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2022 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health

Lewis (Chair), Saslaw, Barker, Dunnavant, Suetterlein

Clerk: Michael Jackson,Thomas Jackson
Staff: Julia Carlton, Anna Moir
Date of Meeting: January 18, 2022
Time and Place: 4 PM / Subcommittee Room 2 / 5th Floor Pocahontas Building
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S.B. 55

Patron: Cosgrove

Amending death certificates. Requires the State Registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected information on a death certificate within 30 days of the death of a decedent, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence. The bill also requires the State Registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected demographic information on a death certificate after 30 days of the decedent's death, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-269.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to amending death certificates.

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S.B. 100

Patron: Hanger

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services licensed programs; cardiopulmonary resuscitation for program participants. Allows programs licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to direct program employees certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to comply with a program participant's valid written order not to resuscitate in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest if the valid written order is issued by the program participant's attending physician and is included in the program participant's individualized service plan.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2901 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 37.2-421.2, relating to Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services licensed programs; cardiopulmonary resuscitation for program participants.

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S.B. 119

Patron: Hanger

Involuntary temporary detention; disclosure of health records. Requires a local community services board to disclose medical records and ancillary information obtained during an evaluation to determine whether a person meets the criteria for involuntary temporary detention to a health care provider providing services to such person in a hospital emergency department.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-809 of the Code of Virginia, relating to involuntary temporary detention; disclosure of health records.

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S.B. 192

Patron: Mason

Local health director; qualifications. Allows local health directors to possess a Doctor of Public Health degree, a Master of Public Health degree, or a doctoral degree in the area of public health as an alternative to the current requirement that local health directors be physicians licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-30 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local health director; qualifications.

22100567D

S.B. 231

Patron: Suetterlein

Department of Medical Assistance Services; amend waivers providing services for individuals with developmental disabilities; greater financial flexibility for certain services; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to (i) take steps to amend the Family and Individual Supports, Community Living, and Building Independence waivers to combine the maximum annual allowable amount for assistive technology, electronic home-based support services, and environmental modifications for an individual receiving waiver services, for an annual total of $15,000, to provide for greater flexibility and better meet the needs of individuals receiving services and (ii) report on its progress to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.

A BILL to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to take steps to amend certain waivers providing services for individuals with developmental disabilities to provide greater financial flexibility for certain services.

22103837D

S.B. 241

Patron: Hashmi

Renal Disease Council and Renal Disease Council Fund; report. Creates the Renal Disease Council for the purpose of (i) advising the Governor and the General Assembly on the needs of individuals with renal disease in the Commonwealth; (ii) identifying challenges that such individuals face and making recommendations for the improvement of the Commonwealth's kidney care system, particularly related to care coordination and prevention; (iii) funding research related to renal disease; (iv) funding supports for persons with renal disease in the Commonwealth; and (v) developing programs to educate medical professionals and the public about renal disease. The bill also creates the Renal Disease Council Fund to be used for the purpose of (a) funding research related to renal disease, (b) funding supports for persons with renal disease in the Commonwealth, and (c) supporting the work of the Renal Disease Council.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 32.1 an article numbered 20, consisting of sections numbered 32.1-73.18 through 32.1-73.21, relating to Renal Disease Council; Renal Disease Council Fund; report.

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S.B. 243

Patron: Hashmi

End Stage Renal Disease Patient Navigator Network. Directs the Department of Health to establish the End State Renal Disease Patient Navigator Network to assist persons diagnosed with end stage renal disease in navigating through the health care system. The bill permits the Department to contract with other entities to establish the Network and provide services to qualified patients.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 32.1 an article numbered 20, consisting of a section numbered 32.1-73.18, relating to End Stage Renal Disease Patient Navigator Network.

22100450D

S.B. 260

Patron: Hashmi

Department of Health; H-2B employer-provided housing; registry. Requires every H-2B employer, as defined in the bill, to report to the Commissioner of Health the physical address of every unit of employer-provided housing, also defined in the bill, provided to an H-2B employee, together with the number of H-2B employees residing at each such housing unit and the number of beds at each such housing unit. The bill requires the Department of Health to establish, maintain, and make available on a website a registry of H-2B employer-provided housing in the Commonwealth that includes the information H-2B employers are required by the bill to report.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-248.5, relating to Department of Health; H-2B employer-provided housing; registry.

22101757D

S.B. 426

Patron: Dunnavant

State plan for medical assistance services; remote patient monitoring. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to provide for the payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine (i) for patients who have experienced an acute health condition and for whom the use of remote patient monitoring may prevent readmission to a hospital or emergency department, (ii) for patient-initiated asynchronous consultations, and (iii) for provider-to-provider consultations.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia, relating to state plan for medical assistance services; remote patient monitoring.

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S.B. 617

Patron: Locke

Commissioner of Health and local health director qualifications; local variances. Requires the Commissioner of Health to possess a Doctor of Public Health degree, a Master of Public Health degree, or a doctoral degree in the area of public health in addition to the current requirement that the Commissioner of Health be a physician licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth with certification from the American Board of Preventive Medicine or a recognized board in a primary care specialty as approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties. The bill allows local health directors to possess a Doctor of Public Health degree, a Master of Public Health degree, or a doctoral degree in the area of public health as an alternative to the current requirement that local health directors be physicians licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth. Additionally, the bill allows the Commissioner to grant a variance to a state law or regulation of the Board when the Commissioner determines that, upon review of an application from a county, city, or town, (i) the applicant for such variance has demonstrated that the implementation of a regulation would impose a substantial financial or programmatic hardship and (ii) the variance would not adversely affect the safety and well-being of residents of the county, city, or town or the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-17, 32.1-30, and 32.1-34 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Commissioner of Health and local health director qualifications; local variances.

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