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2008 SESSION
Senate Education and Health
MEMBERSHIP
Houck (Chairman), Saslaw, Lucas, Howell, Quayle, Martin, Newman, Edwards, Ruff, Whipple, Blevins, Locke, Barker, Northam, Miller, J.C.
MEETS
Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Senate Room B
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- HB 21 Schedule I hallucinogenic drugs; includes salvia divinorum and salvinorin A thereas.
- HB 66 Cord Blood Bank Initiative; removes certain language.
- HB 85 Prescription Medication Donation Program; established.
- HB 97 Diploma, advanced technical; Board of Education to establish requirements therefor.
- HB 137 Textbook purchases; permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers.
- HB 191 Emergency medical services; temporary suspension of permits and certificates pending hearing.
- HB 192 Volunteer rescue squads; replaces term with agency, etc. licensed or certified by Office of EMS.
- HB 193 Wells, private; prohibition on construction of certain.
- HB 214 Public entities; rights of persons with disabilities.
- HB 216 Organs and tissue, transplantable; consent to remove.
- HB 241 Children's teaching hospital; Board of Education to supervise programs for school-age children.
- HB 242 Standards of Learning; physical education requirements.
- HB 246 Nutrition and physical activity best practices database; Department of Education to develop.
- HB 248 Emergency medical services personnel; clarifies definitions.
- HB 251 Adult Fatality Review Team; created, report.
- HB 259 Students; transferring out of a public school.
- HB 278 Decedent; identification of body by next of kin.
- HB 354 Textbook purchases; Board of Education shall publish list of approved textbooks, publisher, etc.
- HB 383 Occupational therapy assistants; licensing and regulation.
- HB 395 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; established, report.
- HB 396 Medical Facilities Plan; Board of Health to appoint and convene task force.
- HB 398 Certificate of public need; relocation of nursing home beds.
- HB 400 Inpatient treatment; parental admission of minors incapable of giving consent.
- HB 401 Emergency custody; who may accept custody.
- HB 403 Health care providers; those responding to disaster immune from liability.
- HB 479 Stroke Triage Plan; Board of Health to develop and maintain as component of EMS Plan.
- HB 502 Certificate of public need; introduce institutional competition into a health planning region.
- HB 506 Teaching Scholarship Loan Program; program to award scholarships to certain students.
- HB 513 Virginia State University; increases number of members of Board of Visitors
- HB 524 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for certain military personnel.
- HB 603 Health insurance carriers; hospital disclosure of contractual arrangements.
- HB 604 Hospice facilities; continued operation of certain.
- HB 605 Nonprofessional entities; practice of medicine.
- HB 641 Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; exempt from requirements of Personnel Act.
- HB 725 Equine dental technicians; practice of equine dentistry under supervision of licensed veterinarian.
- HB 760 Mentally retarded; replaces term with intellectually disabled.
- HB 766 Fraudulent academic credentials; misdemeanor to use to obtain employment, promotion, etc.
- HB 767 Home instruction of children; eliminates certain requirements.
- HB 769 Literary Fund; memorandum of lien.
- HB 770 Public schools; establishes technology as major classification of school funds.
- HB 771 Schools, joint and regional; may request waiver from any new regulation requirements.
- HB 805 Advance Health Care Directive Registry; created.
- HB 806 Infectious diseases; residential or day program, etc. licensed by State to report cases.
- HB 809 Teachers; provisional and local eligibility licenses if military personnel.
- HB 819 Nursing facilities; those in continuing care retirement communities to participate in program.
- HB 823 Oripavine and lisdexamfetamine; adds to list of Schedule II drugs.
- HB 853 Service dogs; persons training entitled to be accompanied thereby in public places.
- HB 861 Caregivers Grant Program; physician assistant or nurse practitioner to certify.
- HB 979 TAG; eligibility for students attending Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
- HB 989 University of Virginia; appointment of board of visitors.
- HB 1003 Nursing workforce information; publication on website.
- HB 1005 Higher educational institutions; notification to parent of mental health treatment for student.
- HB 1025 Breast tumor treatment; repeals requirement that patient sign consent form.
- HB 1040 Health records; providing information after execution of search warrant, etc.
- HB 1058 Higher educational institutions; release of educational records.
- HB 1089 Toxic substances; removes requirement Board of Health report to General Assembly biennially.
- HB 1100 Human immunodeficiency virus; informed consent for testing.
- HB 1124 Virginia Commonwealth University; management agreement with State.
- HB 1128 Pharmacists; continuing education requirements.
- HB 1129 Pharmacy, Board of; expiration of licenses.
- HB 1135 Public schools; student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint.
- HB 1166 Onsite treatment works; Board of Health et al., to accept designs from professional engineers.
- HB 1183 Home instruction of children; requirements.
- HB 1203 Mental health and substance abuse treatment providers; background checks.
- HB 1213 HIV/Hepatitis testing; parental consent for minors.
- HB 1222 Charitable medical events; lack of notice to licensing board.
- HB 1242 School employees; prohibits employment if subject of a founded case of child abuse and neglect.
- HB 1260 Blood donations; allowance of minors age 16 or older to donate.
- HB 1265 Health, Department of; payment for medical care services.
- HB 1299 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; resolve situations when conflict between health care directive.
- HB 1323 Temporary detention order; magistrates to issue based on recommendation of treating physicians.
- HB 1354 Substance abuse services; applications for funding.
- HB 1390 Higher educational institutions; operational authority therefor in information technology.
- HB 1420 Health, Department of; established as radiation control agency.
- HB 1425 No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to make recommendation in regard to participation.
- HB 1431 Dental assistants; Board of Dentistry to regulate practice thereof.
- HB 1438 Richard Bland College; specified as governmental instrumentality.
- HB 1445 Schools for students with disabilities; administration of prescription medications.
- HB 1447 Long-term care services; adds representatives of housing, etc. to coordination committees.
- HB 1449 Higher educational institutions; crisis and emergency management plans.
- HB 1471 Death certificates; clarifies who shall file.
- HB 1498 Nursing home or facility beds; Health Commissioner may accept and issue applications therefor.
- HB 1521 Embalmers and funeral directors; continuing education
- HB 1526 Virginia Career Readiness Certificate Program; created, report.
- HB 1532 Nursing home beds; Health Commissioner may accept applications & issue certificates of public need.
- SB 44 At-risk students; local school boards may establish after school programs.
- SB 48 School teachers; school boards to ensure that all are provided planning time.
- SB 61 Nutrition and physical activity best practices database; Department of Education to develop.
- SB 63 Nursing, Board of; membership.
- SB 72 Breast tumor treatment; repeals requirement that patient sign consent form.
- SB 98 Longwood University; increases number of members of board of visitors.
- SB 124 Public schools; Superintendent to develop guidelines eliminating trans fatty foods served.
- SB 125 Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- SB 126 Dependent Children of University and College Faculty Tuition Grant Program; created.
- SB 134 Occupational therapy assistants; licensing and regulation.
- SB 140 Independent examinations; training of persons conducting.
- SB 141 State hospitals; discharge plans upon release.
- SB 148 Two-Year College Transfer Grant; clarification for eligibility.
- SB 151 Dental assistants; Board of Dentistry to regulate practice thereof.
- SB 155 Family life education; instruction on use of Food & Drug Administration contraception methods.
- SB 169 Teaching Scholarship Loan Program; program to award scholarships to certain students.
- SB 197 Brain injuries; eliminates requirement that hospitals report to registry.
- SB 201 Midwifery, Advisory Board on; removes sunset provision.
- SB 202 Indoor Clean Air Act; smoking in restaurants.
- SB 218 Health Professions, Department of; investigative procedures.
- SB 219 Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes Virginia Intermont College from Board of Trustees.
- SB 227 HIV/Hepatitis testing; parental consent for minors.
- SB 256 Public institutions of higher education; crisis and emergency management plans.
- SB 267 Teacher salary; requires that state average to be competitive with national salary.
- SB 271 Schools for students with disabilities; administration of prescription medications.
- SB 290 Advance Health Care Directive Registry; created.
- SB 297 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.
- SB 298 Smoke Free Air Act; smoking in public places.
- SB 326 Career and technical education; industry certification and State licensure.
- SB 344 Stroke Triage Plan; Board of Health to develop and maintain as component of EMS Plan.
- SB 347 Smoking; prohibited in restaurants in Planning District 23.
- SB 356 Textbook purchases; permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers.
- SB 357 Children's teaching hospital; Board of Education to supervise programs for school-age children.
- SB 358 Virginia Commonwealth University; management agreement with State.
- SB 376 School divisions, local; required to publish budget on website.
- SB 381 Mental health and substance abuse treatment providers; background checks.
- SB 389 Virginia State University; increases number of members of Board of Visitors
- SB 396 Health insurance carriers; hospital disclosure of contractual arrangements.
- SB 408 Literary Fund; distributions.
- SB 429 Opiate addiction treatment providers; daily service fee.
- SB 442 Higher educational institutions; operational authority therefor in information technology.
- SB 463 Infectious diseases; residential or day program, etc. licensed by State to report cases.
- SB 481 Residential service providers; Executive Council to develop, etc. uniform data collection standards.
- SB 490 No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to make recommendation regard to participation therein.
- SB 494 Neurotrauma Initiative Advisory Board; changes reporting requirments.
- SB 495 Medicine, Board of; certain information to be made available thereto.
- SB 501 Smoking; prohibited in restaurants.
- SB 510 Higher educational institutions; policies addressing student loan vendors.
- SB 514 Health, Department of; established as radiation control agency.
- SB 538 Higher educational institutions; first warning and emergency notification system required.
- SB 539 Higher educational institutions; board of visitors, etc. to establish violence prevention committee.
- SB 559 Composite index, local; number of students.
- SB 567 Standards of Quality; increased positions for students having limited English proficiency.
- SB 569 University of Virginia; appointments of board of visitors.
- SB 579 Health, Department of; payment for medical care services.
- SB 613 Eastern Virginia Medical School; length of term for Board of Visitors.
- SB 620 Mentally retarded; replaces term with intellectually disabled.
- SB 636 Higher educational institutions; requesting complete student record from high school.
- SB 640 Family life education; adds mental health education & awareness to list of topics to be covered.
- SB 652 Higher educational institutions; prohibits certain persons from eligibility for in-state tuition.
- SB 655 Contractors; employees having direct contact with students on school property.
- SB 657 Health care providers; those responding to disaster immune from liability.
- SB 658 Comprehensive Services Act Program; case management and residential care plan.
- SB 672 Nursing facility beds; Health Commissioner to issue Request for Applications in Planning District 9.
- SB 683 Higher Education Board Appointments, Commission on; removes sunset provision.
- SB 693 Physician assistants; agreement with supervising physician detailing activities delegated thereto.
- SB 721 Foods in public schools; Board & Department of Health update regulations for nutrition.
- SB 746 Frontier Culture Museum; allowed to lease structures on state property, with Governor's consent.
- SB 756 Virginia Career Readiness Certificate Program; created, report.