not comply with the applicable requirements, the measure requires the provider and the health carrier to make a good faith effort to reach a resolution on the appropriate amount of the reimbursement and, if a resolution is not reached, authorizes either party to request the State Corporation Commission to review the disputed reimbursement amount and determine if the amount complies with applicable requirements. The measure also provides that final diagnosis rendered to a covered person who receives emergency services for a medical condition shall not be considered in the health carrier's determination of whether the medical condition was an emergency medical condition. The measure establishes the procedure by which the regional average for commercial payments for emergency services will be calculated by the nonprofit data services organization that compiles the Virginia All-Payer Claims Database. The measure also requires health carriers to makes reports to the Bureau of Insurance and directs the Bureau to provide reports to certain committees of the General Assembly.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 38.2-3438 and 38.2-3445 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.2-3445.01, and to repeal § 38.2-3445.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to health insurance; payment to out-of-network providers.20108018D
Patron: Hodges
Septic system inspectors; requirements to perform a septic system inspection. Authorizes any individual who holds a valid alternative onsite sewage system operator, alternative onsite sewage system installer, or onsite soil evaluator license pursuant to Chapter 23 (Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators) of Title 54.1 to perform a septic system inspection in connection with any real estate transaction, including refinancings.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 59.1-310.9 and 59.1-310.10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to septic system inspectors; requirements to perform a septic system inspection.20103035D
Patron: O'Quinn
Organ, eye, or tissue transplantation; discrimination prohibited. Provides that an individual who is a candidate to receive an anatomical gift for organ, eye, or tissue transplantation and who is otherwise eligible to receive such gift shall not be deemed ineligible to receive an anatomical gift or denied services related to organ, eye, or tissue transplantation solely because of his physical, intellectual, developmental, or other disability.
The bill also prohibits each insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; each corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and each health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services, whose policy, contract, or plan, including any certificate of evidence of coverage issued in connection with such policy, contract, or plan, includes coverage for services related to organ, eye, or tissue transplantation, including referral to a transplant center or specialist, inclusion on an organ, eye, or tissue transplantation waiting list, evaluation, surgery and related health care services, counseling, and post-transplantation treatment and services, from (i) denying coverage to a covered person solely on the basis of the person’s disability; (ii) denying a person eligibility or continued eligibility to enroll or to renew coverage under the policy, contract, or plan for the purpose of avoiding the requirements of the bill; (iii) penalizing a health care provider, reducing or limiting the reimbursement of a health care provider, or providing monetary or nonmonetary incentives to a health care provider to induce such health care provider to act in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of the bill; or (iv) reducing or limiting coverage for services related to organ, eye, or tissue transplantation, including referral to a transplant center or specialist, inclusion on an organ, eye, or tissue transplantation waiting list, evaluation, surgery and related health care services, counseling, and post-transplantation treatment and services. The bill applies to any such policy, contract, or plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the Commonwealth on and after January 1, 2021.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-4319 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-297.2 and by adding a section numbered 38.2-3418.18, relating to organ, eye, or tissue transplantation; discrimination prohibited.20100281D
Patron: Hodges
Pharmacy benefits managers; licensure and regulation. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2021, no person is authorized to provide pharmacy benefits management services or otherwise act as a pharmacy benefits manager without first obtaining a license from the State Corporation Commission. Such licenses are to be renewed every three years. The bill authorizes the Commission, in its discretion, to issue a pharmacy benefits license subject to restrictions or limitations, including restrictions and limitations on the type of services that may be supplied or the activities in which the pharmacy benefits manager may engage. The bill provides that the Commission may suspend, revoke, or place on probation a pharmacy benefits manager license if (i) the pharmacy benefits manager has engaged in fraudulent activity that constitutes a violation of state or federal law, (ii) the Commission has received consumer complaints that justify such an action to protect the safety or interests of consumers, (iii) the pharmacy benefits manager fails to pay any required licensure or renewal fee, or (iv) the pharmacy benefits manager fails to comply with the provisions of this article, Commission regulations, or other applicable law. The bill also imposes recordkeeping and reporting requirements and provides that information or data acquired therefrom is considered proprietary and confidential and is not subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 38.2-4214 and 38.2-4319 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 34 of Title 38.2 an article numbered 9, consisting of sections numbered 38.2-3465 through 38.2-3470, relating to licensure of pharmacy benefits managers.20107170D
Patron: Keam
Insurance data security; required programs and notifications. Establishes standards for insurance data security and for the investigation of a cybersecurity event and the notification to the Commissioner of Insurance and affected consumers of a cybersecurity event. The bill requires insurers to develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive written information security program based on an assessment of its risk and that contains administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the protection of nonpublic information and its information system. The bill requires investigation of potential cybersecurity events and prescribes standards for such investigations. The bill requires, if a cybersecurity event occurs, that an insurer or other entity notify the Commissioner and affected consumers with certain information prescribed by the bill. The bill requires the Commissioner to adopt rules and regulations regarding data security and authorizes the Commissioner to investigate potential violations.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-186.6, 38.2-100, 38.2-600, 38.2-601, 38.2-602, 38.2-612.1, 38.2-612.2, 38.2-613, 38.2-614 through 38.2-618, 38.2-4214, 38.2-4319, 38.2-4408, and 38.2-4509 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 6 of Title 38.2 an article numbered 2, consisting of sections numbered 38.2-621 through 38.2-629; and to repeal §§ 38.2-613.2 and 38.2-620 of the Code of Virginia, relating to insurance data security; required programs and notifications.20104824D
Patron: Kilgore
Securities Act; crowdfunding exemption. Repeals the sunset provision on the existing measure that authorizes the State Corporation Commission to adopt an exemption for limited offerings of securities by small and startup companies, known as equity crowdfunding, from the registration provisions of the Securities Act. These crowdfunding provisions, which were enacted in 2015, are currently scheduled to expire on July 1, 2020. The measure also broadens the existing exemption to apply to offerings conducted in accordance with Rule 147A adopted by which the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). Because Rule 147A does not require the issuer of the securities to be incorporated or organized in the same state where the offering occurs, the bill creates a carve-out for offerings under Rule 147A from the existing requirement that the issuer be formed, organized, or existing under the laws of the Commonwealth.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 13.1-514 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal the third enactments of Chapters 354 and 400 of the Acts of Assembly of 2015, relating to the Securities Act; exemption for equity crowdfunding.20105903D
Patron: Austin
Virginia Wireless Service Authority Act; appointments to board. Provides that a board established under the Virginia Wireless Service Authority Act may contain either five or seven members, rather than five members as required under current law.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-5431.10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Wireless Service Authority Act.20104652D
Patron: Leftwich
Uniform Directed Trust Act. Codifies the Uniform Directed Trust Act, which expressly validates terms of a trust that provide for a trust director, a term that is defined in the Act, and prescribes a set of rules for directed trusts, including allocation of fiduciary duties.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 64.2-701, 64.2-703, 64.2-706, 64.2-752, and 64.2-756 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 7 of Title 64.2 an article numbered 8.2, consisting of sections numbered 64.2-779.26 through 64.2-779.38; and to repeal § 64.2-770 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Uniform Directed Trust Act.20102232D
Patron: Sickles
Virginia Health Benefit Exchange. Creates the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange, which will be established and operated by a new division within the State Corporation Commission (SCC). The Exchange shall facilitate the purchase and sale of qualified health plans and qualified dental plans to qualified individuals and qualified employers. The Exchange shall make qualified plans available to qualified individuals and qualified employers by July 1, 2023, unless the SCC postpones this date. The measure authorizes the SCC to review and approve accident and sickness insurance premium rates applicable to health benefit plans in the individual and small group markets and health benefit plans providing health insurance coverage in the individual market through certain non-employer group plans. The Exchange will be funded by assessments on health insurers. A health plan will not be required to cover any state-mandated health benefit if federal law does not require it to be covered as part of the essential benefits package. The essential health benefits are items and services included in the benchmark health insurance plan, which is the largest plan in the largest product in the Commonwealth's small group market as supplemented in order to provide coverage for the items and services within the statutory essential health benefits categories. The SCC may contract with other eligible entities and enter into memoranda of understanding with other agencies of the Commonwealth to carry out any of the functions of the Exchange, including agreements with other states or federal agencies to perform joint administrative functions. Such contracts are not subject to the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.). The measure repeals a provision enacted in 2013 that prohibits an agent, employee, officer, or agency of the Commonwealth from taking any action to establish a health benefit exchange.
The measure requires the Department of Taxation to include on the appropriate individual tax return forms a checkoff box or similar mechanism for indicating whether the individual, or spouse in the case of a married taxpayer filing jointly, (i) is an uninsured individual at the time the return is filed and (ii) consents to the Department of Taxation providing the individual's tax information to the Department of Medical Assistance Services for purposes of determining the uninsured individual's or spouse's eligibility for medical assistance. Finally, the measure requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group that includes representatives from the SCC, the Department of Medical Assistance Services, the Department of Social Services, and the Department of Taxation to develop systems, policies, and practices to leverage state income tax returns to facilitate the enrollment of eligible individuals in insurance affordability programs through the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange established in this measure. The Secretary shall report the work group's recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 15, 2020.
The provisions of the bill expire upon any ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States declaring unconstitutional, or action by the President or Congress that repeals or defunds, the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in a manner that renders it impossible to perform the duties integral to the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 38.2-326, 38.2-3455, 38.2-3457, 38.2-3458, 38.2-3459, 38.2-4214, 38.2-4319, 38.2-4509, 58.1-3, and 58.1-341.1 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 38.2 a chapter numbered 65, consisting of sections numbered 38.2-6500 through 38.2-6516; and to repeal the second enactment of Chapter 670 and the second enactment of Chapter 679 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013, relating to the establishment and operation of a health benefit exchange for the Commonwealth; assessments; Department of Taxation; information sharing.20107482D
Patron: O'Quinn
Securities Act; exemption for nonissuer distributions. Exempts certain nonissuer distributions from the registration provisions of the Securities Act.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 13.1-514 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Securities Act; exemption for certain nonissuer distributions.20100432D
Patron: Ward
Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder under insurance policies, subscription contracts, or health care plans issued in the individual market or small group markets. The existing requirement that such coverage be provided for policies, contracts, or plans issued in the large group market is not affected. The provision applies with respect to insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, reissued, or extended on or after January 1, 2021.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-3418.17 of the Code of Virginia, relating to health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder.20107114D
Patron: Willett
Debt settlement services providers; penalties. Provides for the licensure and regulation of debt settlement services providers by the State Corporation Commission. The measure defines "debt settlement services" as any action or negotiation initiated or taken by or on behalf of any consumer with any creditor of the consumer for the purpose of obtaining debt forgiveness of a portion of the credit extended by the creditor to the consumer or reduction of payments, charges, or fees payable by the consumer. The measure prohibits licensees from accepting a fee from consumers prior to providing the consumers' requested debt settlement services. The requirements imposed by this measure on licensed providers of debt settlement services are similar to those applicable to agencies providing debt management plans. The measure provides for civil penalties against licensees that violate these requirements, grants consumers a private right of action against licensees, and makes a violation a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The licensing and regulation of debt settlement services providers has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021. The measure directs the State Corporation Commission to establish a procedure to be in effect by March 1, 2021, for any person to apply prior to July 1, 2021, for a license that will become effective when the licensing requirements of this measure become effective on July 1, 2021.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-200 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 6.2 a chapter numbered 20.1, consisting of sections numbered 6.2-2026 through 6.2-2050, relating to debt settlement services providers; civil and criminal penalties.20105424D
Patron: Kilgore
Workers' compensation; Ombudsman program. Authorizes the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission to create an Ombudsman program and appoint an ombudsman to administer such program. The program's purpose will be to provide neutral educational information and assistance to persons who are not represented by an attorney, including those persons who have claims pending or docketed before the Commission.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 65.2 a section numbered 65.2-205, relating to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act; creation of Ombudsman program.20104972D