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2020 SESSION
Senate Education and Health
MEMBERSHIP
Lucas (Chair), Saslaw, Howell, Newman, Locke, Barker, Petersen, Cosgrove, Lewis, Dunnavant, Suetterlein, Peake, Edwards, Chafin, Hashmi
MEETS
Thursday, 8:00 a.m., Senate Room A, Pocahontas Building
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- HB 36 Student journalists; freedom of speech and the press, definitions.
- HB 42 Prenatal and postnatal depression, etc.; importance of screening patients.
- HB 74 Public schools; mental health awareness training required.
- HB 75 Electric utilities; electric school bus pilot program.
- HB 97 Newborn screening; screening for Krabbe disease.
- HB 103 Higher educational institutions, certain; transcript notations, expungement.
- HB 104 Higher educational institutions, public; non-academic student codes of conduct.
- HB 115 Health care providers, certain; program to address career fatigue and wellness, civil immunity.
- HB 134 Individualized education program teams; Department of Education to develop guidelines.
- HB 145 Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students, policies.
- HB 165 Teledentistry; definitions, establishes requirements for practice, digital scans, etc.
- HB 180 Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, eliminates requirement for identification of race.
- HB 257 School principals; incident reports.
- HB 270 Public schools; lock-down drills, notice to parents.
- HB 271 Public schools; school resource officers and school security officers, data.
- HB 273 School boards; planning time and planning periods for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.
- HB 292 School boards and local law-enforcement agencies; memorandums of understanding, frequency of review.
- HB 299 Fluoride varnish; possession and administration by medical assistants, etc.
- HB 308 Students; DOE to establish guideline for excused absence due to mental and behavioral health.
- HB 351 School bus drivers; critical shortages.
- HB 362 Physician assistant; capacity determinations.
- HB 365 Public elementary & secondary school teachers; probationary term of service, performance evaluation.
- HB 368 Public schools; enrollment, certain children placed in foster care.
- HB 375 Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreements, disputes, arbitration.
- HB 376 Teacher and support staff shortages; data, reporting.
- HB 378 Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency, repeals sunset provision.
- HB 385 Chiropractic, practice of; clarifies definition.
- HB 386 Conversion therapy; prohibited by certain health care providers.
- HB 392 School boards; applicants for employment, criminal history.
- HB 402 Public schools; lock-down drills, frequency, exemptions.
- HB 405 Menstrual supplies; school boards shall make available in each school building.
- HB 410 Parental notification; literacy and Response to Intervention screening and services.
- HB 415 Discipline; suspension, access to graded work during and after suspension.
- HB 447 Active duty military personnel, etc.; eligibility for in-state tuition and other benefits.
- HB 456 Higher educational institutions, public; withdrawal of veteran student.
- HB 457 Postsecondary schools; distance learning, certification and reciprocity, effective date.
- HB 471 Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.
- HB 479 Death certificate; veterans, fees.
- HB 501 School boards; written school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans.
- HB 516 High school graduation; standard diploma requirements, etc.
- HB 517 Collaborative practice agreements; adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to list.
- HB 552 Birth control; definition.
- HB 570 Teachers, public school; grounds for dismissal.
- HB 586 PFOA, PFOS, and PFAS; substances in public drinking water.
- HB 611 Higher educational institutions, public; governing board, educational programs.
- HB 648 Prescription Monitoring Program; information disclosed to Emergency Department Care Coord. Program.
- HB 661 Exposure-prone incidents; Secretaries of HHR & PSHS to establish a work group.
- HB 664 Exposure to a decedent's body fluids; testing.
- HB 666 Vital records; expands the definition of "dead body."
- HB 687 State-certified doulas; certification, registry.
- HB 688 Certified community health workers; establishes requirements for use of the title.
- HB 697 School meals; adoption of policies.
- HB 698 School boards; distribution of excess food.
- HB 703 School meal debt; donations.
- HB 715 Higher educational institutions, public; increases in undergraduate tuition.
- HB 728 Residential psychiatric placement and services; SOE, et al., to establish work group.
- HB 743 Higher educational institutions; qualified education loans, providers of private education loans.
- HB 753 Social-emotional learning; DOE to develop guidance standards.
- HB 763 Hospitals; notification to patient of outpatient physical therapy following discharge.
- HB 791 Comprehensive harm reduction programs; authority to establish and operate.
- HB 797 Local school boards; lead testing, report, parental notification.
- HB 799 Child day programs; lead testing, potable water.
- HB 808 Survivors of sexual assault; definitions, every hospital to provide treatment or transfer services.
- HB 817 Public schools; use of digital devices.
- HB 826 State plan for medical assistance; payment for services provided by certified doulas.
- HB 836 Microcredentials; DOE to develop a plan to adopt, etc.
- HB 837 Dress or grooming codes in schools; school boards may include in its code of student conduct, etc.
- HB 860 Inhaled asthma medications; school nurse, etc., may administer to a student.
- HB 879 Certificate of public need; revises the Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program.
- HB 887 ABLE savings trust agreement; Medicaid clawback prohibition.
- HB 894 Education preparation programs; teacher licensure, certain instruction or training.
- HB 902 Long-term care services and supports; preadmission screenings.
- HB 904 Child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs.
- HB 907 Sickle cell anemia; treatment.
- HB 908 Naloxone; possession and administration by employee or person acting on behalf of a public place.
- HB 913 Higher educational institutions; sexual violence policies, immunity from disciplinary action.
- HB 916 Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee; established, report.
- HB 925 DMAS; steps to facilitate transition between two programs.
- HB 928 Chesterfield County School Board; recovery high school to be established.
- HB 973 Elementary and secondary schools, etc.; repealing several Acts relating to racial segregation.
- HB 975 Standards of Quality; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners.
- HB 980 Abortion; expands who can perform in first trimester, informed consent required.
- HB 992 A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership; staff shall be treated as state employees.
- HB 997 Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal background checks, repeals sunset.
- HB 999 School board policies; epinephrine, accessibility.
- HB 1000 Prescription drugs; expedited partner therapy, labels.
- HB 1012 Early childhood care and education; establishment of system, definitions, licensure.
- HB 1013 Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, repeals sunset date.
- HB 1025 Law-enforcement officers w/disability, former; vocational rehabilitation and employment services.
- HB 1041 Certificate of birth; new certificate issued to show change of sex.
- HB 1059 Certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority.
- HB 1073 Tobacco and nicotine vapor products; parental educational information.
- HB 1081 School attendance officers; petitions for violation of a school attendance order.
- HB 1084 Surgical assistants; definition, licensure.
- HB 1090 Immunizations; regulations by State Board of Health.
- HB 1121 Massage therapists; qualifications, license.
- HB 1139 Students; screening and identifying for eligibility for certain programs.
- HB 1143 Local school boards; support services positions, licensed behavior analysts.
- HB 1147 Epinephrine; every public place may make available for administration.
- HB 1148 Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Department of; reorganizes provisions.
- HB 1174 Inhaled asthma medications; school nurse, etc., may administer to a student.
- HB 1176 Sexual assault nurse examiners; place of practice.
- HB 1179 Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, refugees.
- HB 1208 Students, certain; waiver to access student transportation in certain cases.
- HB 1223 Higher educational institutions, public; foundations, annual reporting requirements, VCCS exempt.
- HB 1226 Higher educational institutions, public; collection of debts by hospitals affiliated w/institutions.
- HB 1235 Religious-exempt child day centers; staff-to-children ratios.
- HB 1257 Drinking water supplies and waterworks; maximum contaminant levels, effective date, report.
- HB 1260 Athletic Training, Advisory Board on; membership.
- HB 1261 Athletic trainers; naloxone or other opioid antagonist.
- HB 1263 Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.
- HB 1266 Septic system inspectors; requirements to perform a septic system inspection.
- HB 1275 Veteran Student Transition Grant Fund and Program; established.
- HB 1276 School boards; career and technical education, academic and career plans, contents.
- HB 1304 Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees; registration.
- HB 1315 Higher educational institutions, public; students, determination of domicile.
- HB 1332 Telehealth services; definitions, report.
- HB 1335 SCHEV; Director of Council to appoint student advisory committee.
- HB 1336 Family life education; school boards to review curricula, contemporary community standards.
- HB 1344 Teacher licensure; written reprimand, suspension.
- HB 1355 Community schools; establishment, community programs, etc.
- HB 1388 Public school accreditation; triennial review.
- HB 1394 Family life education programs; materials, summaries.
- HB 1419 School resource officers and school security officers; training standards.
- HB 1426 School boards; availability of school meals to students, effective date.
- HB 1443 Teachers; biennial compensation review, report.
- HB 1452 Temporary detention; observation, testing, or treatment.
- HB 1453 Acute psychiatric bed registry; DBHDS shall establish work group to evaluate, etc.
- HB 1460 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; certification for use of oil.
- HB 1469 Teachers employed in an accredited private elementary and secondary schools; provisional licenses.
- HB 1491 Student voters; public high schools to provide Virginia voter registration information.
- HB 1498 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program and Fund; created.
- HB 1506 Pharmacists; initiating of treatment with and dispensing and administering of controlled substances.
- HB 1508 School counselors; minimum staffing ratio.
- HB 1529 Higher educational institutions, public; governing board to establish policy, donations, gifts, etc.
- HB 1531 Drug disposal; Bd. of Pharmacy to develop public awareness of proper methods.
- HB 1547 Higher educational institutions, public; eligibility for in-state tuition.
- HB 1549 Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need.
- HB 1557 Appointed school boards; eliminates the annual salary limits for board members.
- HB 1562 Music therapy; definition of music therapist, licensure.
- HB 1568 Technical professional licenses; military science endorsement.
- HB 1613 Public school teachers; technical professional licenses, eligibility criteria.
- HB 1630 Public schools; extension of provisional teacher licensure.
- HB 1633 Education, Board of; school modernization loan interest rate subsidy payments, eligibility.
- HB 1653 School counselors; staffing ratios, report.
- HB 1654 Schedule VI controlled substances and hypodermic syringes and needles; limited-use license.
- HB 1660 Online Virginia Network Authority; adds President of James Madison University as member, etc.
- HB 1670 Pharmaceutical processors; cannabidiol oil, permit to operate processor.
- HB 1680 Career and Technical Education Work-Based Learning Guide; Board of Education to review and revise.
- HB 1701 Medical Excellence Zone Program; VDH to determine feasibility of establishment.
- HB 1722 Applied behavior analysis services; Department of Education shall develop guidance and resources.
- SB 4 Public School Assistance Fund and Program; created.
- SB 5 Public school buildings, modern; Board of Education to prescribe uniform minimum standards, etc.
- SB 44 Public elementary and secondary school students; use of topical sunscreen, etc.
- SB 52 Opioid addiction treatment pilot program; DBHDS, et al., to establish in Planning Dist. 12, clause.
- SB 53 Social workers; licensure by endorsement.
- SB 98 Public elementary & secondary school teachers; probationary term of service, performance evaluation.
- SB 112 High school graduation; standard diploma requirements, etc.
- SB 120 Health care providers, certain; program to address career fatigue and wellness, civil immunity.
- SB 122 Teledentistry; definitions, establishes requirements for practice, digital scans, etc.
- SB 128 DOE; pilot program, placement transition of certain students.
- SB 134 School boards; planning time & period for elementary, middle, & high school teachers, clause.
- SB 135 Children's Services Act; special education programs.
- SB 142 Virtual Virginia; availability to all public schools.
- SB 161 Public elementary and secondary schools; treatment of transgender students, policies.
- SB 167 Teachers, public school; grounds for dismissal.
- SB 170 Public schools; school resource officers and school security officers, data.
- SB 171 School resource officers and school security officers; training standards.
- SB 185 Nursing homes, hospices, etc.; possession and administration of cannabidiol or THC-A.
- SB 186 Individualized education program teams; Department of Education to develop guidelines.
- SB 221 School boards and local law-enforcement agencies; memorandums of understanding, frequency of review.
- SB 232 Menstrual supplies; school boards shall make available in each school building.
- SB 237 School attendance officers; petitions for violation of a school attendance order.
- SB 238 Public schools; increases kindergarten instructional time.
- SB 239 Fluoride varnish; possession and administration by medical assistants, etc.
- SB 245 Conversion therapy; prohibited by certain health care providers.
- SB 264 Certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority.
- SB 270 Pharmacy; practice, regulation by Board of Pharmacy, report.
- SB 271 Higher educational institutions, public; public-private partnerships, wind and solar power.
- SB 274 Motion picture theaters; required open-captioned showings.
- SB 275 Public schools; enrollment, certain children placed in foster care.
- SB 279 Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need.
- SB 300 DMAS; remote patient monitoring, rural populations.
- SB 301 Medically underserved areas; transporting patients to 24-hour urgent care facilities.
- SB 313 New College Institute; increases members on board of directors to 10.
- SB 317 Licensed inpatient nursing services; in-home follow-up care upon discharge.
- SB 323 High school graduation requirements; advanced diploma, standard units of credit.
- SB 324 School bus drivers; critical shortages.
- SB 327 School boards, certain; cost of competing adjustment, eligibility.
- SB 365 Health care provider; SHHR to convene a work group related to credentialing.
- SB 366 Learning management system; Department of Education to obtain for public schools.
- SB 367 Student growth measurement system; Department of Education to obtain an individualized system.
- SB 377 Teacher grievance procedures; hearing, three-member fact-finding panel.
- SB 386 Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Information System; trauma data, confidentiality.
- SB 392 Local school boards; lead testing, report, parental notification.
- SB 397 Nursing homes; VDH to convene work group related to increasing availability of clinical workforce.
- SB 410 Public school buildings; school board shall maintain water mgmt. program to prevent Legionnaires'.
- SB 420 Public schools; seizure management and action plan, training.
- SB 422 Health regulatory boards; clarifies the meaning of "license."
- SB 448 Higher educational institutions, public; contracting firms, president of the institution.
- SB 461 Veterans and active duty members of the Armed Forces; teachers, credit for service.
- SB 462 Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, children of active duty service members.
- SB 463 Student-athletes; sudden cardiac arrest prevention.
- SB 515 Northern Neck Technical Center; opening of the school year.
- SB 530 Epinephrine; possession and administration by a restaurant employee.
- SB 538 Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.
- SB 540 Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.
- SB 544 Physician assistant; capacity determinations.
- SB 552 Regional alternative education programs; funding.
- SB 564 Virginia Hearing Loss Identification & Monitoring System; language development for certain children.
- SB 565 Collaborative practice agreements; adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to list.
- SB 566 Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession and administration, liability.
- SB 568 Medical assistance services; managed care organization contracts with pharmacy benefits managers.
- SB 569 DBHDS and VSP; mobile applications, mental health and public safety.
- SB 572 Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; early detection and diagnosis, risk reduction and care.
- SB 575 Prescription Monitoring Program; information disclosed to Emergency Department Care Coord. Program.
- SB 594 Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; eligible security equipment.
- SB 595 Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013; eligible security equipment, vaping detectors.
- SB 600 Elementary and secondary schools, etc.; repealing several Acts relating to racial segregation.
- SB 610 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program and Fund; created.
- SB 619 Mental health awareness training; certain school board employees required to complete.
- SB 633 Music therapy; definition of music therapist, licensure.
- SB 657 Certificate of birth; new certificate issued to show change of sex.
- SB 680 Teachers in certain schools for students with disabilities; extension of provisional licenses.
- SB 712 Virginia Human Rights Act; unlawful discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth.
- SB 713 Art therapists and art therapy associates; definitions, licensure.
- SB 728 Standards of Quality; work-based learning, teacher leaders and mentors, principal mentors, clause.
- SB 729 School principals; incident reports.
- SB 733 Abortion; expands who can perform in first trimester, informed consent required.
- SB 738 Temporary detention; observation, testing, or treatment.
- SB 739 Acute psychiatric bed registry; DBHDS shall establish work group to evaluate, etc.
- SB 757 Medical Excellence Zone Program; VDH to determine feasibility of establishment.
- SB 760 Psychologists; licensure, permitted to practice in Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact.
- SB 764 Certificate of public need; revises the Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program.
- SB 830 Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees; registration.
- SB 832 Private schools; sexual misconduct, employment assistance prohibited.
- SB 836 Naloxone; possession and administration, employee or person acting on behalf of a public place.
- SB 841 George Mason University; encouraged to establish a school of medicine.
- SB 845 School buildings, public; mold testing, effective date.
- SB 853 Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee; established, report.
- SB 863 Southwestern Va. Mental Health Institute; Governor to lease a portion of property to Smyth County.
- SB 864 Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency, repeals sunset provision.
- SB 880 School counselors; minimum staffing ratio, effective clause.
- SB 885 Performance of laboratory analysis; cannabidiol oil, THC-A oil, tetrahydrocannabinol.
- SB 897 Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, educational programs.
- SB 902 Long-term care services and supports; preadmission screenings.
- SB 903 Hospitals; screening emergency department patients, etc.
- SB 904 Higher educational institutions, public; dyslexia and literacy.
- SB 910 Standards of Quality; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners.
- SB 913 Home hospice programs; disposal of drugs, opioids.
- SB 920 Surrogacy contracts; provisions requiring/prohibiting abortion or selective reduction unenforceable.
- SB 933 "Students with limited or interrupted formal education;" DOE and Board to take certain actions.
- SB 935 Higher educational institutions, public; eligibility for in-state tuition.
- SB 937 TANF Scholarship Pilot Program; VCCS to establish and administer, effective clause.
- SB 946 Medical assistance services; state plan to include doulas.
- SB 976 Pharmaceutical processors; operation of cannabis dispensing facilities.
- SB 978 Technical professional licenses; military science endorsement.
- SB 983 Certificate of public need; definition of "medical care facility," facilities subject to review.
- SB 993 State Health Commissioner; local health directors, qualifications.
- SB 994 VMI; the Institute shall be grounded in a strict code of honor and academic excellence, etc.
- SB 1020 Public schools; alternative school discipline process.
- SB 1026 Pharmacists; initiating treatment, dispensing, and administering of controlled substances.
- SB 1037 Freestanding medical facilities; special use permits.
- SB 1040 School board member compensation; City of Winchester.
- SB 1041 Online Virginia Network Authority; adds President of James Madison University as member, etc.
- SB 1045 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; sample testing.
- SB 1046 Clinical social workers; patient records, involuntary detention orders.
- SB 1049 Involuntary commitment; notice and participation, discharge plans.
- SB 1074 Schedule VI controlled substances and hypodermic syringes and needles; limited-use license.
- SB 1080 Urban Teacher Fund and Program; established.
- SB 1081 COPN; demonstration of public need and compliance with State Medical Facilities Plan.
- SB 1087 School Construction Fund and Program; created and established.