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2022 SESSION
Chair: L. Louise Lucas
Clerk: Michael Jackson,Thomas Jackson
Staff: Julia Carlton, Anna Moir
Date of Meeting: February 24, 2022
Time and Place: 8 AM Senate Committee Room A / Pocahontas Building
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Patron: Kilgore
Volunteer audiologists. Permits out-of-state audiologists to volunteer to provide free health care to an underserved area of the Commonwealth under the auspices of a publicly supporting nonprofit organization that sponsors the provision of health care to populations of underserved people if they do so for a period not exceeding three consecutive days and if the nonprofit organization verifies that the practitioner has a valid, unrestricted license in another state.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2601 of the Code of Virginia, relating to volunteer audiologists.22102057D
Patron: Head
Department of Health; home care organizations; license renewal. Changes the license renewal requirement for home care organizations from an annual renewal to a triennial renewal. The bill prohibits the Department of Health, upon renewal of a home care organization license, from requiring home care organizations to submit financial documents other than those required for initial licensure.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-162.9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Health; home care organizations; license renewal.22100337D
Patron: Greenhalgh
Prescriptions; off-label use. Provides that a prescriber may prescribe, administer, or dispense and a pharmacist may dispense a drug that has been approved for a specific use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an off-label use when the prescriber or pharmacist determines, in his professional judgment, that such off-label use is appropriate for the standard of care and such prescribing, administering, or dispensing is to improve health care outcomes. The bill also prohibits a hospital from denying, revoking, terminating, diminishing, or curtailing in any way any professional or clinical privilege of any licensed health care provider with prescriptive authority or authority to dispense drugs solely on the grounds that such health care provider prescribes, administers, or dispenses a drug that has been approved for a specific use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an off-label use, provided that such prescribing, administering, or dispensing is in accordance with laws of the Commonwealth and is to improve health care outcomes.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-127 and 54.1-3303 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prescriptions; off-label use.22104743D
Patron: Head
Practice of physician assistants. Removes the requirement that physician assistants appointed as medical examiners practice as part of a patient care team. For hospice program licensing, the bill adds physician assistants to the list of hospice personnel who may be part of a medically directed interdisciplinary team. The bill removes a reference to physician assistants in the definition of patient care team podiatrist. Finally, the bill permits physician assistants working in the field of orthopedics as part of a patient care team to utilize fluoroscopy for guidance of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, provided other requirements are met.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-162.1, 32.1-282, 54.1-2900, and 54.1-2952 of the Code of Virginia, relating to practice of physician assistants.22101644D
Patron: Hodges
Prescription of opioids; sunset. Repeals sunset provisions for the requirement that a prescriber registered with the Prescription Monitoring Program request information about a patient from the Program upon initiating a new course of treatment that includes the prescribing of opioids anticipated, at the onset of treatment, to last more than seven consecutive days.
A BILL to repeal the second enactment of Chapter 113 and the second enactment of Chapter 406 of the Acts of Assembly of 2016, as amended by the second enactment of Chapter 249 of the Acts of Assembly of 2017, and the second and third enactments of Chapter 249 of the Acts of Assembly of 2017, relating to prescription of opioids; sunset.22101714D
Patron: Hodges
Drug Control Act; Schedule I. Adds certain chemicals to Schedule I and Schedule II of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances to Schedule I and Schedule II in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3446, 54.1-3448, 54.1-3452, and 54.1-3454 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V.22105088D
Patron: Simonds
Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board; STEM and Computing (STEM+C); review federal occupational categories; report. Requires the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board (the Board) to (i) review the occupational categories in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' standard occupational classification system to determine the occupational categories that are not properly captured in the Commonwealth's existing STEM+C workforce profile and the gaps in the Commonwealth's tracking of careers in these occupational categories for the purpose of better aligning K-16 education priorities and the Board's tracking and coordination of STEM+C and (ii) share its findings with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority's Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment (the Office) to include in the Office's efforts to specifically align STEM+C workforce and education. The bill requires the Board, in conducting such review, to focus on occupational categories that are not currently tracked or categorized by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as STEM+C career fields. The bill also requires the Board to submit its findings and any recommendations to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2022.
A BILL to require the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board to review federal occupational categories to determine certain deficiencies and promote better alignment relating to STEM and Computing (STEM+C); report.22101776D
Patron: Davis
STEM+C; Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board. Adds science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computing (STEM+C), which includes real-world, interdisciplinary, and computational instruction and preparation of students in STEM+C, to the list of topics that shall be included in the Standards of Learning for the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to develop and submit to the Board of Education (i) a rubric that shall be used by the Board of Education in setting out what factors permit a school to be defined as a STEM school and (ii) recommendations for the Board to create a measurement for quality of STEM programming in general education instruction. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to draft and report to the Department of Education proposed common language and terminology that better defines the basic literacies employed in STEM+C as methodological approaches to solving universal human challenges and, as essential, generalizable and transferable literacy toward the application of skills and content needed to solve those challenges. The bill also directs the Department of Education, based on such proposed language and terminology and no later than December 1, 2022, to recommend finalized language and terminology to the Board of Education. The bill clarifies that nothing in the foregoing provisions of the bill shall be construed to establish any new course or credit requirements for students.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-253.13:1 and 22.1-367 of the Code of Virginia, relating to STEM+C; Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board.22103909D
Patron: Coyner
Department of Health; social determinants of health. Directs the Department of Health to collect and analyze information, including demographic data, regarding social determinants of health, defined in the bill, and their impact on health risks and health outcomes of residents of the Commonwealth, and to make information regarding social determinants of health, their impact on health, and strategies for addressing social determinants of health to improve health outcomes available to the public on its website.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 32 a section numbered 32.1-23.5, relating to Department of Health; social determinants of health.22105927D
Patron: Orrock
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; study consolidating oversight and regulation of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other congregate living settings under a single state agency; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to study the current oversight and regulation of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other congregate living settings to improve efficiency and effectiveness of regulation and oversight, provide better transparency for members of the public navigating the process of receiving services from such facilities, and better protect the health and safety of the public and to develop recommendations for consolidation of such oversight and regulation and to report his findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions by October 1, 2022.
A BILL to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to study the oversight and regulation of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other congregate living settings.22100893D
Patron: Orrock
Rehabilitation hospitals; arrangements for follow-up care. Directs the Board of Health to convene a work group to provide recommendations regarding regulations requiring hospitals to develop protocols for connecting patients receiving rehabilitation services to necessary follow-up care. The bill requires the work group to report its recommendations to the Board of Health by October 1, 2022.
A BILL to require the Board of Health to convene a workgroup to provide recommendations related to regulations requiring hospitals to develop protocols for connecting patients receiving rehabilitation services to necessary follow-up care.22105178D
Patron: Head
Public health emergency; out-of-state licensees; deemed licensure. Allows a practitioner of a profession regulated by the Board of Medicine who is licensed in another state or the District of Columbia and who is in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in that state or the District of Columbia to engage in the practice of that profession in the Commonwealth with a patient located in the Commonwealth when (i) such practice is for the purpose of providing continuity of care through the use of telemedicine services and (ii) the patient is a current patient of the practitioner with whom the practitioner has previously established a practitioner-patient relationship and the practitioner has performed an in-person examination of the patient within the previous 12 months. The bill also provides that when the Board of Health has issued an emergency order, the Boards of Medicine and Nursing may waive (i) the requirement for submission of a fee for renewal or reinstatement of a license to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine or as a physician assistant or nurse practitioner and (ii) the requirement for submission of evidence that a practitioner whose license was allowed to lapse for failure to meet professional activity requirements has satisfied such requirements and is prepared to resume practice in a competent manner for any person who held a valid, unrestricted, active license within the four-year period immediately prior to the application for renewal or reinstatement of such license.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2901, 54.1-2904, and 54.1-3011 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public health emergency; out-of-state licenses; deemed licensure.22104857D
Patron: Adams, D.M.
Clinical nurse specialist; practice agreements. Provides that a nurse practitioner licensed by the Boards of Medicine and Nursing in the category of clinical nurse specialist who does not prescribe controlled substances or devices may practice in the practice category in which he is certified and licensed without a written or electronic practice agreement, provided that he (i) only practice within the scope of his clinical and professional training and limits of his knowledge and experience and consistent with the applicable standards of care, (ii) consult and collaborate with other health care providers based on the clinical condition of the patient to whom health care is provided, and (iii) establish a plan for referral of complex medical cases and emergencies to physicians or other appropriate health care providers. The bill also provides that a nurse practitioner licensed by the Boards in the category of clinical nurse specialist who prescribes controlled substances or devices shall practice in consultation with a licensed physician in accordance with a practice agreement between the nurse practitioner and the licensed physician.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2957, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, and 54.1-2957.01 of the Code of Virginia, relating to clinical nurse specialist; practice agreement.22100270D
Patron: Adams, D.M.
Nurse practitioners; declaration of death and cause of death. Authorizes autonomous nurse practitioners, defined in the bill, to declare death and determine cause of death; allows nurse practitioners who are not autonomous nurse practitioners to pronounce the death of a patient in certain circumstances; and eliminates the requirement for a valid Do Not Resuscitate Order for the deceased patient for declaration of death by a registered nurse, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who is not an autonomous nurse practitioner.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-263 and 54.1-2972 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nurse practitioners; declaration of death and cause of death.22103683D
Patron: Freitas
Education improvement scholarship tax credits; eligible students in need of a safer school environment. Declares eligible for a scholarship from a scholarship foundation that receives an education improvement scholarship tax credit, on the same basis as any other eligible student, eligible students in need of a safer school environment, defined in the bill as any student who, while enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in kindergarten through grade 12, was the victim of assault, battery, bullying, harassment, hazing, kidnapping, or robbery on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity, as substantiated by an investigation and written report by the school principal. The bill provides that (i) eligible students in need of a safer school environment are permitted to use such scholarships to cover the expenses associated with attending another public school within or outside of his school division of residence and (ii) there are no family income restrictions on scholarships for eligible students in need of a safer school environment. The bill clarifies that no public elementary or secondary school or local school division is prohibited or precluded from offering various educational alternatives to an eligible student in need of a safer school environment.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-5, 58.1-439.25, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, and 58.1-439.28, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to education improvement scholarship tax credits; students in need of a safer school environment.22105322D
Patron: Rasoul
Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; marketing. Requires the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to prepare an annual marketing plan that includes consumer outreach, licensed health insurance agents, and navigator programs. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-6505 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; marketing.22101247D
Patron: Coyner
Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy; evidence-based literacy instruction; science-based reading research. Makes several changes relating to early student literacy, including requiring (i) each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education or alternative certification program that provides training for any individual seeking initial licensure with an endorsement in a certain area, including as a reading specialist, to demonstrate mastery of science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction, as such terms are defined in the bill; (ii) the literacy assessment required of individuals seeking initial teacher licensure with endorsements in certain areas to include a rigorous test of science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction; (iii) each local school board to establish a divisionwide literacy plan; (iv) each local school board to employ one reading specialist for each 550 students in kindergarten through grade three; and (v) each local school board to provide a program of literacy instruction whereby, among other things, (a) the program provides reading intervention services to students in kindergarten through grade three who demonstrate deficiencies based on their individual performance on the Standards of Learning reading assessment or an early literacy screener provided or approved by the Department of Education; (b) a reading specialist, in collaboration with the teacher of any student who receives such reading intervention services, develops, oversees implementation of, and monitors student progress on a student reading plan; and (c) each student who receives such reading intervention services is assessed utilizing either the early literacy screener provided or approved by the Department or the grade-level reading Standards of Learning assessment again at the end of that school year. The provisions of the bill become effective beginning with the 2024–2025 school year.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-1, 22.1-253.13:1, 22.1-253.13:2, 22.1-253.13:5, 22.1-253.13:6, 22.1-298.1, and 23.1-902.1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-299.7:1, relating to early student literacy; evidence-based literacy instruction; science-based reading research.22104625D
Patron: Davis
College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment. Permits any public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education to apply to the Board of Education (the Board) to establish a college partnership laboratory school as a new school or through the conversion of all or part of an existing school. Under current law, only public and private institutions of higher education that operate approved teacher education programs are permitted to apply to the Board to establish such a school and no explicit provision is made for the conversion of an existing school. The bill permits college partnership laboratory schools to enter into a memorandum of understanding with any individual or entity to provide apprenticeships, career training, and curriculum support to carry out the provisions of law relating to such schools. The bill requires the Board, in reviewing such applications, to give substantial preference to any application from a historically black college or university and any application to establish a college partnership laboratory school in an underserved community, which the bill defines as a geographical area that is served by public schools in which a high percentage of students are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch, as determined by the Board.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-349.1, 22.1-349.5 and 22.1-349.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to college partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment.22106161D
Patron: Tata
Public schools; regional charter school divisions. Authorizes the Board of Education (the Board) to establish regional charter school divisions consisting of at least two but not more than three existing school divisions in any case in which (i) each such local school division is in close proximity and has an enrollment of more than 3,000 students and (ii) at least two such local school divisions have grades three through eight math and English reading Standards of Learning assessment performance in the bottom quartile of the Commonwealth. The bill requires such regional charter school divisions to be supervised by a school board that consists of eight members appointed by the Board and one member appointed by the localities of each of the underlying divisions. The bill authorizes the school board, after a review by the Board, to review and approve public charter school applications in the regional charter school divisions and to contract with the applicant. The bill requires that the state share of Standards of Quality per pupil funding of the underlying school district in which the student resides be transferred to such school.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-25 and 22.1-212.10 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 22.1 an article numbered 6.1, consisting of sections numbered 22.1-57.01 and 22.1-57.02, and by adding in Chapter 13 of Title 22.1 an article numbered 1.2:1, consisting of sections numbered 22.1-212.16:1 through 22.1-212.16:7, relating to public schools; regional charter school divisions.22106049D
Patron: Delaney
Institutions of higher education; education preparation programs; coursework; audit. Requires each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education that provides training for any student seeking initial licensure by the Department of Education to (i) include a program of coursework and require all such students to demonstrate mastery in science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction and require such program of coursework and the student mastery required to be demonstrated therein to be consistent with definitions and expectations established by the Board of Education and the Department of Education after consultation with a commission consisting of independent literacy experts and stakeholders with knowledge of science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction that has reviewed the relevant regulations and (ii) for any such student seeking initial licensure by the Department of Education as a teacher with an endorsement in early childhood, elementary education, or special education or with an endorsement as a reading specialist ensure that reading course work and field practice opportunities are a significant focus of the education preparation program. The bill requires the Department of Education to audit at least once every seven years each education preparation program, in alignment with each program's accreditation cycle, for compliance with such requirements. The provisions of the bill become effective beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-902.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to institutions of higher education; education preparation programs; coursework; audit.22103880D
Patron: Helmer
Hospitals; price transparency. Requires every hospital to make information about standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital available on the hospital's website.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-137.05 of the Code of Virginia, relating to hospitals; price transparency.22106360D
Patron: Helmer
Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; exemption for postsecondary students. Exempts from mandatory participation in the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families who are enrolled full-time in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and are taking courses as part of a curriculum that leads to a postsecondary credential, such as a degree or an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-608 and 63.2-609 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; exemption for postsecondary students.22102993D
Patron: Murphy
Institutions of higher education; hazing; policies. Establishes mandates at nonprofit private institutions of higher education and public institutions of higher education relating to hazing and defines different types of organizations at such institutions to which the mandates apply. The bill requires each such institution to provide to each current member, new member, and potential new member of each student organization with new members hazing prevention training that includes extensive, current, and in-person education about hazing, the dangers of hazing, including alcohol intoxication, and hazing laws and institution policies and information explaining that the institution's disciplinary process is not to be considered a substitute for the criminal legal process and provides that if a student organization with new members has an advisor, such advisor shall receive such hazing prevention training. The bill requires the governing board of each institution to include as part of its policy, code, rules, or set of standards governing sexual violence a provision for immunity from disciplinary action based on hazing or personal consumption of drugs or alcohol where such disclosure is made in conjunction with a good faith report of an act of hazing in advance of or during an incident of hazing that causes injury to a person. Beginning with the 2022–2023 academic year, the bill requires each institution to maintain and publicly report actual findings of violations of the institution's code of conduct or of federal or state laws pertaining to hazing that are reported to campus authorities or local law enforcement. This bill shall be known as Adam's Law.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 8 of Title 23.1 an article numbered 4, consisting of sections numbered 23.1-819 through 23.1-822, relating to institutions of higher education; hazing; policies.22106203D
Patron: Batten
Victims of human trafficking; eligibility for in-state tuition. Provides that a non-Virginia student who is currently present in the Commonwealth as a result of being a victim of human trafficking, defined in the bill, is eligible for in-state tuition. The bill provides that a person may be a victim of human trafficking regardless of whether any person has been charged with or convicted of any offense and that eligibility for in-state tuition may be proved by a certification of such status as a victim of human trafficking by a federal, state, or local agency or not-for-profit agency, one of whose primary missions is to provide services to victims of human trafficking. The bill also requires public institutions of higher education to automatically record such a student as opting out of making any directory or educational information available to the public unless the student voluntarily and affirmatively chooses to opt in to allowing such directory or educational information to be made available.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-506 of the Code of Virginia, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, relating to victims of human trafficking; eligibility for in-state tuition.22100933D
Patron: Batten
Public institutions of higher education; criminal history. Requires each public institution of higher education to include a disclosure to each applicant that certain criminal convictions may disqualify such applicant from pursuing his intended course of study or living in student housing, if applicable, and that applicants may contact the institution of higher education to learn more about which criminal convictions preclude individuals from pursuing certain courses of study or living in student housing.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-407.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public institutions of higher education; criminal history.22103671D
Patron: O'Quinn
Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Program and Fund. Creates the Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Program and Fund to assist qualified institutions, as defined in the bill, in reaching, by 2042, a goal of increasing by at least 25,000 new eligible credentials, which are noncredit workforce credentials awarded by a qualified institution in a high demand advanced manufacturing field as identified by the Board of Workforce Development. To be eligible for an annual grant, a qualified institution is required to enter into a memorandum of understanding setting forth specific criteria for eligible credentials, eligible expenses, credential production goals, and completion rates.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 23.1 a chapter numbered 12.2, consisting of sections numbered 23.1-1244 through 23.1-1248, relating to Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Program and Fund.22102051D
Patron: Roem
Public institutions of higher education; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; notice to students; SNAP benefits. Requires each public institution of higher education to ensure that all students have access to accurate information about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), including eligibility and how to apply. The bill also directs each institution to advertise the application and process for applying for SNAP prominently on the institution's website and in orientation materials that are distributed to each new student.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-409.1, relating to public institutions of higher education; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; notice to students; SNAP benefits.22103841D
Patron: VanValkenburg
Middle and high school end-of-course assessments; number and type. Requires, except for those middle and high school students with significant cognitive disabilities who participate in an alternate assessment, each student in middle and high school to take only those end-of-course Standards of Learning assessments necessary to meet federal accountability requirements and Virginia high school graduation requirements. The bill requires, with such funds as may be appropriated for such purpose, and except in the case of students who participate in an alternate assessment, the Standards of Learning assessments for Virginia Studies, Civics and Economics, Virginia and U.S. history, and biology to include items that require the student to apply knowledge and skills in preparing a response. Such items shall include open-ended questions, long-form writing, and other tasks, with student responses scored by the Department of Education according to statewide scoring rubrics. The bill requires student performance on the Virginia and U.S. history and biology end-of-course assessments to account for 10 percent of the student's final grade in each such course. The bill also requires the Department of Education to convene and consult a work group to develop a plan for the implementation of such assessment items no later than the beginning of the 2027–2028 school year.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to middle and high school end-of-course assessments; number and type.22106487D
Patron: Carr
Language development for children who are deaf or hard of hearing; assessment resources for parents and educators; advisory committee; report. Requires the Department of Education, in coordination with the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to (i) select, with input from an advisory committee that the bill establishes, language developmental milestones and include such milestones in a resource for use by parents of a child from birth to age five who is identified as deaf or hard of hearing to monitor and track their child's expressive and receptive language acquisition and developmental stages toward English literacy; (ii) disseminate such resource to such parents; (iii) select existing tools or assessments for educators for use in assessing the language and literacy development of children from birth to age five who are deaf or hard of hearing; (iv) disseminate such tools or assessments to local educational agencies and provide materials and training on their use; and (v) annually produce a report that compares the language and literacy development of children from birth to age five who are deaf or hard of hearing with the language and literacy development of their peers who are not deaf or hard of hearing and make such report available to the public on its website.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-217.04, relating to language development for children who are deaf or hard of hearing; assessment resources for parents and educators; advisory committee; report.22106319D
Patron: Hope
Mandatory outpatient treatment. Reorganizes and clarifies provisions governing mandatory outpatient treatment. The bill also eliminates provisions allowing for a single order for a period of involuntary inpatient treatment followed by a period of mandatory outpatient treatment and instead requires entry of separate orders for involuntary inpatient and mandatory outpatient treatment in all cases. The provisions of the bill shall become effective on October 1, 2022.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 19.2-169.3, 19.2-169.6, 37.2-805, 37.2-813, 37.2-815, 37.2-817, as it shall become effective, 37.2-817.1, as it shall become effective, 37.2-817.4, as it shall become effective, and 37.2-821 of the Code of Virginia and the third enactment of Chapter 221 of the Acts of Assembly 2021, Special Session I; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 37.2-817.01; and to repeal § 37.2-817.2, as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to mandatory outpatient treatment.22103884D
Patron: Hope
Public pools; regulations. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study whether swimming pools and other water recreational facilities for public use or use in conjunction with a tourist facility or health spa should be regulated by the Department of Health and requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2023.
A BILL to require the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study whether swimming pools and other water recreational facilities should be regulated by the Department of Health.22105800D
Patron: Hope
Providers of treatment for opioid addiction; conditions for initial licensure; location. Eliminates the requirement that a provider of treatment for persons with opiate addiction through the use of (i) methadone or (ii) opioid replacements other than opioid replacements approved for the treatment of opioid addiction by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration be located more than one-half mile from a public or private licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-406 of the Code of Virginia, relating to providers of treatment for opioid addiction; conditions for initial licensure; location.22101664D
Patron: Hope
Involuntary temporary detention; disclosure of health records. Provides that in any case in which a person subject to an evaluation to determine whether such person meets the criteria for involuntary temporary detention order is receiving services in a hospital emergency department, the treating physician or his designee and the employee or designee of the local community services board shall consult to disclose relevant information pertaining to the individual's treatment in the emergency department.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-809 of the Code of Virginia, relating to involuntary temporary detention; disclosure of health records.22105698D
Patron: Bell
Respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure. Provides that a person who has graduated from an accredited respiratory therapy education program may practice with the title "Respiratory Therapist, License Applicant" or "RT-Applicant" until he has received a failing score on any examination required by the Board for licensure or six months from the date of graduation, whichever occurs sooner.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2955 of the Code of Virginia, relating to practice of respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure.22101255D
Patron: Hodges
Department of Health; onsite sewage system pump-out oversight; certain localities. Requires the Department of Health (the Department), effective July 1, 2023, to manage and enforce onsite sewage system pump-out compliance for Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland Counties and the incorporated towns within those counties. The bill requires licensed operators conducting onsite sewage system pump-outs that are managed by the Department in these localities to provide a report on the results of the site visit using a web-based reporting system developed by the Department. The bill also requires the Board of Health to establish a uniform schedule of civil penalties for violations of onsite treatment system pump0out requirements in localities in which compliance with such requirements is managed and enforced by the Department and provides that any person who violates such requirements in a locality in which compliance is managed and enforced by the Department is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-164 and 62.1-44.15:72 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Health; onsite sewage treatment system pump-out oversight; certain localities.22105994D
Patron: Price
Medical assistance services; individuals confined in state correctional facilities. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to coordinate with the Department of Corrections to identify persons in the custody of state correctional facilities who are currently enrolled in the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance or who may be eligible for services under the state plan for medical assistance upon release and, prior to the release of such persons, (i) review the eligibility of currently enrolled persons to ensure continued access to medical assistance upon release or (ii) enroll persons not previously enrolled who meet eligibility criteria in the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-325.04, relating to medical assistance services; eligibility; individuals confined in state correctional facilities.22105511D
Patron: Reid
Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education; tuition grants. Adds parameters around grants distributed by the Department of Military Affairs (the Department) to members of the Virginia National Guard that are enrolled in any course or program at any public institution of higher education or accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education. The bill provides that an application for a grant shall be made to the Department no later than 30 days prior to the beginning of an academic semester. The bill provides that the Department shall determine whether an applicant is eligible for the grant and communicate acceptance and any additional requirements determined by the Department in writing no later than 30 days after receipt of an application. The bill requires individuals that are eligible for such grants to satisfy all financial obligations with the institution and provide written proof of acceptable academic performance and good standing for the current term no later than 30 days following the end of a term or semester. The bill provides that individuals receiving grants pursuant to the bill shall incur a single two-year service obligation to the Virginia National Guard and that this two-year obligation commences on the last day of the last term or semester for which tuition assistance was awarded. The bill provides that federal active duty mobilizations occurring while still a member of the Virginia National Guard and state active duty for the Commonwealth count toward such two-year service obligation.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-610 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education; tuition grants.22102403D
Patron: Adams, D.M.
Nurse practitioner; patient care team provider. The bill also eliminates authority of a physician on a patient care team to require a nurse practitioner practicing as part of a patient care team to be covered by a professional liability insurance policy and the requirement that a nurse practitioner practicing without a practice agreement obtain and maintain coverage by or be named insured on a professional liability insurance policy.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2957, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to nurse practitioners; patient care team providers.22105739D
Patron: Avoli
Public health emergency; hospital or nursing home; addition of beds. Creates an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public need or a license for the temporary addition of beds located in a temporary structure or satellite location by a hospital or nursing home in cases in which the Board of Health or the Commissioner of Health (the Commissioner) has entered an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing a nuisance dangerous to public health or a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease or other danger to the public life and health and provides that such exemption shall apply for the duration of the emergency order plus 30 days. The bill also expands the duration of the existing exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public need or a license for the addition of temporary beds when the Commissioner has determined that a natural or man-made disaster has caused the evacuation of a hospital or nursing home and that a public health emergency exists due to a shortage of hospital or nursing home beds to the duration of such determination plus 30 days and makes clear that such exemption shall apply to the temporary addition of beds located in a temporary structure or satellite location by a hospital or nursing home.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-102.2 and 32.1-127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public health emergency; hospitals and nursing homes; addition of beds.22102131D
Patron: Orrock
Hospital emergency department severity code data reporting. Requires every hospital in the Commonwealth that includes an emergency department to report quarterly to the Department of Health (the Department), for the preceding quarter, (i) the total number of visits to the hospital's emergency department, by location, and (ii) the total number of visits to the hospital's emergency department by emergency department evaluation and management (E/M) Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code. The bill also requires the Department to annually publish a report setting forth the average number of hospital emergency department visits by location and by emergency department E/M CPT code statewide and by region for each month.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-137.09, relating to hospital emergency department severity code data reporting.22105746D
Patron: Orrock
Board of Health; regulations; maximum contaminant levels in water supplies and waterworks; effective date. Provides that the Board of Health shall review the recommendations of any work group convened by the Commissioner of Health after July 1, 2022, to study the occurrence of certain contaminants in public drinking water prior to adopting regulations establishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in all water supplies and waterworks in the Commonwealth for (i) perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate, and such other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as the Board deems necessary, (ii) chromium-6, and (iii) 1,4-dioxane. The bill also directs the Commissioner to establish a work group to study the occurrence of such contaminants and to report to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Education and Health by December 1, 2022.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-169 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Health; regulations; maximum contaminant levels in water supplies and waterworks.22105741D
Patron: Robinson
Pharmaceutical processors. Amends the definition of "cannabis oil" by removing the requirement that only oil from industrial hemp be used in the formulation of cannabis oil. The bill removes the Board of Pharmacy patient registration requirement for medical cannabis but maintains the requirement that patients obtain written certification from a health care provider for medical cannabis. The bill directs the Board to promulgate numerous regulations related to pharmaceutical processors by September 15, 2022.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3408.3, 54.1-3442.5, 54.1-3442.6, and 54.1-3442.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to pharmaceutical processors.22106426D
Patron: Robinson
Commissioner of Health; administration and dispensing of necessary drugs and devices during public health emergency. Allows the Commissioner of Health to authorize persons who are not authorized by law to administer or dispense drugs or devices to do so in accordance with protocols established by the Commissioner when the Board of Health has made an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing nuisances dangerous to the public health and communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases and other dangers to the public life and health for the limited purpose of administering vaccines as an approved countermeasure for such communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases. Current law limits the Commissioner's ability to make such authorizations to circumstances when the Governor has declared a disaster or a state of emergency or the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services has issued a declaration of an actual or potential bioterrorism incident or other actual or potential public health emergency. The bill includes an emergency clause.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-42.1 and 54.1-3408 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Commissioner of Health; administration and dispensing of necessary drugs, devices, and vaccines during public health emergency; emergency.22105743D
EMERGENCY
Patron: Runion
DMAS; work group to study options for the permanent use of virtual supports and increasing access to virtual supports and services; individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue the work group established to study and develop recommendations for the permanent use of virtual supports and increasing access to virtual supports and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by promoting access to assistive technology and environmental modifications and to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2022.
A BILL to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue the work group to study options for the permanent use of virtual supports and increasing access to virtual supports and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.22103830D
Patron: Brewer
Board of Education; Child Care Subsidy Program; Armed Forces; examination and report. Directs the Board of Education determine the feasibility of amending its regulations to permit all active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States who serve as caregivers to dependents to apply for the Child Care Subsidy Program and submit its findings to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health.
A BILL to direct the Board of Education to examine its regulations to determine the feasibility of permitting all active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States who serve as caregivers to apply for the Child Care Subsidy Program; report.22105761D
Patron: Runion
Amending death certificates. Requires the State Registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected information on a death certificate within 45 days of the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence. The bill also requires the State Registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected demographic information on a death certificate after 45 days of the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-269.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to amending death certificates.22103716D
Patron: Guzman
Selective Service; Two-Year College Transfer Grant; Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program. Removes the requirement that individuals register for the Selective Service in compliance with federal law in order to be eligible for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant and the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 23.1-624 and 23.1-1303 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 23.1-632 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Selective Service; Two-Year College Transfer Grant; Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program.22102818D
Patron: Durant
Department of Education; policy on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop and each local school board to adopt model policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually explicit subjects; and (iii) permitting the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests. The bill provides that the local school board model policies may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department. The bill requires the Department to develop such model policies no later than July 31, 2022, and requires each local school board to adopt policies consistent with this act no later than January 1, 2023. The bill states that the provisions of the bill shall not be construed as requiring or providing for the censoring of books in public elementary and secondary schools.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-16.8, relating to the Department of Education; model policies; instructional material; sexually explicit content; parental notification.22106253D
Patron: Guzman
High school family life education curricula; optional instruction on human trafficking. Permits any family life education curriculum offered by a local school division in high school to incorporate age-appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based programs on the prevention, recognition, and awareness of human trafficking of children.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-207.1 and 22.1-207.1:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to high school family life education curricula; optional instruction on human trafficking of children.22105812D
Patron: Tran
Department of Education; recommendations on background check and training requirements for youth sports coaches and staff. Directs the Department of Education to make recommendations regarding appropriate background check and training requirements for coaches, staff members, and other volunteers of competitive sports leagues in which persons under the age of 18 participate. The bill requires the Department of Education to consult with child sexual assault victims advocates and youth competitive sports leagues in making its recommendations and to submit to the Governor and General Assembly a report of its recommendations by November 1, 2022.
A BILL to direct the Department of Education to make recommendations on background check and training requirements for coaches, staff members, employees, and volunteers of youth sports leagues.22105603D
Patron: Scott, P.A.
Department of Medical Assistance Services; plan for a process to allow direct purchase of over-the-counter medications and medical supplies; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to study options for and develop a plan to implement a process by which recipients of medical assistance services shall receive payments that may be used to purchase over-the-counter medications and medical supplies prescribed by an authorized prescriber directly in a retail setting and to report its findings and plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health by December 1, 2022.
A BILL to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services to study options for and develop a plan to implement a process to allow direct purchase of over-the-counter medications and medical supplies; report.22101304D
Patron: Tran
Hospitals; debt collection; determination of patient eligibility for financial assistance. Requires every hospital to (i) make reasonable efforts to screen every uninsured patient to determine whether the individual is eligible for Medicaid or financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy, (ii) may a payment plan available to every uninsured patient who is determined to be eligible for financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy if requested by the patient, (iii) develop a process for renegotiation of a payment plan, and (iv) report information about charity care, discounted care, or other financial assistance provided by the hospital under its financial assistance policy and the amount of the hospital’s uncollected bad debt. The bill prohibits hospitals from engaging in extraordinary collection actions to collect patient accounts receivable unless the hospital has undertaken all reasonable efforts to determine whether a patient with delinquent debt is eligible for Medicaid or other financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy. The bill also requires every hospital that is subject to the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make information about the hospital’s charity care policy available to individuals with low English proficiency in accordance with federal requirements.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-137.01 and 32.1-276.5 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-137.09, relating to hospitals; financial assistance; payment plans.22105937D
Patron: Guzman
Department of Medical Assistance Services; payment of medical assistance for obesity prevention and other obesity-related services; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (the Department) to convene a work group to study and provide recommendations related to the payment of medical assistance for obesity prevention and other obesity-related services, including (i) the types of obesity prevention and other obesity-related services for which federal matching funds are available, (ii) the cost to the Commonwealth of providing medical assistance for such obesity prevention and other obesity-related services for eligible individuals, and (iii) any federal approvals or other actions necessary to allow for the payment of medical assistance for obesity prevention and other obesity-related services. The bill requires the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health by November 1, 2022.
A BILL to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to study and provide recommendations related to the payment of medical assistance for obesity prevention and other obesity-related services; report.22105998D
Patron: Taylor
School safety audits; law-enforcement officers. Requires each local school board to require its schools to collaborate with the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality or his designee when conducting required school safety audits. Under current law, the division superintendent is required to make the results of such audits available to the chief law-enforcement officer upon request. The bill also requires that the completed walk-through checklist using the standardized checklist provided by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety be made available to the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality or his designee. Current law requires that the completed walk-through checklist be made available to the chief law-enforcement officer or his designee upon request.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-279.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school safety audits; law-enforcement officers.22103760D
Patron: Reid
Loudoun County School Board; staggering of member terms; lot drawing; timeframe. Requires the lot drawing required to be conducted by the Loudoun County Electoral Board to determine the members of four of nine districts who will be elected to the Loudoun County School Board for four-year terms and the members of the remaining five districts who will be elected to the Loudoun County School Board for two-year terms to ensure the staggering of member terms for such school board to be conducted at the electoral board's first meeting of 2023 but no later than January 31, 2023.
A BILL to set a timeframe for the lot drawing to determine the staggering of terms of members of the Loudoun County School Board.22103881D
Patron: Helmer
Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice; licensure by reciprocity for physicians; emergency. Allows a health care practitioner licensed, certified, or registered in another state or the District of Columbia to practice in the Commonwealth for a period of up to 90 days provided certain conditions are met and provides that if such health care practitioner has applied for licensure, certification, or registration in the Commonwealth, the applicable health regulatory board shall expedite such application. The bill also requires the Department of Health Professions to pursue reciprocity agreements with jurisdictions that surround the Commonwealth to streamline the application process to facilitate the practice of medicine and to report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions the number of out-of-state health care practitioners who have utilized the temporary authorization created by the bill to practice in the Commonwealth pending licensure who have not subsequently been issued a full license to practice in the Commonwealth. The bill contains an emergency clause.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-2408.4, relating to out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice pending licensure; licensure by reciprocity for physicians; emergency.22105376D
EMERGENCY
Patron: Ransone
Marcus alert system; participation. Expands the deadline by which a locality shall establish a Marcus alert system. The bill provides that by July 1, 2023, every locality with a population greater than 40,000, and by July 1, 2024, every locality with a population of 40,000 or less, shall (i) establish local protocols that meet the requirements of a Marcus alert system set by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and (ii) have established protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system that has been approved by DBHDS and the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill also revises reporting requirements related to the Marcus alert system and comprehensive crisis system to include a requirement that DBHDS include in its annual report a statement of the barriers to establishment of local Marcus alert programs and community care or mobile crisis teams in areas of the Commonwealth where such programs and teams have not yet been established and a plan for addressing such barriers to increase the number of such programs and teams in the Commonwealth.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-193 and 37.2-311.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Marcus alert system; participation.22106450D
Patron: Tran
Public elementary and secondary schools; students; digital tools; accessibility. Requires the Department of Education to convene a work group to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Education, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2022, regarding (i) ways in which school divisions can effectively identify and receive responsive and responsible bids from vendors to procure digital tools, including online platforms, courses, digital applications, information and communication technology services, and digital content, that comply with the federal accessibility standard and (ii) any statutory or regulatory changes that may assist school divisions to procure such digital tools that comply with such standard.
A BILL to require the Department of Special Education and Student Services at the Department of Education to convene a work group to provide input and recommendations relating to the procurement of accessible digital tools by local school divisions.22105870D
Patron: Batten
Public elementary and secondary schools and public school-based early childhood care and education programs; student instruction; masks. Requires, except in the case of the 10 unscheduled remote learning days otherwise permitted by law or in certain cases of student discipline, each school board to offer in-person instruction, as defined in the bill, to each student enrolled in the local school division in a public elementary or secondary school for at least the minimum number of required annual instructional hours and to each student enrolled in the local school division in a public school-based early childhood care and education program for the entirety of the instructional time provided pursuant to such program. The bill permits, notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation, rule, or policy implemented by a school board, school division, school official, or other state or local authority, the parent of any child enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school, or in any school-based early childhood care and education program, to elect for such child to not wear a mask while on school property. The bill provides that no parent making such an election shall be required to provide a reason or any certification of the child's health or education status and no student shall suffer any adverse disciplinary or academic consequences as a result of this parental election.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-2.1, relating to public elementary and secondary schools and public school-based early childhood care and education programs; student instruction.22106116D
Patron: Coyner
Department of Education; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; instruction concerning post-graduate opportunities for high school students. Requires the Department of Education to collect and distribute to public schools and publicly post on its website information that assists high school students in making more informed decisions about their futures after graduating from high school and in doing so ensure that such students are aware of the costs and benefits of different educational and certificate programs. The bill directs the Department to annually collect and compile such information in consultation with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and any other entity that can assist the Department with collecting and compiling such information and to update its distribution materials accordingly each year. The bill requires the Department to post and distribute the information to school boards, with any relevant updates, no later than October 1 each year and requires each school board to ensure that the information is readily available to each high school student and distributed to each high school student who expresses an interest in attending an institution of higher education or completing another training program as described in the bill.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-203 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-206.1, relating to Department of Education; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; instruction concerning post-graduate opportunities for high school students.22105664D
Patron: Orrock
Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. Provides that a pharmacist may initiate treatment with, dispense, or administer to persons five years of age or older in accordance with a statewide protocol developed by the Board of Pharmacy in collaboration with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and provides that the pharmacist may cause such vaccines to be administered by a pharmacy technician or pharmacy intern under the direct supervision of the pharmacist. The bill also requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services and accident and sickness insurance providers to provide reimbursement for such service in an amount that is no less than the reimbursement amount for such service by a health care provider licensed by the Board of Medicine. The bill also requires the Board of Pharmacy, together with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, to establish a statewide protocol for the initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs in accordance with the provisions of the bill and directs the Board of Pharmacy to establish a work group to provide recommendations regarding development of the protocols and to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill within 280 days. The provisions of the bill authorizing administration of certain vaccinations by pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy interns shall become effective upon the expiration of the federal public health emergency related to COVID-19.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-325, 38.2-3408, 54.1-3303.1, and 54.1-3321 of the Code of Virginia, relating to pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines.22106449D
Patron: Delaney
Early childhood care and education entities; administration of epinephrine. Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to require each early childhood care and education entity to implement policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine in every such entity, to be administered by any nurse at the entity, employee at the entity, or employee of a local health department who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine to any child believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. The bill mandates that such policies shall require that at least one school nurse, employee at the entity, or employee of a local health department who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine has the means to access at all times during regular facility hours any such appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine that is stored in a locked or otherwise generally inaccessible container or area. This bill shall be known as Elijah's Law.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-225, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, and 54.1-3408 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 8 of Chapter 14.1 of Title 22.1 a section numbered 22.1-289.059, relating to early childhood care and education entities; administration of epinephrine.22103659D