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2021 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health

Chair: L. Louise Lucas

Clerk: Michael Jackson
Staff: Julia Carlton, Anna Moir
Date of Meeting: January 14, 2021
Time and Place: 8 AM/SR West Science Museum/ Public can register @ GA website
Updated: SB1276 added to the docket

S.B. 1102

Patron: Locke

Department of Medical Assistance Services; personal care aides; orientation program. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to establish within its Long-Term Care Division an orientation program for all personal care aides who provide self-directed services through the Medicaid program.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-331.04, relating to Department of Medical Assistance Services; personal care aides; orientation program.

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S.B. 1106

Patron: Stanley

Public School Assistance Fund and Program created. Creates the Public School Assistance Fund and Program, to be administered by the Department of Education, for the purpose of providing grants to school boards to be used solely for the purpose of repairing or replacing the roofs of public elementary and secondary school buildings in the local school division. The bill permits any school board in the Commonwealth to apply for Program grants but requires the Department of Education to give priority in the award of grants to school boards that demonstrate the greatest need based on the condition of existing school building roofs and the ability to pay for the repair or replacement of such roofs.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 22.1 a section numbered 22.1-141.3, relating to the establishment of the Public School Assistance Fund and Program.

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S.B. 1132

Patron: Suetterlein

Public schools; severe weather conditions and other emergency situations; unscheduled remote learning days. Provides that when severe weather conditions or other emergency situations have resulted in the closing of any school in a school division for in-person instruction, the school division may declare an unscheduled remote learning day whereby the school provides synchronous or asynchronous instruction, or some combination thereof, to all students in the school in lieu of in-person instruction without a reduction in the amount paid by the Commonwealth from the Basic School Aid Fund, provided that the school division has established an unscheduled remote learning day plan that ensures that every student is provided instruction and services on such unscheduled remote learning day that are comparable in quality to the instruction and services provided to learners on any other remote learning day.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-98 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public schools; severe weather conditions and other emergency situations; unscheduled remote learning days.

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S.B. 1147

Patron: Kiggans

Nurse Loan Repayment Program; certified nurse aide. Expands eligibility for the Nurse Loan Repayment Program to include certified nurse aides who meet criteria determined by the State Board of Health. Under current law, only licensed practical nurses and registered nurses are eligible for the Nurse Loan Repayment Program.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-122.6:04 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Nurse Loan Repayment Program; certified nurse aide.

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S.B. 1154

Patron: Favola

Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; reports to designated protection and advocacy system. Requires the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Commissioner) to add written reports of the facts of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation of individuals receiving services in programs operated or licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) to the list of reports the Commissioner must provide to the Director of the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system. Currently, the Commissioner is required to provide reports of critical injuries involving, or deaths of individuals receiving, services in facilities and reports of serious injuries to or deaths of individuals receiving services in programs operated or licensed by the Department to the Director of the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-304 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; reports to designated protection and advocacy system.

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S.B. 1175

Patron: Ruff

Brunswick County school board; appointed school board salaries. Removes the Brunswick County school board from the list of approved member salaries for appointed school boards. The Brunswick County school board is currently an elected school board.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-32 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Brunswick County school board; appointed school board salaries.

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S.B. 1190

Patron: Kiggans

Board of Education; Health Standards of Learning; advanced directive education. Directs the Board of Education to include advanced directive education in its curriculum framework for the Health Standards of Learning for high school students.

A BILL to direct the Board of Education to include advanced directive education in its curriculum framework for the Health Standards of Learning for high school students.

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S.B. 1191

Patron: Kiggans

School personnel; school nurses. Excludes school nurse positions from requirements for student support positions and instead requires each local school board to employ at least one full-time equivalent school nurse position in each elementary school, middle school, and high school in the local school division. The bill also requires the Department of Education to establish and administer a waiver process for local school boards for which the requirements of the bill create an undue hardship.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-253.13:2, 22.1-274, and 22.1-274.01:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school personnel; school nurses.

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S.B. 1196

Patron: Locke

Teachers and other licensed school board employees; cultural competency. The bill requires teacher, principal, and division superintendent evaluations to include an evaluation of cultural competency. The bill requires every person seeking initial licensure or renewal of a license from the Board of Education (i) to complete instruction or training in cultural competency and (ii) with an endorsement in history and social sciences to complete instruction in African American history, as prescribed by the Board. The bill also requires each school board to adopt and implement policies that require each teacher and any other school board employee holding a license issued by the Board to complete cultural competency training, in accordance with guidance issued by the Board, at least every two years.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-253.13:5 and 22.1-298.1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-298.7, relating to teachers and other licensed school board employees; cultural competency.

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S.B. 1235

Patron: Peake

Department of Health; certain communication prohibited. Prohibits any person employed by or who has entered into a contract to provide services on behalf of the Department of Health or a local department of health from initiating communication regarding health-related matters with a minor on behalf of the Department or local department of health without the consent of the minor's parent, except as otherwise required by law.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-4.1, relating to Department of Health; certain communication prohibited.

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S.B. 1276

Patron: McClellan

Essential health benefits; abortion coverage. Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortions in any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through a health benefits exchange established or operating in Virginia.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-3451 of the Code of Virginia, relating to health insurance; essential health benefits; abortion coverage.

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