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2009 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
Legislation reported out: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 1598 Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need and method of filing.
- HB 1599 Grants; modifies eligibility for certain individuals at two-year educational institution.
- HB 1601 Administration of prescription drugs; expands authority of persons allowed to administer.
- HB 1605 Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to accept & approve request to amend.
- HB 1624 Code of student conduct; bullying, harassment, etc., for Bd. of Ed. to include in model policy.
- HB 1663 Higher Education, Council of; shall appoint certain students to advisory committee.
- HB 1664 Higher Education, Council of; eliminates requirement to develop crisis & emergency management plan.
- HB 1665 Higher Education, Council of; eliminates requirement to develop strategic statewide plan.
- HB 1679 Child abuse and neglect data; school board applicants.
- HB 1681 Wells, private; requires site plan to be included in an application for permit to construct.
- HB 1703 Indoor Clean Air Act; prohibits smoking in certain public buildings, restaurants, etc., exceptions.
- HB 1725 Visitors, board of; College of William & Mary, VCU, & VPI&SU boards authorized to invest funds, etc.
- HB 1746 Family life education; adds benefits, etc., of marriage for men, etc., to list of topics covered.
- HB 1767 Honorary diplomas; requires Board of Education award to certain veterans of Vietnam War.
- HB 1768 Certificate of public need; DOC exempt from definition of medical care facility for purpose thereof.
- HB 1794 Suspension; sufficient cause necessary to suspend student cannot rest solely on instance of truancy.
- HB 1810 Course credit; students called to active military duty may receive full credit.
- HB 1834 University of Virginia; repeals requirement that board of visitors submit annual report of progress.
- HB 1836 Pesticides; schools shall permit immediate application thereof to eradicate pest infestations.
- HB 1844 Charter school, public; applicant of governing body, etc. to disclose interests during charter term.
- HB 1852 Health Professions, Department of; confidentiality of investigations.
- HB 1893 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; may be used to cover costs of required fees.
- HB 1923 Textbooks; local school boards may assess reasonable fee or charge for loss or damage to.
- HB 1924 Tuition grants; provide for commercial crab fishermen attending two-year educational institution.
- HB 1939 Radiologist assistants; licensure.
- HB 1940 Open Education Resource Center Grant Fund; established, development of two-year pilot project.
- HB 1942 Single-sex education; clarifies manner school boards may establish program in school division.
- HB 1943 Optometrists; those licensed may sell contact lenses & allowed to dispense ophthalmic devices.
- HB 1945 Regional alternative education programs; certain students may be administratively assigned thereto.
- HB 1948 Involuntary commitment; allow examination by licensed marriage and family therapists.
- HB 1980 Family life education; right of parents to review certain materials.
- HB 1986 Medication aide training programs; requirements therefor.
- HB 2058 Dentistry, Board of; recovering monitoring costs.
- HB 2061 Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; mandatory outpatient treatment.
- HB 2063 Triennial census of school population; sales and use tax distribution.
- HB 2070 Classroom placement of twins or multiples; school board to develop policies to allow parental input.
- HB 2089 School boards, local; grievance procedure.
- HB 2112 Financial literacy education; school board to implement objectives in middle and high schools.
- HB 2141 Infectious disease; deemed consent for testing for HIV or hepatitis B or C, etc.
- HB 2148 Onsite treatment works; designs therefor include a report by professional soil scientist.
- HB 2163 Midwifery; regulations governing practice thereof.
- HB 2166 Schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes, etc. upon which accreditation is based.
- HB 2180 Dental hygienists; those who hold a license, etc., may provide educational and preventative care.
- HB 2188 Onsite sewage system; Board of Health shall establish procedures for requiring survey plat.
- HB 2211 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information.
- HB 2212 Automated drug dispensing systems; allows drugs in multi-dose packaging to be placed therein.
- HB 2214 Bulk donation programs; pharmacy may charge reasonable dispensing or administrative fee.
- HB 2224 Braille; certification of instructors.
- HB 2258 Organ and tissue donation; funeral homes receiving body following donation, immune from liability.
- HB 2269 Expenditures; annual report thereof provided by school board to be made available to public.
- HB 2270 Private residential wells; regulations shall include minimum storage capacity and yield requirement.
- HB 2300 Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Services, Department of; name change.
- HB 2304 Special education; 180 days to appeal due process hearing decisions.
- HB 2341 Suspension of a student, short-term; pending principal, etc., decision on alternative education.
- HB 2342 Tuition assistance; member National Guard have minimum of 2 years remaining on service requirement.
- HB 2352 Donation of prescription medication; clarifies liability of pharmaceutical manufacturers.
- HB 2353 School for Deaf and Blind; re-establishes Board of Visitors thereof.
- HB 2396 Advance medical directives; revises Health Care Decisions Act to clarify process.
- HB 2405 Health Professions, Department of; may release information for determining shortage designations.
- HB 2407 Health Practitioners' Intervention Program; revisions, changes name.
- HB 2409 Holocaust education; Board of Education to establish objectives therefor.
- HB 2447 Influenza vaccination; requires Board of Health to develop and issue guidelines for administration.
- HB 2449 Infectious disease; establishes deemed consent to test for HIV & hepatitis B & C and release result.
- HB 2453 Electronic prescribing; Secretary of Health and Human Services, etc. to establish a website.
- HB 2456 Tobacco Settlement Foundation; changes name to Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth.
- HB 2458 Posting of charity care policies; requires hospitals to post information related thereto.
- HB 2459 Right to notify; consumer in mental health facility to have opportunity thereto of his condition.
- HB 2461 Notification of family member in commitment process; disclosure of certain information of patient.
- HB 2462 Patient level data system; reporting requirement.
- HB 2464 Higher educational institutions, certain; management agreements with State.
- HB 2474 Planning time for school teachers; Superintendent to ensure elementary school teachers are provided.
- HB 2482 Prescription donation; clarifies hospital and clinic may redispense donation medication to indigent.
- HB 2517 Standards of Learning; directs Board of Education provide option of industry certification, etc.
- HB 2537 Special education; definition of a parent to make decisions relating thereto.
- HB 2549 College Savings Plan; exclusion of certain financial records from Freedom of Information Act, etc.
- HB 2551 Onsite treatment works; provides specific requirements therefor designed by professional engineer.
- HB 2589 Students; assessment of those limited English proficient.
- HB 2619 Transfer students; credits earned for online courses taken in Virtual Virginia program to transfer.
- HB 2646 Betterment loans; established, eligibility therefor to repair, etc., failing onsite sewage systems.
- SB 827 Family life education; adds benefits, etc., of marriage for men, etc., to list of topics covered.
- SB 870 Indoor Clean Air Act; allows localities to exceed requirements that regulate smoking.
- SB 878 Massage Therapy, Advisory Board on; created.
- SB 919 Retirement System; retirees may be hired as teachers without interrupting retirement benefits.
- SB 927 Death certificates; disclosure to grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
- SB 949 Donor Registry and Public Awareness Fund; changes name of Transplant Council Education Fund thereto.
- SB 965 Preventive medications for sexual assault victims; may authorize registered nurses to administer.
- SB 968 Radiologist assistants; licensure.
- SB 994 Campus police; allows any educational institution police officers not be governed by Personnel Act.
- SB 1002 Indoor Clean Air Act; localities to adopt ordinances containing standards, etc. relating to smoking.
- SB 1016 P-16 Education Council; established as an advisory council within executive branch.
- SB 1017 Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes Ferrum College from & corrects name.
- SB 1032 Medication aide training programs; requirements therefor .
- SB 1037 Tuition, in-state; denied to illegal aliens.
- SB 1049 Grant program; modifies eligibility of certain foster care and special needs adoption students.
- SB 1057 Smoke Free Air Act; smoking in public places, civil penalties.
- SB 1075 Optometrists; those licensed may sell contact lenses & allowed to dispense ophthalmic devices.
- SB 1076 Right to notify; consumer in mental health facility to have person of choice notified of condition.
- SB 1077 Notification of family member in commitment process; disclosure of certain information of patient.
- SB 1085 Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders; revocation.
- SB 1105 Indoor Clean Air Act; prohibits smoking in certain public buildings, restaurants, etc., exceptions.
- SB 1107 Exposure to communicable diseases; first responders.
- SB 1112 Tobacco Settlement Foundation; changes name to Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth.
- SB 1117 Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Services, Department of; name change.
- SB 1118 Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- SB 1128 Wells; issuance of an express geothermal permit for construction therof.
- SB 1142 Advance medical directives; revises Health Care Decisions Act to clarify process.
- SB 1156 Higher educational institutions, certain; management agreements with State.
- SB 1162 Certificate of public need; plan of correction for failure to meet conditions.
- SB 1173 Open Education Resource Center Grant Fund; established, development of two-year pilot project.
- SB 1195 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information.
- SB 1202 Dental hygienists; those who hold a license, etc., may provide educational and preventative care.
- SB 1214 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; eligibility.
- SB 1236 Health, Board of; adds two members.
- SB 1240 Two-Year College Transfer Grant; increases annual amount thereof.
- SB 1249 Eastern Virginia Medical School; alters manner in which Board of Visitors is appointed.
- SB 1251 College Savings Plan; provide for exclusion of certain financial record from Freedom of Information.
- SB 1266 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and eliminates post-Labor Day opening.
- SB 1282 Health Professions, Department of; prohibited from providing personal information of individuals.
- SB 1286 Health, Department of; extends sunset provision for certain certificates of free sale.
- SB 1334 Certificate of Public Need; increases maximum amount for fees for an application therefor.
- SB 1342 Triennial census of school population; eliminates requirement every 3 years a census take place.
- SB 1367 Food allergies; school board develop, etc. policy for management of students with life-threatening.
- SB 1389 Medical malpractice; judgement in excess of $2 million to be paid from Patient's Compensation Fund.
- SB 1395 Visitors, board of; William & Mary, VCU, & VPI&SU boards authorized to invest & manage funds.
- SB 1448 Indigent Health Care Trust Fund; repealed.
- SB 1468 Onsite treatment works; provides specific requirements therefor designed by professional engineer.
- SB 1497 Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research Authority; created, report.
- SB 1547 Financial aid programs, state; persons who have successfully completed home school instruction, etc.