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2019 SESSION
Senate Education and Health
MEMBERSHIP
Newman (Chair), Saslaw, Lucas, Howell, Locke, Barker, Black, Carrico, Petersen, Cosgrove, Lewis, Dunnavant, Chase, Suetterlein, Peake
MEETS
Thursday, 8:00 a.m., Senate Room A, Pocahontas Building
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- HB 1611 Virginia College Savings Plan; definitions, prepaid tuition contracts, pricing reserves.
- HB 1623 Military families; relocation to the Commonwealth, student registration.
- HB 1652 School calendar; opening day of the school year.
- HB 1704 Higher educational institutions; financial aid award notification.
- HB 1725 Public school building security enhancements; compliance with Uniform Statewide Building Code, etc.
- HB 1729 Guidance counselors; changes name to school counselors, staff time.
- HB 1732 School safety procedures; emergency situations, annual training.
- HB 1733 School boards; local law-enforcement agencies, memorandums of understanding.
- HB 1734 School and Campus Safety, Virginia Center for; threat assessment, case management tool.
- HB 1737 School crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans; development and review.
- HB 1738 School buildings; plans to be reviewed by a professional trained & experienced in crime prevention.
- HB 1743 Pharmacist; counseling for new prescriptions, disposal of medicine.
- HB 1753 School buildings; electronic room partitions.
- HB 1788 Virginia Public Records Act; implementation in local school divisions, recommendations.
- HB 1803 Controlled substances; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I and Schedule II.
- HB 1807 State share for basic aid; duration of certain agreements.
- HB 1812 DMAS; waiver eligibility criteria, dependents of foreign service members.
- HB 1826 Physicians; advertising.
- HB 1835 Advanced Learning and Research, Institute for; president, duties.
- HB 1841 Pharmaceutical processors; employment, misdemeanors.
- HB 1848 Health Professions, Department of; disclosure of investigative information.
- HB 1849 Dental hygienist; remote supervision of a dentist employed by DBHDS.
- HB 1868 Virginia Index of Performance incentive program; renamed Exemplar School Recognition Program.
- HB 1870 Certificate of public need; nursing homes and hospitals, establishing a disaster exemption.
- HB 1878 Naloxone; possession and administration by regional jail employees.
- HB 1881 Public schools; instruction on the hazards of nicotine vapor products.
- HB 1885 Health, Department of and Board of; mitigating the risks of radon.
- HB 1914 Public health practitioners; requirements for issuing prescriptions, exceptions.
- HB 1920 New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Fund and Program; grant priority.
- HB 1930 Concussions in student-athletes; guidelines, policies, and procedures shall be biennially updated.
- HB 1936 Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, foreign service officer.
- HB 1938 Blind or vision impaired; definition.
- HB 1952 Patient care teams; podiatrists and physician assistants.
- HB 1970 Telemedicine services; payment and coverage of services.
- HB 1971 Health professions and facilities; adverse action in another jurisdiction.
- HB 1972 Virginia College Savings Plan; prepaid tuition contracts, etc.
- HB 1975 PACE program; DMAS to develop and implement a plan to provide client education.
- HB 1985 Alternative education programs; Department of Education to annually collect data on programs.
- HB 1986 Children in residence or custody; participation in educational programs.
- HB 1997 Public elementary and secondary school students; protective orders, notification.
- HB 2008 Energy career cluster; Department of Education, et al., to establish, report.
- HB 2015 Fraud prevention; DMAS to expand its existing program.
- HB 2018 Career and Technical Education Work-Based Learning Guide; Bd of Education shall review and revise.
- HB 2020 Virginia Community College System; certain registered apprenticeships, uniform instruction.
- HB 2026 Newborn screening; congenital cytomegalovirus.
- HB 2035 Criminal history record information; screening individuals.
- HB 2037 Diversifying Teacher Workforce Act; teacher licensure, criteria, etc.
- HB 2045 Recovery residences; certification by Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
- HB 2053 School boards; staffing ratios, guidance counselors.
- HB 2057 Chief Medical Examiner, Office of the; central office and facilities.
- HB 2107 Public schools; parental review of certain anti-bullying and suicide prevention materials.
- HB 2113 Higher educational institutions, public; withdrawal of veteran student.
- HB 2119 Nonattorney attendance officer; motion for a rule to show cause, child in need of supervision.
- HB 2123 School boards; boards permitted to enter into College and Career Access Pathways Partnerships.
- HB 2124 Length of school term; waiver for evacuation.
- HB 2129 Nursing, Board of; application for license or certification by military spouse, expedited review.
- HB 2137 Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; replaces certain terminology.
- HB 2140 School calendar; opening of the school year, good cause waiver.
- HB 2142 School protection officers; definition, compulsory minimum training standards.
- HB 2147 Standards for Accreditation; review and corrective action.
- HB 2158 Naloxone; expands list of individuals who may dispense.
- HB 2169 Physician assistants; licensure by endorsement.
- HB 2173 Higher educational institutions, public; tuition and fee increases, public comment.
- HB 2184 Volunteer license, special; issuance for limited practice.
- HB 2192 Public school buildings and facilities; modernization.
- HB 2205 Family life education; consent.
- HB 2215 Immunizations; acellular pertussis booster.
- HB 2217 Microcredential program; Department of Education may establish.
- HB 2219 Nursing homes; truth in advertising for inspections, surveys, and investigations.
- HB 2228 Nursing and Psychology, Boards of; health regulatory boards, staggered terms.
- HB 2247 Optometry, Board of; adds requirements for members.
- HB 2282 Issuance of temporary licenses; individuals engaged in counseling residency.
- HB 2297 Free public elementary and secondary education; eligibility criteria.
- HB 2306 Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services; referrals.
- HB 2318 Naloxone; possession and administration by school nurses and local health department employees.
- HB 2322 Onsite sewage treatment systems; VDH shall develop a plan for oversight and enforcement.
- HB 2325 School board employees; discipline, private reprimand.
- HB 2336 Higher educational institutions, public; executive officers, salaries.
- HB 2337 Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, tuition and mandatory fee rates.
- HB 2350 Higher educational institutions, public; tuition and fees, foster care youth.
- HB 2380 Higher educational institutions, public; online course catalogue, no-cost/low-cost course materials.
- HB 2384 Public schools; tobacco products and nicotine vapor products.
- HB 2400 School Breakfast Program/National School Lunch Program; school boards to determine eligibility, etc.
- HB 2425 Health, Virginia Department of; monitoring of health care-associated infections.
- HB 2445 Death certificate; medical certification, electronic filing w/State Registrar of Vital Records, etc.
- HB 2449 Scholastic records; disclosure of directory information.
- HB 2457 Medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or chiropractic, practitioners of; inactive license, charity care.
- HB 2474 Long-term care; expediting review of applications, report.
- HB 2486 Teacher licensure; provisional license.
- HB 2493 Topical drugs; administration by dental hygienists, physician assistants, and nurses.
- HB 2546 Maternal Mortality Review Team; established, investigations.
- HB 2556 Health Professions, Dept. of, & health regulatory boards; information obtained in an investigation.
- HB 2557 Drug Control Act; classifies gabapentin as a Schedule V controlled substance.
- HB 2558 Medicaid recipients; treatment involving opioids or opioid replacements, payment.
- HB 2559 Electronic transmission of certain prescriptions; exceptions.
- HB 2561 Pharmacy audits; pharmacy benefits manager.
- HB 2563 Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; narcotic testing products.
- HB 2589 Teacher Education and Licensure, Advisory Board on; membership, report.
- HB 2599 Public schools; prohibits use of seclusion and restraint.
- HB 2609 School resource officers; compulsory minimum training standards.
- HB 2613 Maternity care patients; adds information about perinatal anxiety.
- HB 2620 Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, educational programs, presentations.
- HB 2652 Regulation of licensed providers; Board of BHDS to require disclosure of certain information.
- HB 2662 High school graduation requirements; work experience, capstone project.
- HB 2685 Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
- HB 2693 Qualified mental health professionals; regulations for registration.
- HB 2699 Humanities, Virginia Foundation for the; adds members to task force.
- HB 2702 VPI & SU and VSU; joint plan for new baccalaureate degree program.
- HB 2720 Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; security equipment.
- HB 2721 School security officers; employment, law-enforcement officers previously employed by the U.S.
- HB 2722 Continuing care retirement communities; accessing medical assistance, certificate of public need.
- HB 2731 Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients.
- HB 2750 Elective medical procedure, test, or service; advance estimate of patient payment amount.
- HB 2766 Certificate of public need; conditions, triennial review.
- HB 2798 All-Payer Claims Database; penalty.
- SB 1000 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program; VCCS to establish and administer.
- SB 1004 Elective procedure, test, or service; estimate of payment amount.
- SB 1005 School calendar; opening day of the school year.
- SB 1068 Members of boards of visitors; employment waiting period.
- SB 1095 Early childhood care and education; development of a statewide unified public-private system.
- SB 1106 Physical therapists & physical therapist assistants; licensure, Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.
- SB 1112 Student loans; licensing of qualified education loan servicers, civil penalties.
- SB 1118 Higher educational institutions, public; tuition and fee increases, public comment.
- SB 1125 Certificate of public need; definition of "medical care facility", projects filed on/before 12/2017.
- SB 1130 School resource officers; compulsory minimum training standards.
- SB 1141 Family life education; BOE to include instruction on prevention of human trafficking.
- SB 1142 State School Health Advisory Committee; established, report.
- SB 1159 Family life education; female genital mutilation.
- SB 1167 Medicaid recipients; treatment involving opioids or opioid replacements, payment.
- SB 1173 Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
- SB 1195 School-based health centers; Va's Children's Cabinet shall establish joint task force.
- SB 1209 Patient care team; podiatrists and physician assistants.
- SB 1213 School and Campus Safety, Virginia Center for; threat assessment, case management tool.
- SB 1214 School boards; local law-enforcement agencies, memorandums of understanding.
- SB 1215 School safety procedures; emergency situations, annual training.
- SB 1216 All-Payer Claims Database; penalty.
- SB 1217 Nursing homes; truth in advertising for inspections, surveys, and investigations.
- SB 1218 Public high schools; Standards of Learning assessments.
- SB 1220 School crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans; development and review.
- SB 1221 Telemedicine services; payment and coverage of services.
- SB 1234 Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, educational programs.
- SB 1236 Public schools; equal access, education employee associations, etc.
- SB 1247 Sale of caskets; preneed arrangements for funeral services.
- SB 1249 Military families; relocation to the Commonwealth, student registration.
- SB 1258 Support services positions; includes licensed behavior analysts, etc., in local school division.
- SB 1269 Length of school term; waiver for evacuation.
- SB 1275 Junior Reserve Officer Training programs; availability to students receiving home instruction.
- SB 1277 Certificate of public need; nursing homes and hospitals, establishing a disaster exemption.
- SB 1278 Public schools; increases kindergarten instructional time.
- SB 1280 Community health worker; definitions, individuals seeking certification, etc.
- SB 1283 State Medical Facilities Plan; revisions, effective clause.
- SB 1289 Pharmacy, Board of; seizure of controlled substances and prescription devices.
- SB 1295 Public schools; tobacco products and nicotine vapor products.
- SB 1298 Alternative education programs; Department of Education to annually collect data on programs.
- SB 1314 Children in residence or custody; participation in educational programs.
- SB 1331 Public school buildings and facilities; modernization.
- SB 1348 Energy career cluster; Department of Education, et al., to establish, report.
- SB 1352 Medicaid Fiscal Oversight and Accountability, Office of; created, report.
- SB 1358 Primary health care facility; established for employees of localities.
- SB 1359 Facilities providing imaging services; shared savings, exemption from certificate of public need.
- SB 1366 Health, Commissioner of; consolidation of inspections.
- SB 1368 Virginia College Savings Plan; prepaid tuition contracts, pricing reserves.
- SB 1397 Diversifying Teacher Workforce Act; teacher licensure, criteria, etc.
- SB 1405 Pharmacist; counseling for new prescriptions, disposal of medicine.
- SB 1406 Guidance counselors; staffing ratios, changes name to school counselors, etc.
- SB 1409 Assisted living facilities; requirement for licensed administrator.
- SB 1412 Virginia National Guard; education grants, effective clause.
- SB 1419 Microcredential program; Department of Education may establish.
- SB 1433 Education, Department of; teacher employment data.
- SB 1434 Career and Technical Education Work-Based Learning Guide; Bd of Education shall review and revise.
- SB 1439 Death certificate; medical certification, electronic filing w/State Registrar of Vital Records, etc.
- SB 1440 Health instruction; Board of Education to review & update SOL to include mental health.
- SB 1452 Dispensing of certain controlled substances and devices; limited license.
- SB 1461 SCHEV; regulation of certain courses and programs of instruction, exemptions.
- SB 1488 State hospital for individuals w/ mental illness; SHHR to examine cause of high census at hospital.
- SB 1495 Virginia Rural Information Technology Apprenticeship Grant Fund and Program; established.
- SB 1502 Public schools; electives on the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament and the New Testament.
- SB 1506 Radford University; authority to establish Radford University-Roanoke Division.
- SB 1511 Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center; powers and duties of board.
- SB 1519 University of Virginia's College at Wise; reduced rate tuition.
- SB 1526 Certificate of public need; psychiatric beds and facilities.
- SB 1544 Assisted conception; parentage presumption.
- SB 1545 Public schools; alternative accountability process.
- SB 1547 Music therapists; Board of Health Professions to evaluate regulation.
- SB 1557 Pharmacy, Board of; cannabidiol oil and tetrahydrocannabinol oil, regulation of pharmaceutical.
- SB 1575 Teacher licensure; certain instructors at higher educational institutions.
- SB 1576 DOE; pilot program, placement transition of certain students.
- SB 1586 Public Instruction, Superintendent of; consolidation of surveys.
- SB 1587 Public schools; average daily membership, early graduation.
- SB 1590 Virtual Virginia; availability to all public schools.
- SB 1591 School and Campus Safety, Virginia Center for; guidelines on information sharing.
- SB 1593 SCHEV; financial aid award notification.
- SB 1595 Individualized education programs (IEPs); DOE shall establish guidelines.
- SB 1608 Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; school safety mobile application.
- SB 1614 Certificates of public need; exempts certain specialized centers or clinics.
- SB 1617 Tech Talent Investment Program and Fund; created, report.
- SB 1628 Innovative Internship Fund and Program; created and established.
- SB 1629 School boards, local; lead testing potable water.
- SB 1632 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; possession or distribution at public school.
- SB 1640 In-state tuition; eligibility, certain individuals who have applied for permanent residency.
- SB 1653 Prescription Monitoring Program; veterinarians.
- SB 1660 Higher educational institutions, baccalaureate public; fixed four-year tuition rate.
- SB 1694 Qualified mental health professionals; regulations for registration.
- SB 1702 Public School Assistance Fund and Program; created.
- SB 1713 School bus operators; training.
- SB 1718 Reading diagnostic tools; Department of Education to develop and submit plan.
- SB 1719 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; registered agents and pharmaceutical processors.
- SB 1722 Continuing care retirement communities; accessing medical assistance, certificate of public need.
- SB 1728 Standards of Learning Innovation Committee; repeals the Committee.
- SB 1746 Education, Department of; schools to partner with National Math and Science Initiative.
- SB 1750 Medicaid Supplemental Payment Program Fund; established.
- SB 1771 State share for basic aid; duration of certain agreements.
- SB 1778 Counseling minors; certain health regulatory boards to promulgate regulations.