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2020 SESSION
Chair: L. Louise Lucas
Date of Meeting: February 27, 2020
Time and Place: 9:00 a.m. - Senate Room A, Pocahontas Bldg.
TIME CHANGE Meeting now at 9 AM
Patron: Hurst
Public institutions of higher education; student journalists; freedom of speech and the press. Declares that, except in certain limited circumstances, a student journalist at a public institution of higher education has the right to exercise freedom of speech and the press in school-sponsored media, including determining the news, opinion, feature, and advertising content of school-sponsored media, regardless of whether the media is supported financially by the governing board of the institution, supported through the use of campus facilities, or produced in conjunction with a course in which the student is enrolled. The bill defines "school-sponsored media" as any material that is prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by a student journalist at a public institution of higher education under the direction of a student media adviser and distributed or generally made available to members of the student body.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-401.2, relating to public institutions of higher education; student journalists; freedom of speech and the press.20104720D
Patron: Kory
School boards; mental health awareness training. Requires each school board to (i) adopt and implement policies that require each teacher and other relevant personnel, as determined by the school board, employed on a full-time basis, to complete a mental health awareness training or similar program at least once and (ii) provide such training, which may be provided pursuant to a contract with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, a community services board, a behavioral health authority, a nonprofit organization, or other certified trainer or via an online module. This bill incorporates HB 716 and HB 1554.
20107769D
Patron: Hope
Department of Education; pilot program; reading diagnostic tests and instruction. Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a geographically representative two-year pilot program to administer reading diagnostic tests that include all components of a normed rapid automatized naming test. The bill requires each local school division in the pilot program to provide evidence-based instruction, including structured literacy instruction, to students in kindergarten through grade three who fall below the benchmark on any such reading diagnostic test or demonstrate deficiencies based on their individual performance on the Standards of Learning reading test. The bill requires the Department of Education to report to the Governor and General Assembly, no later than December 1, 2022, on the outcomes of the pilot program and the necessary resources for statewide implementation of such tests and instruction.
A BILL to require the Department of Education to develop and implement a two-year pilot program to administer certain reading diagnostic tests and provide certain instruction.20108096D
Patron: Willett
Teachers, other instructional personnel, and support staff; shortages; data; reporting. Requires (i) each school board to report to the Department of Education annually the number and type of teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff vacancies in the school division and (ii) each approved education preparation program to report to the Department of Education annually the number of individuals who completed the program by endorsement area. The bill requires the Department of Education to (a) establish deadlines for and the format of the reporting of such data and (b) aggregate and report such data annually on the Department's website.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-290.2, relating to teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff shortages; data; reporting.20100304D
Patron: Bell
Exposure to a decedent's body fluids; testing. Provides that, in cases in which any law-enforcement officer, salaried or volunteer firefighter, or salaried or volunteer emergency medical services provider is directly exposed to body fluids of a deceased person in a manner that may, according to the then current guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, transmit human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses, the next of kin of the deceased person shall be deemed to have consented to testing of the decedent's blood for infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses and release of such test results to the person who was exposed. Under current law, whenever a law-enforcement officer, salaried or volunteer firefighter, or salaried or volunteer emergency medical services provider is directly exposed to body fluids of a deceased person in a manner that may, according to the then current guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, transmit human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses, consent for testing and release of the results must be obtained from the next of kin of the deceased person before testing may be initiated.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-45.1, 32.1-45.2, 32.1-48.015, and 32.1-116.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to exposure to decedent’s body fluids; testing.20102403D
Patron: Mullin
Vital records; definitions. Expands the definition of "dead body," for the purposes of the administration of vital records and the prohibition against disposal or concealment, to include human bodies or body parts beyond the recently deceased.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-249 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vital records; definitions.20100663D
Patron: Roem
School meal policies. Requires each local school board to adopt policies that prohibit school board employees from requiring a student who cannot pay for a meal at school or who owes a school meal debt to throw away or discard a meal after it has been served to him.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-79.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school meal policies.20100887D
Patron: Roem
School boards; distribution of excess food. Allows public school boards to distribute excess food to students eligible for the School Breakfast Program or National School Lunch Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or to students that the school board determines are otherwise eligible to receive excess food.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-207.3:1, relating to school boards; distribution of excess food.20100879D
Patron: Roem
School meal debt; donations. Permits any school board to solicit and receive any donation or other funds for the purpose of eliminating or offsetting any school meal debt at any time and requires each school board to use any such funds solely for such purpose.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-79.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school meal debt; donations.20104003D
Patron: Delaney
Services for survivors of sexual assault. Requires every hospital in the Commonwealth to provide treatment or transfer services, as defined in the bill, to survivors of sexual assault pursuant to a plan approved by the Department of Health; establishes specific requirements for providers of services to pediatric survivors of sexual assault; requires the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund to pay the costs of services provided to survivors of sexual assault; establishes the Task Force on Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault to facilitate the development of services for survivors of sexual assault; and establishes the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program to increase the number of qualified sexual assault forensic services providers available in the Commonwealth.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 32.1 an article numbered 8, consisting of sections numbered 32.1-162.15:2 through 32.1-162.15:11, by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 29 of Title 54.1 a section numbered 54.1-2910.5, and by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 30 of Title 54.1 a section numbered 54.1-3018.2, relating to treatment of sexual assault survivors; requirements.20107718D
Patron: Carroll Foy
State plan for medical assistance; perinatal birth workers. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to (i) evaluate the potential costs and benefits, including potential reductions in maternal and infant mortality rates, of amending the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum services provided to a pregnant person or to a person who is up to one year postpartum for labor and delivery support by a certified doula and at least four visits during the antenatal period and at least seven visits during the postpartum period with a certified doula and (ii) develop recommendations related to an appropriate reimbursement rate for such services provided by certified doulas. The work group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2020.
A BILL to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to provide recommendations related to amending the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for services provided by certified doulas.20107706D
Patron: Carroll Foy
Board of Education; school boards; dress or grooming codes. Requires the Board of Education to include in its guidelines and model policies for codes of student conduct (i) standards for reducing bias and harassment in the enforcement of any code of student conduct and (ii) standards for dress or grooming codes, which the bill defines as any practice, policy, or portion of a code of student conduct adopted by a school board that governs or restricts the attire of any enrolled student. The bill permits any school board to include in its code of student conduct a dress or grooming code. The bill requires any dress or grooming code included in a school board's code of student conduct or otherwise adopted by a school board to (a) permit any student to wear any religiously and ethnically specific or significant head covering or hairstyle, including hijabs, yarmulkes, headwraps, braids, locs, and cornrows; (b) maintain gender neutrality by subjecting any student to the same set of rules and standards regardless of gender; (c) not have a disparate impact on students of a particular gender; (d) be clear, specific, and objective in defining terms, if used; (e) prohibit any school board employee from enforcing the dress or grooming code by direct physical contact with a student or a student's attire; and (f) prohibit any school board employee from requiring a student to undress in front of any other individual, including the enforcing school board employee, to comply with the dress or grooming code.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-276.01 and 22.1-279.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Board of Education; school boards; dress or grooming codes.20107220D
Patron: Levine
Education preparation programs; teacher licensure; certain training or instruction. Requires education preparation programs offered by public institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education to ensure that, as condition of degree completion, each student enrolled in the education preparation program receives instruction on positive behavior interventions and supports; crisis prevention and de-escalation; the use of physical restraint, consistent with regulations of the Board of Education; and appropriate alternative methods to reduce and prevent the need for the use of physical restraint and seclusion. The bill requires every person seeking initial licensure as a teacher who has not received such instruction to receive instruction or training on such topics. The bill requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations to implement the foregoing requirements.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-298.1 and 23.1-902 of the Code of Virginia, relating to education preparation programs; teacher licensure; certain instruction or training.20107488D
Patron: Hayes
Naloxone; possession and administration; employee or person acting on behalf of a public place. Authorizes an employee or other person acting on behalf of a public place, as defined in the bill, who has completed a training program on the administration of naloxone or other opioid antagonist to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist, other than naloxone in an injectable formulation with a hypodermic needle or syringe, in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health. The bill also provides that a person who is not otherwise authorized to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal may administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose. The bill provides immunity from civil liability for a person who, in good faith, administers naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose, unless such act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct. This bill incorporates HB 650, HB 1465 and HB 1466.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-225 and 54.1-3408 of the Code of Virginia, relating to naloxone; possession.20107306D
Patron: Sickles
Department of Education; Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint such members as it deems appropriate to a Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee for the purpose of providing (i) standards recommendations to the Department of Education which shall be considered by the Board of Education during the 2021-2022 review of the history and social science Standards of Learning and (ii) recommendations on meaningful professional development with school personnel related to culturally relevant and inclusive education practices. The bill requires the Committee to report its recommendations to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the Chairpersons of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July 1, 2021. This bill incorporates HB 483 and HB 1110.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-208.02, relating to Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee; established.20106657D
Patron: Coyner
DMAS; steps to facilitate transition between two programs. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) to establish a process for (i) conducting a comprehensive needs assessment of a person who chooses to participate in the Medicaid Works program to determine the services such person may need to live and fully participate in his community and (ii) developing a plan of support for such person to guide the person in selection of the best waiver program for his needs. The bill also requires DMAS to develop processes to (i) enable a person who transitions from a Home and Community-Based Services waiver service to the Medicaid Works waiver program to retain their Home and Community-Based Services waiver slot for up to 180 days following the date of such transition and (ii) give priority to individuals previously receiving services through the Home and Community-Based Services waiver program who transitioned to the Medicaid Works program and who subsequently seek to resume services through the Home and Community-Based Services waiver program.
A BILL to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to take steps to facilitate the transition of persons between the Home and Community-Based Services waiver program and the Medicaid Works waiver program.20106699D
Patron: Guzman
Instructional positions; students identified as having limited English proficiency. Requires, effective with the 2020-2021 school year, state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act to support 18.5 full-time equivalent instructional positions for each 1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency and, effective with the 2021-2022 school year, 20 full-time equivalent instructional positions for each 1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency. Current law requires state funding to support 17 such positions for each 1,000 such students. This bill incorporates HB 1323.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Standards of Quality; state funding; ratios of teachers to English language learners.20105767D
Patron: Bulova
Early childhood care and education; licensing. Requires the Board of Education to establish a statewide unified public-private system for early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth to be administered by the Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Department of Education. The bill transfers the authority to license and regulate child day programs and other early child care agencies from the Board of Social Services and Department of Social Services to the Board of Education and Department of Education. The bill maintains current licensure, background check, and other requirements of such programs. Such provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021. The bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a plan for implementing the statewide unified early childhood care and education system and requires the Department of Social Services and the Department of Education to enter into a cooperative agreement to coordinate the transition. The bill also requires the Board of Education to establish, no later than July 1, 2021, a uniform quality rating and improvement system designed to provide parents and families with information about the quality and availability of certain publicly funded early childhood care and education providers and to publish the initial quality ratings under such system in the fall of 2023.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-1167, 2.2-3705.5, 9.1-914, 15.2-741, 15.2-914, 15.2-2292, 15.2-2824, 18.2-255.2, 18.2-370.2, 18.2-370.3, 19.2-389, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 19.2-390, 19.2-392.02, 22.1-1, 22.1-19, 22.1-199.1, 22.1-296.3, 22.1-299.4, 46.2-341.9, 46.2-341.10, 46.2-341.18:3, 51.1-617, 54.1-3005, 54.1-3408, 58.1-439.4, 63.2-100, 63.2-215, 63.2-501, 63.2-601.2, 63.2-603, 63.2-1509, 63.2-1515, 63.2-1700, 63.2-1701, 63.2-1702, 63.2-1706.1, 63.2-1708, 63.2-1715, 63.2-1720, as it shall become effective, 63.2-1721, as it shall become effective, 63.2-1722, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 63.2-1723, 63.2-1734, and 63.2-1911 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 22.1 a chapter numbered 14.1, containing articles numbered 1 through 8, consisting of sections numbered 22.1-289.02 through 22.1-289.055; and to repeal §§ 2.2-208.1, 63.2-1701.1, 63.2-1704, 63.2-1704.1, 63.2-1716, 63.2-1717, 63.2-1720.1, 63.2-1721.1, 63.2-1724, 63.2-1725, 63.2-1727, 63.2-1738, 63.2-1809 through 63.2-1813, and 63.2-1815 of the Code of Virginia, relating to a system for early childhood care and education; establishment; licensure.20107715D
Patron: Simon
Board of Health; certificate of birth; change of sex. Changes current law that requires the State Registrar to amend a person's certificate of birth upon receiving such person's request and a certified copy of a court order indicating that the sex of the person has been changed by medical procedure to instead provide that such person submit a form developed and furnished by the State Registrar and completed by a health care provider from whom the person has received treatment stating that the person has undergone clinically appropriate treatment for gender transition. The bill states that requirements related to obtaining a new certificate of birth to show a change of sex shall not include any requirement for evidence or documentation of any medical procedure. The bill does not change the current requirement for submission of a certified copy of a court order for changing a person's name. The State Registrar is directed to develop the form by September 1, 2020.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-261 and 32.1-269 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Health; certificate of birth; change of sex.20105797D
Patron: Keam
Board of Education; Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Students; comprehensive review. Requires the Board of Education, as part of its current comprehensive review of its Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Students, to consider revisions to (i) the process of screening and identifying students for eligibility for gifted and talented programs and referring students to such programs to improve the identification of student populations that are underrepresented in such programs, including economically disadvantaged students, English language learner students, and students with disabilities and (ii) the data collection requirements of the annual report required by such regulations to better inform equitable screening and identification for and access to gifted and talented programs for student populations that are underrepresented in such programs.
A BILL to require the Board of Education to consider certain regulatory revisions relating to student populations that are underrepresented in gifted and talented programs.20107415D
Patron: Tran
Local school boards; support services positions; licensed behavior analysts and licensed assistant behavior analysts. Includes licensed behavior analysts and licensed assistant behavior analysts as support services positions in a local school division for the purposes of Title 22.1 (Education).
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school boards; support services positions; licensed behavior analysts and licensed assistant behavior analysts.20102097D
Patron: Keam
Epinephrine permitted in certain public places. Allows public places to make epinephrine available for administration. The bill allows employees of such public places who are authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine to possess and administer epinephrine to a person present in such public place believed in good faith to be having an anaphylactic reaction. The bill also provides that an employee of such public place who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine and who administers or assists in the administration of epinephrine to a person present in the public place believed in good faith to be having an anaphylactic reaction, or is the prescriber of the epinephrine, shall not be liable for any civil damages for ordinary negligence in acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-225 and 54.1-3408 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3408.5, relating to epinephrine; required in certain public places.20103677D
Patron: Poindexter
Sexual assault nurse examiners; place of practice. Requires every hospital to report quarterly to the Department of Health information regarding the number of certified sexual assault nurse examiners employed by the hospital and the location, including street address, and contact information for the location at which each certified sexual assault nurse examiner provides services. The bill also requires the Department of Health to make information regarding the availability of certified sexual assault nurse examiners in the Commonwealth, including the name of each hospital at which a certified sexual assault nurse examiner is employed, the location, including street address, of such hospital, and the contact information for such hospital, available on the Department's website.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-23.2, relating to sexual assault nurse examiners; place of practice.20103533D
Patron: Rasoul
Drinking water supplies; maximum contaminant levels. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulations establishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in public drinking water systems for (i) PFOS, PFOA, and other PFAS compounds, as deemed necessarily; (ii) chromium-6; and (iii) 1,4-dioxane. The bill requires such MCLs to be protective of public health, including the health of vulnerable subpopulations, and to be no higher than any MCL or health advisory adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the same contaminant.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-169 of the Code of Virginia, relating to drinking water; maximum contaminant levels; PFAS compounds, other contaminants.20101226D
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
School boards; career and technical education; academic and career plans; contents. Requires each school board to include, as part of each student's academic and career plan in the career and technical education curricula, a list of (i) the top 100 professions in the Commonwealth by median pay and the education, training, and skills required for each such profession and (ii) the top 10 degree programs at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth by median pay of program graduates. The bill requires the Department of Education to annually compile such lists and provide them to each local school board.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school boards; career and technical education; academic and career plans; contents.20101481D
Patron: Aird
Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; criminal history. Prohibits each public institution of higher education, with the exception of the Virginia Military Institute, from (i) utilizing an institution-specific admissions application that contains questions about the criminal history of the applicant or (ii) denying admission to any applicant on the basis of any criminal history information provided by the applicant on any third-party admissions application accepted by the institution.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-407.1, relating to public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; criminal history.20106918D
Patron: Rasoul
Community Services Efficiency Act; Department of Education; community schools. Requires the Department of Education to establish an interagency task force composed of state and local agencies and entities in the areas of early childhood development, health, social services, community engagement, family engagement, higher education, communities in schools, and workforce development for the purpose of developing a program for the establishment of community schools whereby public elementary and secondary schools serve as centers for the provision of such community programs and services to students and their families as may be necessary on the basis of the unique needs of the student population to be served. The bill requires such program to include a process by which school boards and community partnerships may apply to the Department of Education to designate an elementary or secondary school in the local school division as a community school.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-199.7, relating to the Department of Education; community schools.20105737D
Patron: Adams, D.M.
Public school accreditation; triennial review. Eliminates the ability of a school that only maintains a passing rate on Virginia assessment program tests or additional tests approved by the Board of Education of 95 percent or above in each of the four core academic areas for two consecutive years to apply for and receive a waiver of accreditation from the Department of Education, which waiver confers full accreditation for a three-year period. Current law provides high-performing schools a separate pathway to obtain three-year accreditation.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public school accreditation; triennial review.20102722D
Patron: Jones
School resource officers and school security officers; training standards. Requires school resource officers and school security officers to receive training specific to the role and responsibility of a law-enforcement officer working with students in a school environment that includes training on (i) relevant state and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability issues; (iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediation and conflict resolution, including de-escalation techniques; (v) disaster and emergency response; (vi) awareness of cultural diversity and implicit bias; (vii) working with students with disabilities, mental health needs, substance abuse disorders, or past traumatic experiences; and (viii) student behavioral dynamics, including current child and adolescent development and brain research.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 9.1-102 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school resource officers and school security officers; training standards.20102267D
Patron: Roem
School boards; school meals; availability to students. Requires each school board to require each public elementary and secondary school in the local school division to participate in the federal National School Lunch Program and the federal School Breakfast Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and to make meals available pursuant to such programs to any student who requests such a meal, regardless of such student's family income or whether such student has the money to pay for the meal or owes money for meals previously provided, unless the student's parent has provided written permission to the school board to withhold such a meal from the student.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.7:1, relating to school boards; school meals; availability to students.20102508D
Patron: VanValkenburg
Department of Education; biennial teacher compensation review. Requires the Department of Education to conduct a biennial review of teacher compensation that takes into consideration the Commonwealth's compensation for teachers relative to national average teacher salary. Current law requires the Director of Human Resource Management to complete such biennial review.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-289.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Education; biennial teacher compensation review; report.20102710D
Patron: O'Quinn
Dispensing cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; non-Virginia residents. Removes the requirement that a person be a Virginia resident to obtain a certification for cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil in Virginia. The bill also makes clear that a practitioner who issues a written certification for cannabidiol oil must use his professional judgment to determine the manner and frequency of patient care and evaluation and authorizes such practitioner to utilize telemedicine, consistent with federal requirements for the prescribing of Schedule II through V controlled substances.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3408.3 and 54.1-3442.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; telemedicine; non-Virginia residents.20106736D
Patron: Sickles
Pharmacists; prescribing, dispensing, and administration of controlled substances. Allows a pharmacist to initiate treatment with and dispense and administer certain drugs and devices to persons 18 years of age or older in accordance with a statewide protocol developed by the Board of Pharmacy in collaboration with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to establish such protocols by November 1, 2020, and to convene a workgroup to provide recommendations regarding the development of protocols for the initiating of treatment with and dispensing and administering of additional drugs and devices for persons 18 years of age and older. The bill also clarifies that an accident and sickness insurance policy that provides reimbursement for a service that may be legally performed by a licensed pharmacist shall provide reimbursement for the initiating of treatment with and dispensing and administration of controlled substances by a pharmacist when such initiating of treatment with or dispensing or administration is in accordance with regulations of the Board of Pharmacy.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 38.2-3408, 54.1-3300, and 54.1-3300.1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3303.1, relating to pharmacists; initiating treatment with and dispensing and administering of controlled substances.20107565D
Patron: McQuinn
Minimum staffing ratio for school counselors. Requires local school boards to employ school counselors in accordance with the following ratios, effective with the 2020-2021 school year: in elementary schools, one hour per day per 75 students, one full-time equivalent at 375 students, one hour per day additional time per 75 students or major fraction thereof; in middle schools, one period per 65 students, one full-time equivalent at 325 students, one additional period per 65 students or major fraction thereof; and in high schools, one period per 60 students, one full-time equivalent at 300 students, one additional period per 60 students or major fraction thereof. The bill also requires local school boards to employ one full-time equivalent school counselor position per 325 students in grades kindergarten through 12, effective with the 2021-2022 school year. This bill incorporates HB 398.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to minimum staffing ratio for school counselors.20106811D
Patron: Hayes
Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need. Makes clear that in determining whether a public need for a proposed project has been demonstrated the State Health Commissioner shall consider the impact of the proposed project on all people to whom services may be provided and not only residents of the service area.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-102.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certificate of public need; criteria for determining need.20105314D
Patron: Edmunds
Board of Education; school modernization loan interest rate subsidy payments; eligibility. Requires the Board of Education to establish a program to use Literary Fund proceeds to subsidize interest payments on certain loans made by the Virginia Public School Authority to local governing bodies and school boards for the design and construction of new school buildings and facilities or the modernization and maintenance of existing school buildings and facilities as follows: for school divisions in localities determined to have above-average or high fiscal stress by the Commission on Local Government in its most recent version of such report, the Board shall subsidize up to 100 percent of the interest due on such loan. Under current law, eligibility for such interest rate subsidy payment is based on the local composite index of ability to pay.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-146.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Board of Education; school modernization loan interest rate subsidy payments; eligibility.20104506D
Patron: Wilt
Department of Education; data collection; school counselor positions. Requires the Department of Education to collect data from school boards regarding their ability to fill school counselor positions, including (i) the number of school counselors employed in elementary, middle, and high schools in the local school division; (ii) the number and duration of school counselor vacancies; (iii) the number, role, and license type of other licensed counseling professionals employed by the school board; and (iv) information about their preferences for meeting updated school counselor to student ratios with other licensed counseling professionals. The bill requires the Department of Education to report the results of such data collection to the Governor, the Secretary of Education, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than December 1, 2020.
A BILL to require the Department of Education to collect data from school boards regarding their ability to fill school counselor positions.20107128D
Patron: Helmer
Schedule VI controlled substances; hypodermic syringes and needles; limited-use license. Allows the Board of Pharmacy to issue a limited-use license for the purpose of dispensing Schedule VI controlled substances and hypodermic syringes and needles for the administration of prescribed controlled substances to a doctor of medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatry, a nurse practitioner, or a physician assistant, provided that such limited-use licensee is practicing at a nonprofit facility. The bill requires such nonprofit facilities to obtain a limited-use permit from the Board and comply with regulations for such a permit.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3304.1 and 54.1-3467 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Schedule VI controlled substances; hypodermic syringes and needles; limited-use license.20105315D
Patron: O'Quinn
Board of Pharmacy; pharmaceutical processors; cannabis oil. Allows pharmaceutical processors to acquire industrial hemp grown and processed in Virginia from a registered industrial hemp dealer or processor and allows a pharmaceutical processor to process and formulate industrial hemp with cannabis plant extract into an allowable dosage.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3408.3, 54.1-3442.6, and 54.1-3442.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Pharmacy; pharmaceutical processors; cannabidiol oil; industrial hemp.20106381D
Patron: Tyler
Board of Education; Career and Technical Education Work-Based Learning Guide. Requires the Board of Education to review and revise, in consultation with certain stakeholders and no later than December 1, 2020, its Career and Technical Education Work-Based Learning Guide to expand the opportunities available for students to earn credit for graduation through high-quality work-based learning experiences or in the case of agricultural education, supervised agricultural experiences, in addition to job shadowing, mentorships, internships, and externships.
A BILL to require the Board of Education to review and revise its Career and Technical Education Work-Based Learning Guide.20105594D
Patron: Bagby
Virtual Virginia; availability.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-212.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public schools; Virtual Virginia; availability.20106026D
Patron: Roem
Department of Education; guidance and resources; applied behavior analysis services. Requires the Department of Education to develop and publish no later than November 16, 2020, guidance and resources relating to the provision of applied behavior analysis services in public schools for students who are in need of such services.
A BILL to require the Department of Education to develop and publish guidance and resources relating to the provision of applied behavior analysis services for students in public schools.20107516D