Education and Health

VA - Higher Education (Senate)

VA - Health Professions (Senate)

VA - Health Care (Senate)

VA - Public Education (Senate)

VA - Senator Stephen H. Martin (R)

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Chairman

VA - Senator Richard L. Saslaw (D)

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Member

VA - Senator L. Louise Lucas (D)

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Member

VA - Senator Janet D. Howell (D)

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Member

VA - Senator Stephen D. Newman (R)

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Member

VA - Senator Harry B. Blevins (R)

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Member

VA - Senator Mamie E. Locke (D)

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Member

VA - Senator George L. Barker (D)

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Member

VA - Senator Ralph S. Northam (D)

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Member

VA - Senator John C. Miller (D)

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Member

VA - Senator Ralph K. Smith (R)

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Member

VA - Senator Jeffrey L. McWaters (R)

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Member

VA - Senator Richard H. Black (R)

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Member

VA - Senator Charles W. Carrico, Sr. (R)

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Member

VA - Senator Thomas A. Garrett (R)

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Member

VA - HB1778 Mammography; provider must notify patient about dense breast tissue.

VA - HB1444 Medications; administration by certain employees or contract service providers.

VA - HB1791 Practitioners; suspension or revocation of license, etc., by health regulatory board.

VA - HB1666 Professional counselors; licensure.

VA - HB1672 Naloxone; administration by unlicensed individual in cases of opiate overdose.

VA - HB1796 Death certificate; timely return to funeral director.

VA - HB1704 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information to certain agents.

VA - HB1876 Sterilization operations; for persons 18 years of age or older and capable of informed consent.

VA - HB1844 Protection and Advocacy, Virginia Office for; privatization.

VA - HB1889 Public schools; teacher performance indicators, etc., in personnel file shall be confidential.

VA - HB1926 School boards, local; selection, abolishes selection commissions in school divisions, etc.

VA - HB1726 Non-gravel effluent drain systems for onsite sewage systems; regulations.

VA - HB1856 Emergency medical services; Board of Health to develop policies related to statewide providers.

VA - HB1750 Students residing on military or naval reservation; participation in interscholastic programs, etc.

VA - HB1933 Lyme disease; written information to patient when ordering laboratory test for presence of disease.

VA - HB1940 Community Colleges, State Board for, et al; faculty representatives & student representatives.

VA - HB1864 School principals; incident reports.

VA - HB1952 Higher educational institutions; board of visitors governance, report.

VA - HB1975 Certificate of public need; continuing care retirement communities, admissions to nursing home beds.

VA - HB1759 Percutaneous gastrostomy tube; administration of medications.

VA - HB1866 Public schools; mandatory expulsion of students.

VA - HB1871 Bullying; defines term, school boards shall include policies & procedure in code of student conduct.

VA - HB1999 Individual school performance; Board of Education shall approve student growth indicators, report.

VA - HB2083 Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative and Fund; established.

VA - HB2084 Teach for America; creates two-year provisional license for participants.

VA - HB2176 Northampton County School Board; terms of members.

VA - HB2088 Postsecondary schools; student records and closures.

VA - HB2096 Opportunity Educational Institution; established, report.

VA - HB2098 School boards; releases from state regulation.

VA - HB2101 High School to Work Partnerships; Board of Education shall develop guidelines for establishment.

VA - HB2019 Public schools; policies and regulations approved by local school board.

VA - HB2027 Tuition, in-state; active duty member, etc. mobilized or on temporary active orders.

VA - HB2177 Counseling, Board of; qualification of members, etc.

VA - HB2028 Public schools; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.

VA - HB2120 Physician, licensed, etc.; may perform procedure for physical evidence recovery kit examination.

VA - HB2122 Incapacitated persons; photographs, x-rays, etc., may be taken as part of medical evaluation, etc.

VA - HB2181 Medical equipment suppliers; delivery of sterile water and saline.

VA - HB2127 Virginia College Savings Plan, Board of; elected positions, technical amendments.

VA - HB2130 Nursing homes; implementation of voluntary electronic monitoring in residents' rooms.

VA - HB2031 Audiology and speech-language pathology; provisional license.

VA - HB2136 Methasterone and prostanozol; added to list of Schedule III controlled substances.

VA - HB2189 Home care organizations; proof of initial reserve operating funds.

VA - HB2144 Standards of Quality; waivers from third grade Standards of Learning assessments in certain schools.

VA - HB2057 Higher educational institutions; memoranda of understanding, etc.

VA - HB2193 Child abuse investigations; employees of school divisions.

VA - HB2066 Standards of Quality; assignment of certain staff by local school divisions.

VA - HB2151 Public schools; evaluation policies and grievance procedures.

VA - HB2231 Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Fund; amount of financial assistance.

VA - HB2161 Nurses; authority to possess and administer oxygen to treat emergency medical conditions.

VA - HB2068 Public schools; reading intervention services for students in kindergarten through grade 3, etc.

VA - HB2076 Charter schools, public; applications.

VA - HB2292 Certificate of public need; clarifies when Commissioner of Health shall accept certain applications.

VA - HB2262 Nonprofit organizations; exemptions from regulations applicable to restaurants, etc.

VA - HB2311 Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; expands purpose, increases membership, etc.

VA - HB2312 Pharmacies; clarifies definition of compounding, etc.

VA - SB709 Concession stands at youth athletic activities; exempt from regulations applicable to restaurants.

VA - HB2315 Volunteer Rescue Squads, Va Association of; to submit an annual financial report on use of funds.

VA - HB2322 Community Colleges, State Board for; Board shall develop mental health referral policies, etc.

VA - HB2328 Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Department of; list of licensed providers on website.

VA - HB2343 Public school security equipment; issuance of bonds for purpose of grant payments.

VA - HB2344 School safety; threat assessment teams, model critical incident response training program, etc.

VA - SB807 Drugs; administration by a person to a child in private school.

VA - HB2345 School Safety, Va. Center for; development of model critical incident response training program.

VA - SB750 Nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, etc.; notice of liability insurance coverage, etc.

VA - HB2346 Lock-down drills; every public school is required to have at least two practices per year, etc.

VA - SB812 Public school interscholastic programs; participation of students receiving home instruction.

VA - SB814 Nursing education programs; minimum examination passage rates.

VA - SB893 Public schools; possession & administration of epinephrine by employees of local governing bodies.

VA - SB773 Emergency medical services personnel; administration of medications.

VA - SB898 Practitioners; Board of Medicine to revoke license of certain (Twomey bill).

VA - SB899 School buses; local school boards may display certain decals on rear or sides of buses.

VA - SB826 Abortion; funding by Board of Health for certain women.

VA - SB900 Commercial advertising; permits school board to sell space on school buses and real property.

VA - SB782 Standards of Accreditation; adds high school graduation rates, etc.

VA - SB901 Vital records; marital status.

VA - SB846 Community colleges; certain colleges to develop policies to increase dual enrollment.

VA - SB783 Birth control; definition.

VA - SB856 Boards of visitors; requirements for members of four-year public higher educational institutions.

VA - SB916 Exhumations; requires that party petitioning court to provide sworn statement with certain facts.

VA - SB790 Emergency medical services providers; Board of Health shall prescribe regulation, procedures, etc.

VA - SB931 Dead bodies; notification for disposition to next of kin to claim body within 30 days of notice.

VA - SB933 Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act; created, report.

VA - SB857 Higher ed. institutions; expands eligibility for in-state tuition to certain dependents of military.

VA - SB858 Surgical assistants and surgical technologists; licensure and certification by Board of Medicine.

VA - SB792 Nonpublic school students; participation in interscholastic programs.

VA - SB869 Nursing homes; notice of liability insurance coverage.

VA - SB934 Charter schools, public; allowed to designate whether employees will participate in VRS.

VA - SB935 Public schools; change to teacher contracts and evaluation policies.

VA - SB986 Public schools; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.

VA - SB936 Teaching positions; notice to principals, assistant principals, or supervisors of reassignment.

VA - SB940 School resource officers; school board to coordinate with local law-enforcement agency to provide.

VA - SB942 Certificate of public need; amendments to existing certificates related to medical care.

VA - SB949 Medical assistance fraud investigations; service of subpoenas.

VA - SB876 Pharmacies; declaration of rights during audit.

VA - SB877 Practitioners, licensed; continuing education required for those prescribing controlled substances.

VA - SB878 Prescription Monitoring Program; required checks prior to dispensing certain controlled substances.

VA - SB950 Practitioners of medicine, etc.; updates terminology in sections governing licensure, etc.

VA - SB993 Public schools; physical activity requirement.

VA - SB951 Bullying; defines term and requires school boards to prohibit acts by students and school employees.

VA - SB998 Virginia Public School Improvement Program; established.

VA - SB955 Public schools; teacher licensure.

VA - SB960 Public schools; residency of children in kinship care.

VA - SB1069 Virginia Longitudinal Data System and Advisory Council; established, report.

VA - SB971 Lyme disease; physicians to disclose information to patients, licensees immune from civil liability.

VA - SB999 Teachers; employment of temporary replacements in schools.

VA - SB972 Training centers; imposes moratorium on closure, requirements of settlement agreement.

VA - SB1074 Student organizations; religious or political organizations may determine core functions, etc.

VA - SB1006 Physician, licensed, etc.; may perform procedure for physical evidence recovery kit examination.

VA - SB1078 Community Colleges, State Board for; Board shall develop mental health referral policies, etc.

VA - SB974 Nursing homes; implementation of voluntary electronic monitoring in residents' rooms.

VA - SB1011 Clinical social workers; educational requirements for licensure.

VA - SB1151 Virginia Student Achievement Fund; established.

VA - SB1079 Military personnel, active duty; DMAS to designate certain waiver slots for dependents.

VA - SB1153 Public schools; changes in instructional time for kindergarten.

VA - SB1039 Vital records; DMV authorized to access records and issue certified copies, fees, penalty.

VA - SB1156 Teacher compensation; State goal that public school teacher compensation be nationally competitive.

VA - SB1157 Commonwealth Teaching Fellows Program; established.

VA - SB1158 Standards of Learning; regulations authorizing school divisions to determine date for administering.

VA - SB1162 Standards of Learning; Board of Education to promulgate regulations.

VA - SB1080 Ultrasound imaging; no law or regulation of State shall require for nonmedical reasons.

VA - SB1082 Abortion; removes requirement that a woman undergo transabdominal ultrasound prior to procedure.

VA - SB1085 Higher Education, Virginia Commission on; Board appointments.

VA - SB1221 Virginia College Savings Plan, Board of; elected positions, technical amendments.

VA - SB1086 University of Virginia Board of Visitors; quorum.

VA - SB1087 University of Virginia; changes composition of Board of Visitors.

VA - SB1088 Medicaid; coordinated long-term care.

VA - SB1090 Tuition, in-state; undocumented persons to meet certain criteria, approval for.

VA - SB1167 Student growth indicators; Board of Education shall develop by October 1, 2014, report.

VA - SB1171 Public schools; reading intervention services for students in kindergarten through grade 3, etc.

VA - SB1172 Standards of Quality; assignment of certain staff by local school divisions.

VA - SB1175 Teach for America; creates two-year provisional license for participants.

VA - SB1185 Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative and Fund; established.

VA - SB1186 Medical assistance services; duties of Attorney General.

VA - SB1096 Public schools; adjustment of calculation of local composite index for funding.

VA - SB1233 Tuition, in-state; eligibility of student, approval for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

VA - SB1097 Deaf or hard-of-hearing children; special education.

VA - SB1188 Career Pathways System Advisory Council; established, report.

VA - SB1189 School boards; releases from state regulation.

VA - SB1098 Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.

VA - SB1240 School resource officers; local law-enforcement agencies to provide.

VA - SB1099 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting opening of school year, etc.

VA - SB1191 Students residing on military or naval reservation; participation in interscholastic programs, etc.

VA - SB1196 School choice; Board of Education to include information regarding parent and student choice.

VA - SB1242 Tuition, in-state; veterans residing within State shall be eligible for in-state charges.

VA - SB1201 School divisions; regulations concerning Board of Education's process for submitting proposals, etc.

VA - SB1207 Individual school performance; Board of Education shall approve student growth indicators, report.

VA - SB1115 Hospitals; classification of certain facilities in which abortions are performed.

VA - SB1116 Hospitals; design & construction standards for certain facilities in which abortions are performed.

VA - SB1248 High School to Work Partnerships; Board of Education shall develop guidelines for establishment.

VA - SB1250 Prescription Monitoring Program; Board of Pharmacy to identify "drugs of concern".

VA - SB1131 Charter schools, public; applications.

VA - SB1322 Dead bodies; Commonwealth shall pay cost of disposition.

VA - SB1324 Opportunity Educational Institution; established, report.

VA - SB1252 Student-athletes; policies and procedures regarding identification, etc., of suspected concussions.

VA - SB1326 Public schools; Board of Education to develop and distribute policies on concussion prevention.

VA - SB1329 Medicaid; expands class of recipients in State.

VA - SB1254 Pharmacies; access to the Prescription Monitoring Program.

VA - SB1330 Eastern Virginia Medical School; reduces minimum number of required meetings of Board of Visitors.

VA - SB1275 Medical data in an electronic or digital format; limitations on use, storage, sharing, & processing.

VA - SB1332 Abortion; optional ultrasound.

VA - SB1342 Higher education; mental health treatment coordination for certain students.

VA - SB1344 Higher Education, State Council for; accrediting agencies.

VA - SB1345 Teacher licensure; renewal requirements by Board of Education.

VA - HB1735 School boards, local; salary increases for members.

VA - HB1858 Public secondary school students; model waiver form for entity providing occupational experience.

VA - SB1285 Interchangeable biosimilar biological products; permits pharmacists to dispense, etc.

VA - SB973 Medical assistance services; provider information database.

VA - SB1354 Virtual school programs; regulations requirement by Board of Education.

VA - SB1364 Standards of Learning; Two-year waivers from third grade assessments to certain schools, report.

VA - SB1288 Criminal history record information; emergency medical services providers.

VA - SB1374 Schools; interventions for those denied accreditation and failing to demonstrate progress.

VA - SB1223 Public schools; evaluation policies and grievance procedures.

VA - SB1290 Higher educational institutions; full or partial tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty.

VA - SB1300 Virtual school programs; multidivision online providers, funding.