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2023 SESSION
Chair: L. Louise Lucas
Clerk: Hobie Lehman, Basit Khan
Staff: J. Bergamini, J. Carlton
Date of Meeting: February 9, 2023
Time and Place: 8 AM / Senate Room A, Pocahontas Building
Updated to Remove HB 1929
Patron: Tata
Certain public institutions of higher education; provision of university housing at no cost to certain students during scheduled intersessions. Requires any public institution of higher education that maintains and operates university housing during scheduled intersessions to provide access to such housing at no cost to any student who is eligible for a certain tuition and fee grant based on his placement in foster care at age 18 and satisfaction of several other enumerated criteria, provided that the student (i) is a registered student for the immediately following academic term and (ii) meets the definitions and conditions of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended.
A BILL to require certain public institutions of higher education to provide university housing at no cost to certain students during scheduled intersessions.23100853D
Patron: Brewer
Distribution of hypodermic needles, syringes, and insulin pens. Provides that the regulation of persons acting as medical equipment suppliers and restrictions on the distribution of hypodermic needles and syringes do not prohibit the dispensing or distribution of hypodermic needles, syringes, or insulin pens by persons authorized to dispense insulin for the treatment of diabetes.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3435.2 and 54.1-3467 of the Code of Virginia, relating to distribution of hypodermic needles, syringes, and insulin pens; exemption for treatment of diabetes.23100547D
Patron: Kory
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; extension of eligibility. Extends eligibility for the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program to the lineal and collateral descendants of persons who were residing in jurisdictions in Virginia in which the public schools were closed to avoid desegregation between 1954 and 1964 and whose educations were affected by the school closings. Currently, only persons who resided in such jurisdictions at the time of the school closings are eligible for the program.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 30-231.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; extension of eligibility.23100688D
Patron: Scott, P.A.
Licensure of professional counselors; Counseling Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Counseling Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed professional counselors to practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensed in at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024, and directs the Board of Counseling to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The Compact takes effect when it is enacted by a tenth member state.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3500.1, relating to Counseling Compact.23100783D
Patron: Orrock
Minimum staffing standards for certified nursing facilities; administrative sanctions. Sets nursing staffing requirements for certified nursing facilities, imposes administrative sanctions on a certified nursing facility if it does not comply with the staffing requirements, and provides for exemptions to the administrative sanctions under certain circumstances. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-27.1 and 32.1-127 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-27.2, relating to minimum staffing standards for certified nursing facilities; administrative sanctions.23105312D
Patron: Orrock
Controlled substances; administration by emergency medical technicians, or paramedics. Allows emergency medical technicians or paramedics certified by the Board of Health who act pursuant to an oral or written order or standing protocol and who are employed or engaged at a medical care facility to administer controlled substances.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3408 of the Code of Virginia, relating to controlled substances; administration by emergency medical technicians, or paramedics.23101080D
Patron: Orrock
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; administration of prescription medication by emergency medical services providers. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to consider adopting a process to allow emergency medical services providers to administer prescription medication to persons under certain circumstances.
A BILL to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to adopt a process to allow emergency medical services providers to administer prescription medication to persons under certain circumstances.23101813D
Patron: Davis
Board of Education; special education and related services; certain evaluation deadlines. Requires the Board of Education to amend certain regulations to permit local educational agencies to shorten the deadline of 65 business days from the date of receipt of referral for an initial evaluation or a reevaluation of a child to determine eligibility for special education and related services.
A BILL to require the Board of Education to amend certain regulations relating to the evaluation of a child to determine whether the child is in need of special education and related services.23104757D
Patron: Adams, D.M.
Midwifery; administration of medication. Allows licensed midwives to obtain, possess, and administer drugs and devices within the scope of their practice. The bill requires the Board of Medicine, in consultation with the Midwifery Advisory Board, to establish regulations to allow for the possession and administration of medications by licensed midwives. The bill limits the liability of entities that provide or dispense drugs or devices to a licensed midwife and that rely in good faith upon the license information provided by the licensed midwife. The bill contains a technical amendment.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3303 and 54.1-3408 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-2957.9:1, relating to midwifery; administration of medication.23100353D
Patron: Adams, D.M.
State plan for medical assistance services; durable medical equipment; complex rehabilitation technology. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services (the Board) to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance for the initial purchase or replacement of complex rehabilitative technology manual and power wheelchair bases and related accessories. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-325, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to state plan for medical assistance services; durable medical equipment; complex rehabilitation technology.23103065D
Patron: Adams, D.M.
Deceased high school seniors; waiver of graduation requirements and award of posthumous high school diplomas. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to provide for the waiver of certain graduation requirements and the subsequent award of a high school diploma upon the request of the parent of any high school senior who died in good standing prior to graduation during the student's senior year. The bill provides that such waivers shall be granted only for good cause and shall be considered on a case-by-case basis.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to deceased high school seniors; waiver of graduation requirements and award of posthumous high school diplomas.23101937D
Patron: Coyner
Student literacy measures; scope; students in grades four through eight. Expands several provisions of the Virginia Literacy Act, enacted during the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly, effective with the 2024–2025 school year, and currently applicable to students in kindergarten through grade three, to students in grades four through eight, including (i) requiring each local school board to provide a program of literacy instruction to such students that is aligned with science-based reading research and provides evidenced-based literacy instruction; (ii) requiring each local school board to provide reading intervention services to such students who demonstrate substantial deficiencies based on their individual performance on the Standards of Learning reading assessment or a literacy screener provided or approved by the Department of Education; (iii) permitting the reading plan required for certain students in grades six through eight to include a literacy course, in addition to the course required by the Standards of Learning in English, that provides the specific evidence-based literacy instruction identified in such plan; (iv) requiring the Department to develop a list of core literacy curricula, supplemental instruction practices and programs, and intervention programs that consist of evidence-based literacy instruction aligned with science-based reading research for such students; (v) requiring each local school board to employ one reading specialist for each 550 students in kindergarten through grade five and for each 1,100 students in grades six through eight; (vi) requiring the Board of Education to provide guidance on and each local school board to provide high-quality professional development and training in science-based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction for certain middle school personnel; and (vii) requiring each divisionwide comprehensive plan to include a divisionwide literacy plan for such students.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-253.13:1, 22.1-253.13:2, 22.1-253.13:5, and 22.1-253.13:6, as they shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to student literacy measures; scope; students in grades four through eight.23102820D
Patron: Brewer
Public high schools; special education; identification of faculty member responsible for school transition planning and coordination. Requires each public high school in the Commonwealth to publicly identify on its official website the faculty member responsible for special education transition planning and coordination at such high school.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-217.3, relating to public high schools; special education; identification of faculty member responsible for school transition planning and coordination.23101106D
Patron: Brewer
Institutions of higher education; human trafficking awareness and prevention training required. Directs the governing board of each public institution of higher education to develop and implement policies requiring a trauma-informed human trafficking awareness and prevention training program be provided to and completed by all first-year students as a part of such institution's first-year orientation program. The bill also directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to encourage private institutions of higher education to develop and implement policies to provide such a human trafficking awareness and prevention training program as a part of their first-year orientation programs.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 23.1 a section numbered 23.1-808.1, relating to institutions of higher education; human trafficking awareness and prevention training required.23102048D
Patron: Walker
Department of Health Professions; applications for licensure, certification, and registration; mental health conditions and impairment; emergency. Directs each health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions to amend its licensure, certification, and registration applications to remove any existing questions pertaining to mental health conditions and impairment and to include the following questions: (i) Do you have any reason to believe that you would pose a risk to the safety or well-being of your patients or clients?; and (ii) Are you able to perform the essential functions of a practitioner in your area of practice with or without reasonable accommodation? The bill contains an emergency clause.
A BILL to direct health regulatory boards within the Department of Health Professions to amend language related to mental health conditions and impairment in licensure, certification, and registration applications; emergency.23103067D
EMERGENCY
Patron: Walker
Internet Safety Advisory Council; collaboration, model instructional content, and resources. Permits the Internet Safety Advisory Council (the Council) established by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to collaborate with certain agencies and organizations with expertise in child online safety issues and human trafficking prevention and requires the Council to establish model instructional content on certain student internet safety topics and post on the Department of Education website resources and assistance programs available for any child or parent who may have encountered online solicitation by sexual predators or other illegal online communications or activities, including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's CyberTipline.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-24.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Internet Safety Advisory Council; powers and duties.23105535D
Patron: Davis
Public schools; codes of student conduct; policies and procedures prohibiting bullying; parental notification. Requires each local school board to require the principal of each public school or his designee to notify the parent of any student who is the victim in an alleged bullying incident of the alleged incident within 24 hours of when the allegation was made. The bill also clarifies that the principal of each public school or his designee is required to notify the parent of any student who is not the victim but is otherwise involved in an alleged bullying incident of the status of any investigation within five school days of the allegation of bullying.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-279.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public schools; codes of student conduct; policies and procedures prohibiting bullying; parental notification.23103167D
Patron: Davis
Standards for accreditation; school accreditation review frequency. Eliminates the requirement that the Board of Education perform a triennial review of the accreditation status of a public school that has been fully accredited for three consecutive years. The bill also eliminates the provision permitting the Board to do a review of the accreditation status of any other school once every two or three years and the requirement that any such school receiving a multiyear accreditation status other than full accreditation be covered by a Board-approved multiyear corrective action plan. Under the bill, the Board is required to review annually the accreditation status of all schools in the Commonwealth.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Standards for accreditation; school accreditation review frequency.23101185D
Patron: Robinson
State plan for medical assistance services; telemedicine; in-state presence. Establishes that health care providers are not required to maintain a physical presence in the Commonwealth to maintain eligibility to enroll as a Medicaid provider. Additionally, the bill establishes that telemedicine services provider groups with health care providers duly licensed by the Commonwealth are not required to maintain an in-state service address to maintain eligibility to enroll as a Medicaid vendor or Medicaid provider group.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia, relating to state plan for medical assistance services; telemedicine; in-state presence.23101772D
Patron: Coyner
Board of Education; creation and maintenance of Virginia Parent Data Portal; report. Requires the Board of Education, on or before July 1, 2025, to create and maintain the Virginia Parent Data Portal that, among other things, (i) displays individualized student assessment data on all state-supported assessments, as that term is defined in the bill, (a) in a format that shows both current and cumulative data over time and (b) within 45 days of a state-supported assessment window closing for each state-supported assessment; (ii) provides a description of the purpose of each state-supported assessment, an explanation of how to interpret student data on each state-supported assessment, and a comparison of a student's performance on each state-supported assessment with the performance of the student's school, the student's school division, and the Commonwealth; (iii) is viewable from a mobile device in addition to a desktop computer; and (iv) provides functionality to enable school division personnel to manage and restrict user access to students and their parents. The bill requires the Board and the Department of Education to provide certain guidance and technical assistance to local school divisions on professional development for principals and teachers in parent engagement on and interpretation of student assessment data available through the Portal and requires each school board to annually provide high-quality professional development to principals and teachers on such topics. The foregoing provisions of the bill are subject to a reenactment clause. Finally, the bill establishes a work group for the purpose of advising the Board of Education on the criteria for and the process of procuring the goods and services necessary to implement the Portal and requires such work group to submit a report containing its findings and any recommendations to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-1, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 22.1-253.13:3, and 22.1-253.13:5, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Education; creation and maintenance of Virginia Parent Data Portal; report.23104641D
Patron: Walker
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of Health Professions, and health regulatory boards; disclosure of information regarding examinations, licensure, certification, registration, or permitting. Allows the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, the Department of Health Professions, and health regulatory boards to mail or email upon request records regarding applications for admission to examinations or for licensure, certification, registration, or permitting and the related scoring records to the individual to whom such records pertain. Under current law, such records may be made available during normal working hours for copying by the subject individual.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-108 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of Health Professions, and health regulatory boards; disclosure of information regarding examinations, licensure, certification, registration, or permitting.23100980D
Patron: Bell
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of Education; best practice standards related to the transition of records and transfer of services for students with disabilities. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in coordination with the Department of Education and relevant stakeholders, to develop and disseminate best practice standards for the transition of services and transfer of records for students with disabilities who reach the age of majority.
A BILL to direct the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in coordination with the Department of Education and relevant stakeholders, to develop and disseminate best practice standards related to the transition of records and transfer of services for students with disabilities at the age of majority.23104248D
Patron: Greenhalgh
School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund. Provides that matching grants from the School Resource Officer Incentive Grants Fund may be awarded to local law-enforcement agencies and local school boards for the expenses related to the equipment necessary for uniformed school resource officers, school security officers, and other relevant school safety personnel and the enhancement of the school-law enforcement partnership through training and programming as determined by the Department.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 9.1-110 of the Code of Virginia, relating to School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund.23101307D
Patron: Simon
Child day programs; exemption from licensure; certain programs offered by local school divisions. Exempts from the requirement to be licensed by the Board of Education any child day program offered by a local school division that is operated for no more than four hours per day on full instructional days or for more than four hours per day on shortened instructional days or noninstructional days, staffed by local school division employees, and attended by children who are at least three years of age and are enrolled in public school or a preschool program within such school division. Under current law, only a child day program offered by a local school division that is operated for no more than four hours per day, staffed by local school division employees, and attended by children who are at least three years of age and are enrolled in public school or a preschool program within such school division is eligible to be exempt from licensure.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-289.030 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child day programs; exemption from licensure; certain programs offered by local school divisions.23102190D
Patron: Cherry
Early childhood care and education; licensure requirements; certain accredited private school exempt. Provides that child day programs that are affiliated with an accredited private school located west of Sandy Ridge and on the watersheds of Big Sandy River and to which no contributions are made by the Commonwealth, shall not be required to obtain licensure to operate in the Commonwealth. Current law exempts only those programs that are offered to students who reside at such private school.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-289.055:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to early childhood care and education; licensure requirements; certain accredited private school exempt.23100793D
Patron: Cherry
Certain private schools in the Commonwealth; disclosure of certain employee records for purpose of accreditation. Permits private elementary and secondary schools to disclose to the Virginia Council for Private Education criminal history record information received for current employees for the purpose of seeking or maintaining Council accreditation.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-289.035 and 22.1-296.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain private schools in the Commonwealth; disclosure of certain employee records for purpose of accreditation.23104595D
Patron: Bell
Public elementary and secondary schools; reports of certain arrests and convictions; receipt, report, and compilation. Requires each division superintendent to annually designate an employee in the local school division as the division safety official whose duty is to receive all reports required to be made pursuant to relevant law from (i) every state official or agency and every sheriff, police officer, or other local law-enforcement officer or conservator of the peace having the power to arrest for a felony upon arresting a person who is known or discovered by the arresting official to be a full-time, part-time, permanent, or temporary teacher or any other employee in such local school division for a felony or a Class 1 misdemeanor or an equivalent offense in another state and (ii) the clerk of any circuit court or any district court in the Commonwealth upon the felony conviction of any person known by such clerk to be employed by such local school division. The bill requires each division superintendent to include such designation in the collated packet of school safety audits submitted to the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety pursuant to relevant law and requires the Center to designate an employee of the Center as the school personnel safety official for the Commonwealth whose duty is to compile and maintain a list of each such division safety official. The bill requires such designation to include updated contact information for the division safety official, including a current working daytime phone number, a current working nighttime phone number, a current functional email address, and a current functional facsimile number. The bill also provides that a probation and parole officer who is supervising a person employed by a local school division in the Commonwealth shall, upon discovering that such supervised person has been arrested or convicted of a felony offense or an equivalent offense in another state, report such arrest or conviction to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the designated division safety official in the local school division where such supervised person is employed as soon as practicable.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-184, 19.2-83.1, 19.2-291.1, and 22.1-279.8 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-299.3, relating to public elementary and secondary schools; reports of certain arrests and convictions of certain employees; receipt, report, and compilation.23100367D
Patron: Cherry
Certain child day programs exempt from licensure by the Superintendent of Public Instruction; age of children in attendance. Clarifies that any child day program offered by a private school accredited by and in good standing with the Virginia Council for Private Education, operated for no more than four hours per day, staffed by the accredited private school's employees, and attended by school-age children who are enrolled in the accredited private school is exempt from licensure by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Current law provides a licensure exemption for any such program that is attended by children who are at least five years of age.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-289.030 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain child day programs exempt from licensure by the Superintendent of Public Instruction; age of children in attendance.23101179D
Patron: Robinson
Practice of optometry; licensing; regulations. Reorganizes portions of the law regulating the practice of optometry and updates licensing requirements by removing specific requirements for the Board of Optometry's examination procedures and expands possible Board actions for the issuance, reprimand, revocation, and suspension of licenses. The bill specifies that any student, intern, or trainee in optometry may perform optometric services under the direct supervision of a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist as part of a course of study at an accredited institution of higher education and removes the option for the Board to approve alternative continuing education courses at the request of a licensee. The bill contains technical amendments.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3202, 54.1-3211, 54.1-3213, 54.1-3215, 54.1-3219, 54.1-3221, 54.1-3222, and 54.1-3223 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 54.1-3220 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the practice of optometry; licensing; regulations.23100984D
Patron: Ransone
Temporary detention in hospital for testing, observation, or treatment; mental or physical conditions resulting from intoxication. Clarifies that when a mental or physical condition appears to be a result of intoxication, a licensed physician who has attempted to obtain informed consent of an adult person for treatment of such mental or physical condition appearing to be a result of intoxication may seek an order from the magistrate or court in the jurisdiction where the respondent is located authorizing temporary detention of the adult person in a hospital emergency department or other appropriate facility for testing, observation, or treatment, provided that certain conditions are met.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-1104 of the Code of Virginia, relating to temporary detention in hospital for testing, observation, or treatment; mental or physical conditions resulting from intoxication.23101887D
Patron: Avoli
Public school employees; offense involving solicitation of sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child; penalty. Provides that the convictions that bar employment and contract work that requires direct contact with students on school property during school hours or school-sponsored activities in public schools include any offense involving the solicitation of sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child. Current law prohibits any school board from employing or contracting with anyone who has been convicted of a violent felony set forth in the definition of barrier crime or any offense involving sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child, but does not specify that this includes any offense involving the solicitation of any such offense.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-296.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public school employees; offense involving solicitation of sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child; penalty.23102837D
Patron: Knight
Eastern Virginia Medical School; establishment of Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University. Repeals provisions establishing and relating to Eastern Virginia Medical School and designates the schools and divisions previously existing as Eastern Virginia Medical School and such other academic units of Old Dominion University related to the health sciences as may be identified by the Old Dominion University Board of Visitors as the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University (the Health Sciences Center). The bill permits Old Dominion University to provide medical and health sciences education and related research through the teaching hospitals and related health care and health maintenance facilities at the Health Sciences Center and contains provisions relating to the operations of the Health Sciences Center, including provisions relating to cooperative arrangements and joint ventures.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3106, 2.2-3705.4, 2.2-3711, 2.2-4343, 2.2-4345, 22.1-209.2, 23.1-608, 23.1-608.1, 23.1-809, 23.1-1100, 23.1-1200, 23.1-2001, 23.1-2002, 32.1-69.3, 32.1-279, 38.2-5008, and 54.1-2961 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 20 of Title 23.1 sections numbered 23.1-2005, 23.1-2006, and 23.1-2007; and to repeal Chapter 30 (§§ 23.1-3000 through 23.1-3014) of Title 23.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Eastern Virginia Medical School; establishment of Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University.23100382D
Patron: Byron
Local school boards and comprehensive community colleges; compensation structure for adjunct instructors; credit-bearing and noncredit workforce credentials. Encourages local school boards and comprehensive communities colleges to enter into local or regional agreements for the establishment and implementation of a competitive compensation structure to recruit and retain adjunct instructors to be jointly compensated by the relevant school boards and colleges to prepare both high school students and college students to earn credit-bearing workforce credentials and noncredit workforce credentials, as that term is defined in relevant law.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-253.13:1, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, and 23.1-907 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local school boards and comprehensive community colleges; compensation structure for adjunct instructors; noncredit workforce credentials.23102357D
Patron: Tata
Public institutions of higher education; guaranteed admission for certain veterans; report. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to provide for the guaranteed admission of any eligible veteran applicant, defined in the bill as any applicant who (i) is a veteran member of the uniformed services, (ii) is permanently and totally disabled as a result of his active duty service in the uniformed services, and (iii) (a) graduated from a high school in the Commonwealth or (b) graduated from a high school in a state other than the Commonwealth and served in the uniformed services while assigned to a location in the Commonwealth. The bill also requires each public institution of higher education to submit an annual report to the General Assembly on or before December 31 of each year detailing certain information relating to veteran applicants and enrollees.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Subtitle I of Title 23.1 a chapter numbered 3.1, containing articles numbered 1, 2, and 3, consisting of sections numbered 23.1-311 through 23.1-315, relating to public institutions of higher education; veterans of the uniformed services; data; guaranteed admissions for eligible veteran applicants.23105007D
Patron: Batten
Public institutions of higher education; threat assessment teams; powers and duties. Makes several changes to the powers and duties of the threat assessment team at each public institution of higher education, including requiring, upon a preliminary determination that an individual poses an articulable and significant threat of violence to others, each such team to (i) obtain any available criminal history record information and health records for such individual; (ii) notify in writing within 24 hours upon making such preliminary determination (a) the campus police department, (b) local law enforcement for the city or county in which the public institution of higher education is located, local law enforcement for the city or county in which the individual resides, and, if known to the threat assessment team, local law enforcement for the city or county in which the individual is located, and (c) the local attorney for the Commonwealth in any jurisdiction where the threat assessment team has notified local law enforcement; and (iii) disclose any specific threat of violence posed by the individual as part of such notification, and permitting each such team to invite nonmember representatives from campus to participate in individual cases.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-805 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public institutions of higher education; threat assessment teams; powers and duties.23105030D
Patron: Kory
Public school principals; parental notification of certain student violations. Requires the principal of any public elementary or secondary school or his designee to notify the parents of any student who violates a school board policy or the compulsory school attendance requirements when such violation is likely to result in the student's suspension or the filing of a court petition. Current law permits such principals to make such a notification when the violation could result in the student's suspension or the filing of a court petition and is silent on the designation of such power.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-279.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public school principals; parental notification of certain student violations.23100795D
Patron: Wilt
School psychologists; staffing flexibility. Provides that in order to fill vacant school psychologist positions, any local school board may employ, under a provisional license issued by the Department of Education for three school years with an allowance for an additional two-year extension with the approval of the division superintendent, clinical psychologists licensed by the Board of Psychology, provided that any such individual makes progress toward completing the requirements for full licensure as a school psychologist during such period of employment. The bill requires the Department to consult the Virginia Academy of School Psychologists, and other stakeholders as necessary, to ensure that the process and criteria for provisionally licensed school psychologists to obtain full licensure as school psychologists appropriately address the challenges that are unique to school psychology training requirements and the school psychology profession generally.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:2, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to school psychologists; staffing flexibility.23101660D
Patron: Delaney
Policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine at early childhood care and education entities; scope. Limits, in the context of early childhood care and education entities, the requirement for the implementation of policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine to child day centers. Under current law, such requirement applies to all early childhood care and education entities, which include child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems serving children younger than the age of five. The bill also requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to require each family day home provider or at least one other caregiver employed by such provider in the family day home to be trained in the administration of epinephrine and to notify the parents of each child who receives care in such family day home whether the provider stores an appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine in the residence or home in which the family day home operates.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-289.059 of the Code of Virginia, relating to policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine at early childhood care and education entities; scope.23101187D
Patron: Rasoul
Community services boards; behavioral health authorities; performance contracts. Modifies and reorganizes provisions related to the requirements of performance contracts entered into by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services with community services boards and behavioral health authorities. This bill is a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 37.2-203, 37.2-508, and 37.2-608 of the Code of Virginia, relating to community services boards; behavioral health authorities; performance contracts.23103869D
Patron: Rasoul
School counselors; staff time. Defines the terms "direct counseling" and "program planning and school support" for the purpose of the provision of law that requires each school counselor to spend at least 80 percent of his staff time during normal school hours in the direct counseling of individual students or groups of students and clarifies that each school counselor may also spend up to 20 percent of his staff time during normal school hours on program planning and support. This bill is a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-291.1:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school counselors; staff time.23102215D
Patron: Rasoul
Department of Medical Assistance Services; data collection and analysis; claims submitted by managed care organizations; report. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to collect data for each fiscal year from fiscal year 2018 through fiscal year 2022 regarding (i) the number and percentage of claims submitted to managed care organizations that were denied and the reasons for such denials and (ii) the number and percentage of claims submitted to managed care organizations that required resubmission prior to payment and the reasons for such resubmissions and to examine such data and identify barriers that providers encounter when accepting and treating patients enrolled in the state plan for medical assistance services. Under the bill, the Department shall report such data and analysis by November 1, 2023, to the Joint Commission on Health Care and the Joint Subcommittee for Health and Human Resources Oversight. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
A BILL to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to include in its contracts with managed care organizations requirements for the collection and reporting of certain data; report.23105285D
Patron: Byron
Certain institutions of higher education; noncredit workforce training program; student grants; reimbursement. Increases from $3,000 to $4,000 the maximum amount for which the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shall reimburse an eligible institution of higher education per completed noncredit workforce training program per eligible student pursuant to the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program. Current law provides that the Council shall reimburse an eligible institution an amount equal to one-third of the cost of the noncredit workforce training program, not to exceed $3,000, per eligible student upon such eligible student's completion of the program.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-627.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain institutions of higher education; noncredit workforce training program; student grants; reimbursement.23101172D
Patron: Batten
Certain student assessment results; availability. Requires each school board to provide teachers, parents, principals, and other school leaders with their students' results on any Standards of Learning assessment or Virginia Alternate Assessment Program assessment as soon as practicable after the assessment is administered.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain student assessment results; availability.23101177D
Patron: Ransone
Department of Education; written guidance for comprehensive school counseling program. Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement by the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year written guidance for a comprehensive school counseling program for the purpose of providing counseling services and supports in the school setting that address the academic achievement, college and career readiness, and mental health and social and emotional needs of all students.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-209.001, relating to Department of Education; written guidance for comprehensive school counseling program.23104272D
Patron: Kilgore
Pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions. Allows pharmacists to initiate treatment with, dispense, or administer controlled substances or devices for the initiation of treatment of group A streptococcus bacteria infection, influenza virus infection, COVID-19 virus infection, and urinary tract infection to persons 18 years of age or older with whom the pharmacist has a bona fide pharmacist-patient relationship in accordance with regulations set forth by the Board of Pharmacy. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt a statewide protocol for the initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs and devices by pharmacists in accordance with the provisions of the bill by November 1, 2023. The bill provides that such protocol shall be developed by a work group consisting of representatives from the Board of Pharmacy, the Board of Medicine, and the Department of Health and directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3303.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions.23104138D
Patron: Sewell
Provisional teacher licensure; permissive extension; satisfactory performance evaluations during years of actual employment. Requires the Board of Education to extend for at least one additional year, but for no more than two additional years, the three-year provisional license of a teacher upon receiving from the division superintendent (i) a recommendation for such extension and (ii) satisfactory performance evaluations for such teacher for each year during the original three-year provisional license that such teacher was actually employed. Current law requires satisfactory performance evaluations for such teacher for each year of the original three-year provisional license in order to be eligible for such an extension.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-299 of the Code of Virginia, relating to provisional teacher licensure; permissive extension; satisfactory performance evaluations during years of actual employment.23104453D
Patron: Freitas
Public school pupils and parents; access to certain postsecondary information. Prohibits any school board, public elementary or secondary school, including any joint or regional school, or employee or agent of such school board or school, including any division superintendent or school principal, from withholding from any pupil or the pupil's parent any information that is transmitted to such school board, school, employee, or agent and that (i) relates to any recognition, award, or postsecondary scholarship eligibility earned by the student, including any such recognition, award, or eligibility earned as the result of the student's achievement on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) examination, or (ii) may affect the student's admission to an institution of higher education. The bill requires all such information to be transmitted to the pupil and the pupil's parent as soon as practicable after receipt of the information.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-287 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public school pupils and parents; access to certain postsecondary information.23104593D
Patron: Avoli
Emergency care; exemption from liability; athletic trainers. Authorizes licensed athletic trainers under contract with a local school division to administer albuterol inhalers and valved holding chambers or nebulized albuterol to students and exempts athletic trainers from liability for such administration. The bill permits prescribers to authorize licensed athletic trainers to possess and administer IV saline for use in emergency situations and subcutaneous lidocaine for wound closure.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-225, 22.1-274.2, and 54.1-3408 of the Code of Virginia, relating to emergency care; exemption from liability; athletic trainers.23104603D
Patron: Batten
Public elementary and secondary school teachers; frequency of certain training activities; length of temporary teacher employment. Prohibits any public elementary or secondary school teacher from being required to participate more frequently than once every five years in certain training relating to blood-borne pathogens, treating students with seizures and seizure disorders, the appropriate management of student conduct and student offenses in violation of school board policies, and secure mandatory test violations. The bill also permits, during the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, any school board to employ a temporarily employed teacher to fill a vacancy for a period of time not to exceed 180 days during one school year, with certain conditions and limitations.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-298.8, relating to public elementary and secondary school teachers; temporary employment; frequency of certain training activities; report.23105363D
Patron: Cherry
Department of Education; Standards of Learning assessment revision work group; timeline for Request for Proposal for provider of revised assessments. Prohibits the Department of Education from releasing a Request for Proposal for a provider of revised Virginia Standards of Learning summative assessments of proficiency until after the work group convened for the purpose of developing a plan for the implementation of such revised assessments has submitted its initial iteration of such plan. The bill permits the Department of Education to extend the current state assessment contract until December 31, 2025, to ensure continuity in the administration of the state assessment program.
A BILL to amend and reenact Chapter 760 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022, relating to Department of Education; Standards of Learning assessment revision work group; timeline for Request for Proposal for provider of revised assessments.23104532D