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- HB 1737 Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement.
- HB 1747 Clinical nurse specialist; licensure of nurse practitioners as specialists, etc.
- HB 1769 Health care providers, certain; licensure or certification by endorsement.
- HB 1795 Counseling, Board of; licensure of professional counselors without examination.
- HB 1805 Aging services; social need.
- HB 1808 Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Commissioner of; reports to designated protection.
- HB 1817 Certified nurse midwives; practice.
- HB 1820 SNAP benefits program; eligibility for benefits, postsecondary education.
- HB 1822 Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for prescription asthma inhalers.
- HB 1831 Home care organizations; personal care services through audio-video telephone communication.
- HB 1873 Brain injury; clarifies definition.
- HB 1874 Behavioral health; assessments in local correctional facilities, report.
- HB 1913 Career fatigue and wellness in certain health care providers; programs to address, civil immunity.
- HB 1932 Child-placing agencies; conscience clause.
- HB 1950 Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; Va. Department of Health, et al., to establish, report.
- HB 1953 Licensed certified midwives; clarifies definition, licensure, etc.
- HB 1957 Adult adoption; investigation and report.
- HB 1962 Foster care; termination of parental rights, relatives and fictive kin.
- HB 1963 Funding local health departments; cooperative local health budget, report.
- HB 1976 Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; mission of Authority, membership.
- HB 1987 Telemedicine; coverage of telehealth services by an insurer, etc.
- HB 1988 Cannabis oil; processing and dispensing by pharmaceutical processors.
- HB 1989 Public health emergency; emergency medical services agencies, real-time access to information.
- HB 1995 Rare Disease Council and Rare Disease Council Fund; created, report.
- HB 2002 Child support; health care coverage, eligibility requirements.
- HB 2005 Disposition of the remains of decedent; person to make arrangements for funeral, order of priority.
- HB 2007 Prescription drugs; price transparency, definitions.
- HB 2022 Hospice and home care providers; requirements, agreements with managed care organizations.
- HB 2035 Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; participants, modifies Full Employment Program.
- HB 2039 Physician assistant; eliminates certain requirement for practice.
- HB 2044 Naturopathic doctors; Board of Medicine to license and regulate.
- HB 2061 VIIS; any health care provider in the Commonwealth that administers immunizations to participate.
- HB 2065 Produce Rx Program; Dept. of Social Services, et al., to develop a plan for a 3-yr. pilot Program.
- HB 2066 Public health emergency; reports of suspected violations of orders and regulations, penalty.
- HB 2070 Community services boards; contracts with private providers.
- HB 2079 Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs and devices.
- HB 2084 Health, Department of; certain communication prohibited regarding matters with a minor.
- HB 2086 Child care providers; background checks, portability.
- HB 2092 DBHDS; background checks, persons providing contractual services.
- HB 2098 Southwestern Va. Mental Health Institute; Governor to lease a portion of property to Smyth County.
- HB 2107 Health, Board of; public health emergency, virtual visitation for certain facilities.
- HB 2111 Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, Task Force on; established, report.
- HB 2116 Declaration of emergency; essential workers, access to personal protective equipment, immunizations.
- HB 2117 Children's Services Act; funds expended special education programs, allocation of state pool funds.
- HB 2124 COVID-19; DMAS shall deem testing, treatment, and vaccination to be emergency services.
- HB 2154 Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; regulations, patient access to intelligent personal assistant.
- HB 2156 Nursing home staffing and care standards; regulations, report.
- HB 2162 Medical care facilities; designated support persons for persons with disabilities.
- HB 2166 Involuntary admission; provisions governing involuntary inpatient & mandatory outpatient treatment.
- HB 2191 Social services, local department of; location of child in local department's custody.
- HB 2197 Individuals w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities; DMAS to study use of virtual support, etc.
- HB 2206 Child Care Subsidy Program; expanding Program to serve more families.
- HB 2212 Children's Services Act; effective monitoring and implementation.
- HB 2218 Pharmaceutical processors; permits processors to produce and distribute cannabis products, testing.
- HB 2220 Surgical technologist; certification, use of title.
- HB 2222 Military medical personnel program; facilities that offer medical services to public, etc.
- HB 2230 Supported decision-making agreements; DBHDS to develop and implement a program, etc.
- HB 2242 COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement, discrimination prohibited.
- HB 2251 Emergency orders and regulations; limitations, civil penalty.
- HB 2268 State Health Commissioner; powers during an epidemic, vaccinations, religious tenets or practices.
- HB 2272 Naturopathic doctors; Department of Health Professions to amend its regulations.
- HB 2289 Children's Services Act; eligibility for state pool of funds, any child or youth.
- HB 2300 Hospitals; emergency treatment for substance use-related emergencies.
- HB 2301 Therapeutic day treatment; DMAS to develop a plan regarding authorization, etc.
- HB 2328 COVID-19; administration of vaccine, VDH shall establish a process for health care providers.
- HB 2329 Involuntary commitment; release of person before expiration of order.
- HB 2333 COVID-19; administration of vaccine.
- HB 2335 Medical mandates; each adult has a fundamental right to be free from mandates.
- HB 2336 Non-FDA-vaccines; preventing public and private imposition of vaccines.
- SB 1102 Personal care aides; DMAS shall establish an orientation program for certain aides.
- SB 1121 Birth certificates; an amendment of a certificate shall be evaluated by the State Registrar.
- SB 1147 Nurse Loan Repayment Program; certified nurse aide.
- SB 1154 Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Commissioner of; reports to designated protection.
- SB 1176 Barrier crimes; amends current requirements for DBHDS to provide, etc.
- SB 1178 Genetic counseling; repeals conscience clause.
- SB 1187 Physical therapy; extends time allowed for a therapist to evaluate and treat patients.
- SB 1189 Occupational therapists; licensure.
- SB 1205 Career fatigue and wellness in certain health care providers; programs to address, civil immunity.
- SB 1220 State facilities; admission of certain aliens.
- SB 1221 Loudoun County; operation of local health department.
- SB 1227 Hormonal contraceptives; payment of medical assistance for 12-month supply.
- SB 1235 Health, Department of; certain communication prohibited.
- SB 1237 Emergency and quarantine orders, certain; additional procedural requirements.
- SB 1302 Crisis Call Center Fund; created, consistency with federal guidelines.
- SB 1304 Community services boards; discharge planning.
- SB 1307 School-based health services; Bd. of MAS to amend state plan for services to provide for payment.
- SB 1316 Child care providers; background checks, portability.
- SB 1320 Licensed certified midwives; clarifies definition, licensure, etc.
- SB 1321 Confirmatory adoption; expands the stepparent adoption provisions.
- SB 1328 State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; created.
- SB 1333 Pharmaceutical processors; permits processors to produce and distribute cannabis products.
- SB 1338 Telemedicine services; remote patient monitoring services.
- SB 1356 Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; visits by clergy.
- SB 1362 Employers; reporting outbreaks of COVID-19, effective clause.
- SB 1366 Aging services; economic and social need.
- SB 1421 Brain injury; clarifies definition.
- SB 1427 Early Psychosis Intervention and Coordinated Specialty Care Program Advisory Board; established.
- SB 1436 Eligible Health Care Provider Reserve Directory; established.
- SB 1445 COVID-19; facilitates vaccine administration.
- SB 1464 Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.
- SB 1472 DMAS; work group to study options for increasing access to virtual supports and services.