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House Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Orrock (Chair), O'Bannon (Vice Chair), Bell, Robert B., Peace, Pogge, Bell, Richard P., Garrett, Stolle, Robinson, Helsel, Yost, Hodges, Edmunds, Head, Farrell, Sickles, Hope, James, Levine, Price, Aird, Hayes
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- HB 1420 Certificate of public need; repeals certain requirement involving psychiatric beds, etc.
- HB 1424 Prescription drugs; purpose of labeling.
- HB 1426 Emergency custody or involuntary admission process; alternative transportation model.
- HB 1435 VIEW; pilot program for substance abuse screening and assessment.
- HB 1449 Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc.
- HB 1451 Social Services, Department of; survey for children aging out of foster care.
- HB 1453 Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc.
- HB 1460 Private wells; Stafford County authorized to regulate.
- HB 1467 Neonatal abstinence syndrome; Board of Health to adopt regulations to include as reportable disease.
- HB 1474 Dental hygienist; remote supervision.
- HB 1483 BHDS, Board of; regulations governing licensure of providers.
- HB 1484 Occupational therapists; Board of Medicine shall amend regulations governing licensure.
- HB 1491 Background checks; exceptions, sponsored living and shared residential service providers.
- HB 1497 Ophthalmic prescriptions; definitions, who may provide prescriptions, requirements.
- HB 1505 Perpetual care trust funds; method of distribution.
- HB 1508 Critical incident reports; DBHDS to provide written report.
- HB 1531 Department of Health; regulations governing Other Do Not Resuscitate Orders.
- HB 1533 Required immunizations; meningococcal conjugate.
- HB 1541 Board of Nursing; powers and duties.
- HB 1544 Certificates of public need; conditions on certificates, alternative plans of compliance.
- HB 1548 Advance directives; admission of person for mental health treatment, capacity determinations.
- HB 1549 Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided, report.
- HB 1551 Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information.
- HB 1563 Hospitals; regulations governing, facilities performing abortions.
- HB 1567 Medicaid applications; information about advance directives.
- HB 1568 Child care providers; applicant criminal history background checks, penalty.
- HB 1610 Drug Control Act; Schedule I.
- HB 1615 Chief Medical Examiner; appointment, terms, and authority of medical examiners.
- HB 1625 Mobile food units; licenses.
- HB 1642 Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession and administration.
- HB 1675 Palliative care information and resources; VDH to make information available on its website.
- HB 1688 Practice of chiropractic; certain medical evaluations.
- HB 1728 Air transportation services providers; VDH to review rules for use in medical situations.
- HB 1747 Advance directives; persons authorized to provide assistance in completing, training programs.
- HB 1750 Dispensing of naloxone; patient-specific order not required.
- HB 1751 Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission.
- HB 1767 Telemedicine, practice of; prescribing controlled substances.
- HB 1775 Persons with developmental disabilities; terminology.
- HB 1777 Hospitals providing psychiatric services; denials of admission.
- HB 1786 In utero exposure to a controlled substance; departments of social services to collect information.
- HB 1795 Adoptive and foster care placements; Mutual Family Assessment home study.
- HB 1798 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); donation or acquisition of organs infected with virus.
- HB 1837 Private certified preschool or nursery school programs; licensure exemptions.
- HB 1840 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); confidentiality of tests, release of information.
- HB 1845 Model addiction recovery program; DCJS, et al., to develop.
- HB 1846 Death certificates; filing.
- HB 1863 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and VIEW; hardship exception.
- HB 1885 Opioids; limit on amount prescribed, extends sunset provision.
- HB 1898 Controlled substances; limits on prescription containing opioids.
- HB 1919 Assisted living facilities; cap on civil penalties.
- HB 1922 Financial exploitation of adults; reporting to local law enforcement and State Police.
- HB 1942 Fostering Futures program; individual participating in program subject to a background check.
- HB 1944 Administrative Process Act; certain regulations for licensed providers by DMAS and DBHDS.
- HB 1945 Adult exploitation; broadens definition for purposes of social services laws.
- HB 1946 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Office of the; amends provisions related to Office.
- HB 1956 Prescription drug order; requirements for shipping Schedule VI controlled substances.
- HB 1999 Immigrant Assistance, Office of; created in Department of Social Services.
- HB 2002 Refugee and immigrant resettlements; reports to Department of Social Services.
- HB 2041 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program; DSS to establish and administer.
- HB 2042 Suicide prevention; continuing education requirements for providers.
- HB 2046 Unused dispensed drugs; guidelines for provision of counseling and information on proper disposal.
- HB 2061 Adult protective services; statistics regarding reports of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
- HB 2072 Nursing home family councils; rights of family members.
- HB 2092 Application for public assistance; eligibility, review of records.
- HB 2095 Peer recovery specialists and qualified mental health professionals; registration.
- HB 2097 HIV or hepatitis B or C virus; testing for infection, order of magistrate.
- HB 2101 Health care providers; data collection.
- HB 2109 Persons with disabilities; expands definition of "service dog."
- HB 2119 Laser hair removal; limits practice.
- HB 2153 Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders; reciprocity.
- HB 2156 Child welfare agencies; licensure for agencies operated by the Commonwealth.
- HB 2161 Opioids; workgroup to establish guidelines for prescribing.
- HB 2162 Substance-exposed infants; study of barriers to treatment in Commonwealth.
- HB 2163 Buprenorphine without naloxone; prescription limitation.
- HB 2164 Drugs of concern; drug of concern.
- HB 2165 Opiate prescriptions; electronic prescriptions.
- HB 2167 Opioids and buprenorphine; Boards of Dentistry and Medicine to adopt regulations for prescribing.
- HB 2183 Medicaid; eligibility of incarcerated individuals.
- HB 2207 Food stamp program; requests for replacement of electronic benefit transfer card.
- HB 2208 Food stamp program; electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card.
- HB 2209 Emergency Department Care Coordination Program; established.
- HB 2213 TANF; time limit on receipt of financial assistance.
- HB 2215 Adoption assistance; children with special needs.
- HB 2216 Putative Father Registry; changes name to Virginia Birth Father Registry.
- HB 2225 Hospital data reporting; charity care policies and other activities, clarifies definition.
- HB 2227 Certificate of public need; denial of certain certificates.
- HB 2232 Child day programs; exemptions from licensure.
- HB 2258 Suicide; task force to raise public awareness, etc.
- HB 2259 Child day programs; certain programs exempted from licensure.
- HB 2264 Department of Health; restrictions on expenditure of funds related to abortions and family planning.
- HB 2277 Licensure of doctors of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, and podiatry; requirements.
- HB 2279 Child-protective services; complaints involving members of the United States Armed Forces.
- HB 2300 Health, Department of; frequency of inspections.
- HB 2301 Nurses, licensed practical; administration of vaccinations.
- HB 2304 Long-term care; requirements of Department of Medical Assistance Services.
- HB 2305 SHHR; certain waivers under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
- HB 2317 Harm reduction programs; public health emergency, etc.
- HB 2331 Community services boards; preadmission screening for regional jail inmates.
- HB 2337 Certificates of public need; creates a two-phase process.
- HB 2384 Drinking water; lead levels.
- HB 2404 PANDAS and PANS; created, report.
- HB 2407 Child day programs; exemption from licensure for certain martial arts programs.
- HB 2408 Supplemental nutrition assistance program; eligibility criteria for participation.
- HB 2417 Prepayment analytics; DMAS shall establish program relating to fraud prevention.
- HB 2454 Onsite treatment works; effluent quality standards and maintenance requirements.
- HB 2457 Health and Human Resources Secretariat; agencies of Secretariat shall share data, records, etc.
- HB 2458 Certificate of public need; reports.
- HB 2470 Drug Control Act; Schedule II and Schedule V.
- HB 2477 Onsite sewage systems and private wells; VDH to take steps to eliminate site evaluation.
- HJ 549 Pornography; public health hazard.
- SB 848 Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc.
- SB 868 Child protective services; investigation of complaints of child abuse or neglect.
- SB 876 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program.
- SB 880 Genetic counselors; licensing; grandfather clause.
- SB 891 Perpetual care trust funds; method of distribution.
- SB 894 Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Srvcs; reports of critical incidents or death.
- SB 897 Child care providers; criminal history background check; penalty.
- SB 922 DPOR and DHP; licensure, certification, registration, and permitting.
- SB 941 Forensic discharge planning services; local and regional correctional facilities.
- SB 974 Palliative care information and resources.
- SB 975 Community services boards; preadmission screening for regional jail inmates.
- SB 1005 Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided, report.
- SB 1009 Telemedicine, practice of; prescribing controlled substances.
- SB 1020 Peer recovery specialists and qualified mental health professionals; registration.
- SB 1024 Doctor of medicine, etc.; reporting disabilities of drivers to DMV, not subject to civil liability.
- SB 1027 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; permitting of pharmaceutical processors to manufacture and provide.
- SB 1031 Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession and administration.
- SB 1046 Board of Medicine; requirements for licensure.
- SB 1048 Death certificate; amendments other than correction of information.
- SB 1050 Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission.
- SB 1062 Definition of mental health service provider.
- SB 1086 In utero exposure to a controlled substance; departments of social services to collect information.
- SB 1122 Applicants for public assistance; contact information.
- SB 1149 Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare; transitional support services, time limit.
- SB 1164 Child-protective services; complaints involving members of the United States Armed Forces.
- SB 1178 Buprenorphine without naloxone; prescription limitation.
- SB 1179 Opioids; workgroup to establish guidelines for prescribing.
- SB 1180 Opioids and buprenorphine; Boards of Dentistry and Medicine to adopt regulations for prescribing.
- SB 1191 Assisted living facilities; cap on civil penalties.
- SB 1221 Emergency custody or involuntary admission process; alternative transportation model.
- SB 1230 Opiate prescriptions; electronic prescriptions.
- SB 1232 Opioids; limit on amount prescribed, extends sunset provision.
- SB 1239 Child day programs; exemptions from licensure, certification of preschool or nursery school program.
- SB 1242 Advance directives; persons authorized to provide assistance in completing, training programs.
- SB 1321 Ophthalmic prescriptions; definitions, who may provide prescriptions, requirements.
- SB 1323 Neonatal abstinence syndrome; Board of Health to adopt regulations to include as reportable disease.
- SB 1403 Controlled substances; use of FDA-approved substance upon publication of final rule, etc.
- SB 1434 Assisted living facilities and adult day care centers; background checks.
- SB 1437 Aging, Commonwealth Council on; duties.
- SB 1461 Foster care; local in the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance.
- SB 1462 Financial exploitation of adults; cases referred to law-enforcement agency.
- SB 1484 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information to certain physicians or pharmacists.
- SB 1504 Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; career pathway.
- SB 1511 Advance directives; admission of person for mental health treatment, capacity determinations.
- SB 1546 Drug Control Act; adds certain chemical substances to Schedule I.
- SB 1577 Alternative onsite sewage systems; sampling.