Education and Health

VA - Higher Education (Senate)

VA - Health Professions (Senate)

VA - Health (Senate)

VA - Public Education (Senate)

VA - Certificate of Public Need (Senate)

VA - Senator Stephen D. Newman (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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VA - Senator Janet D. Howell (D)

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Member

VA - Senator Mamie E. Locke (D)

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VA - Senator George L. Barker (D)

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VA - Senator Richard H. Black (R)

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

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Member

VA - Senator J. Chapman Petersen (D)

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Member

VA - Senator John A. Cosgrove, Jr. (R)

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Member

VA - Senator Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. (D)

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VA - Senator Siobhan S. Dunnavant (R)

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VA - Senator Amanda F. Chase (R)

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VA - Senator David R. Suetterlein (R)

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VA - Senator Mark J. Peake (R)

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VA - HB2 Teacher licensure; reciprocity, spouses of Armed Forces members.

VA - HB45 Family life education curricula; personal privacy and personal boundaries.

VA - HB842 Controlled paraphernalia; possession or distribution, hypodermic needles and syringes, naloxone.

VA - SB126 Driver education programs; parent/student driver education component.

VA - SB134 Hospital licenses, certain; effective date.

VA - SB133 Abortion; informed written consent.

VA - HB1085 Public schools; open enrollment for students residing on a military installation, etc.

VA - HB175 Hospital licenses, certain; effective date.

VA - HB372 School calendar; opening day of the school year.

VA - HB1020 School calendar; opening day of school year.

VA - HB1320 Division-level performance assessments; DOE to develop and distribute resource guide.

VA - SB989 Virginia Antitrust Act; exemption for hospitals.

VA - SB170 Public schools; student discipline.

VA - SB158 Medical assistance; eligibility for state plan.

VA - SB169 Public schools; robotics team competition program.

VA - SB160 Language development for children who are deaf or hard of hearing; assessment resources.

VA - SB190 Substitute teachers; duration of teaching period.

VA - HB793 Nurse practitioners; practice agreements.

VA - SB25 Drug Control Act; dispensing drugs without a prescription.

VA - SB27 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Scholarship Pilot Program; VCCS shall establish, report.

VA - HB520 Nonresident warehousers and nonresident third-party logistics providers; Board of Pharmacy.

VA - HB155 Opioids; location of clinic for treatment of addiction in Henrico Cty., City of Newport News, etc.

VA - SB223 Prescription drugs; price gouging prohibited.

VA - SB222 Patients; medically or ethically inappropriate care not required.

VA - SB205 Children's Services Act; special education programs, expands eligibility for services.

VA - SB201 Hospitals; regulations governing, facilities performing abortions.

VA - HB1524 Health record retention; practitioners to maintain records for a minimum of six years.

VA - HB569 Suicide prevention activities; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to report.

VA - HB1383 Marriage and family therapy; clarifies definition, adds appraisal.

VA - HB322 Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession & administration.

VA - HB192 Rainwater and gray water; regulations.

VA - HB552 Bed-and-breakfast operations; definition of restaurant.

VA - HB313 Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber and dispenser patterns, annual review, report.

VA - HB675 Alternative onsite sewage systems; Board of Health to review regulations.

VA - HB915 Military medical personnel program; personnel may practice under supervision of physician, etc.

VA - HB1071 Health regulatory boards; electronic notice of license renewal.

VA - HB1375 Mental health professional, qualified; broadens definition.

VA - HB1173 Controlled substances; limits on prescriptions containing opioids.

VA - HB1194 Schedule I controlled substances; adds various drugs to list.

VA - HB1198 Stroke centers, certified; designation of hospitals.

VA - HB347 SCHEV; longitudinal data to be disaggregated by degree program and level.

VA - HB1088 Hospitals; security personnel training to identify mental illness.

VA - HB1174 Newborn screening; screening for Pompe disease, etc.

VA - SB227 New College Institute; powers and duties of board of directors.

VA - SB229 School bus personnel; training program on autism spectrum disorders.

VA - HB1534 Radon; VDH shall review consumer complaints regarding testing and mitigation.

VA - HB1303 Prescribing controlled substances; veterinarian-client-patient relationship.

VA - HB886 Mental health treatment; admission regulations, toxicology results.

VA - HB1054 Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted disease.

VA - HB1378 Surgical assistants; renewal of registration.

VA - SB77 Dual enrollment courses; quality standards, universal transfer course credit.

VA - SB60 Tuition Assistance Grant Program; eligible institutions.

VA - SB76 Teacher licensure; education preparation programs.

VA - SB237 Tuition, in-state; domicile, individuals currently granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

VA - SB238 Students; collection of demographic data, designation of race or ethnicity.

VA - SB245 Conversion therapy; prohibited by certain health care providers.

VA - SB236 Certificate of public need; establishing new ambulatory surgery center in Hampton Roads.

VA - SB243 Virginia Veterans Recovery Grant Program and Fund; established, report.

VA - SB235 Certificate of public need; establishment of new ambulatory surgery center in Hampton Roads.

VA - SB270 School property; unrecorded encumbrances.

VA - SB273 Public schools; instructional time for elementary school.

VA - SB258 Subpoenas; issuance by Director of Department of Health Professions or his designee.

VA - SB266 Certificate of public need; establishment of certain surgery centers, etc.

VA - SB274 Public schools; increases kindergarten instructional time.

VA - SB259 Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.

VA - SB261 Standards of Quality; staffing requirements, librarians and clerical personnel.

VA - SB257 Teachers; extension of three-year provisional licenses.

VA - SB269 Medicare patients; patient notice of observation or outpatient status.

VA - SB309 Death certificates; medical certification, electronic filing, hospice.

VA - SB354 Certificate of public need; establishing new ambulatory surgery center in Planning District 15.

VA - SB370 Prescription drugs; delivery of orders.

VA - SB343 School boards; permitted to employ certain individuals.

VA - SB315 Hearing aid specialists; exemptions for the sale of hearing aids.

VA - SB329 Opioids; location of clinics for treatment of addiction in Henrico County or City of Richmond.

VA - SB282 Medical assistance; eligibility for state plan.

VA - SB292 Abortion; funding in cases of rape or incest.

VA - SB377 Higher educational institutions; tuition increase, etc.

VA - SB295 Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees, membership.

VA - SB366 School personnel; staffing ratios, school nurses.

VA - SB304 Emergency medical services vehicles; temporary permit.

VA - SB394 Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman, Office of the; established, report.

VA - SB310 Medical Assistance Services, Department of; eligibility for services under waiver.

VA - SB373 Higher education; prohibits any percentage increase in in-state tuition for undergraduate students.

VA - SB389 Substance-exposed infants; plan for services, report.

VA - SB303 Public schools; policy to prohibit tobacco products and nicotine vapor products.

VA - SB330 THC-A oil; dispensing, tetrahydrocannabinol levels.

VA - SB302 School Divisions of Innovation; performance-based assessments.

VA - SB349 Teacher licensure; requirements for license, provisional license, etc.

VA - SB281 Medicare patients; patient notice of observation or outpatient status.

VA - SB365 Certificate of public need; establishing a new ambulatory surgery center in Hampton Roads.

VA - SB368 Education preparation programs; reading specialists, dyslexia.

VA - SB476 School principals; incident reports.

VA - HB81 Division superintendents; vacancies appointment.

VA - SB369 All-Payer Claims Database; participation by certain insurers.

VA - SB293 Controlled substances and devices, certain; Board of Pharmacy may issue limited license to dispense.

VA - SB287 Statewide Trauma Registry; spinal cord injuries.

VA - SB300 School calendar; opening day of school year.

VA - SB357 Death certificates; electronic filing required.

VA - SB327 Cognitive impairment; VDH to include certain information in its public health outreach programs.

VA - SB361 Norfolk, City of; eliminates cap on salaries of appointed members of school board.

VA - HB344 Higher educational institutions, public; constitutionally protected speech, etc.

VA - HB1251 CBD oil and THC-A oil; certification for use, dispensing.

VA - HB809 School boards, local; display of commercial advertising material on school buses.

VA - HB329 High school graduation requirements; course load.

VA - SB455 Opioid addiction; clinics for treatment.

VA - SB462 Virginia National Guard; education grants for members.

VA - SB411 Higher Education; governing boards, appointment.

VA - SB413 Schedule VI; delivery of prescription devices on behalf of medical equipment supplier.

VA - SB409 Teacher licensure; waiver of professional teacher assessments.

VA - SB438 Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; established, report.

VA - SB425 Family life education; child sexual abuse.

VA - SB435 Higher educational institutions; primary duties of members of governing boards.

VA - SB399 Drug overdose fatality review teams, local or regional; localities to establish.

VA - SB440 School boards, local; prior authorization for legal action.

VA - SB449 Newborn screening; screening for Pompe disease, etc.

VA - SB464 Opioids; licensed providers of treatment for persons with addiction.

VA - HB442 Career and technical education credentials; testing accommodations for English language learners.

VA - SB436 Schedule I drugs; classification for fentanyl derivatives.

VA - SB417 Community health worker; VDH to approve one or more entities to certify workers in the Commonwealth.

VA - SB456 School personnel survey; Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop & make available annually.

VA - SB439 Student Loan Ombudsman, Office of the; established, report.

VA - SB461 Direct service providers; disclosure of information by employers.

VA - SB437 School Divisions of Innovation; performance-based assessments.

VA - SB511 Optometry; scope of practice.

VA - SB505 Doctorate of medical science; establishes requirements for licensure and practice.

VA - SB491 Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments.

VA - HB507 Standards of Quality; instructional programs and positions, dual language teachers.

VA - HB165 Higher educational institutions, public; loans to students, collection.

VA - HB330 Public elementary and secondary school students; use of unscented topical sunscreen.

VA - HB1362 Newborn screening; tests for time-critical disorders.

VA - HB1044 School board; policies prohibiting abusive work environment, etc.

VA - HB632 Career investigation courses and programs of instruction; Board of Education to establish.

VA - HB676 Children; services for deaf or hard of hearing.

VA - HB399 School boards; work-based learning experiences for students, notification.

VA - HB335 Yorktown Victory Center; renamed the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.

VA - SB103 Teacher licensure; reciprocity, spouses of Armed Forces members.

VA - SB101 Family life education; age-appropriate elements of effective programs.

VA - SB107 Dual enrollment courses; quality standards, universal transfer course credit.

VA - HB685 Cybersecurity Student Loan Repayment Grant Program; established, report.

VA - HB919 Virginia Community College System; changes to ensure a standard quality of education.

VA - HB670 Standards of Quality; local match for basic aid, debt service on projects in school divisions.

VA - HB541 Veterans, certain; alternative treatment options.

VA - HB779 Norfolk, City of; eliminates cap on salaries of appointed members of school board.

VA - HB897 Higher educational institutions, public; six-year plans submitted by governing board, report.

VA - HB1419 Public schools; instructional time for elementary school.

VA - HB1485 Truancy; procedures relating to intervention.

VA - HB167 Diploma seals; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

VA - HB1181 Online Va. Network Authority; adds Chancellor of Va. Community College System to board of trustees.

VA - HB829 Compulsory school attendance; requires parent of school-age child to cause child to attend school.

VA - HB1604 Health instruction; instruction to incorporate standards to recognize dimensions of mental health.

VA - HB1370 Home instruction of children; requirements, education options.

VA - HB438 School boards, local, etc.; prohibits assisting person for new job if engaged in misconduct w/minor.

VA - HB454 Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, open educational resources.

VA - HB813 Direct service providers; disclosure of information by employers.

VA - HB1138 Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman, Office of the; established, report.

VA - HB1530 High schools; Board of Education to make recommendations.

VA - SB541 Involuntary manslaughter; death of a fetus, penalty.

VA - SB548 Teachers; extension of three-year provisional licenses.

VA - SB551 Teachers; prerequisites for licensure or renewal of license.

VA - SB557 School bus operators; classroom and behind-the-wheel training.

VA - SB537 Computation of composite index; land-use assessment value.

VA - SB516 Public schools; Board of Education to establish regional charter school divisions.

VA - SB549 Teacher licensure by reciprocity; grace period.

VA - SB544 Prescription drugs; donation of used medicines.

VA - SB568 Higher educational institutions, public; federal student loan information.

VA - SB558 Teachers; provisional licensure, grace period.

VA - SB631 Virginia Community College System; changes to ensure a standard quality of education.

VA - SB637 Virginia Longitudinal Data System; workforce data.

VA - SB632 Controlled substances; limits on prescriptions containing opioids.

VA - SB572 Medical assistance services; State Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in state plan.

VA - SB634 All-Payer Claims Database; participation by certain insurance.

VA - SB635 Prescribers; notice of administration of naloxone.

VA - SB605 School boards, local, etc.; prohibits assisting person for new job if engaged in misconduct w/minor.

VA - SB577 Higher education; increase of in-state tuition.

VA - HB338 Medicaid; Training, Education, Employment, and Opportunity Program for able-bodied adult recipients.

VA - SB638 Virginia Community College System; renamed Virginia College System.

VA - SB664 Graduation requirements; clock hours.

VA - SB673 Emergency custody; extension of period of detention.

VA - SB658 Literary Fund; application for loans by regional and joint schools.

VA - SB656 Virginia College Savings Plan; members of governing board to disclose personal interests, etc.

VA - SB670 Mental health awareness; training for firefighters and emergency medical services personnel.

VA - HB1157 Substance-exposed infants; plan for services, report.

VA - HB1000 School boards; permitted to employ certain individuals.

VA - HB803 High school equivalency programs; extends eligibility.

VA - HB1125 Teacher licensure; requirements for license, provisional license, etc.

VA - HB226 Patients; medically or ethically inappropriate care not required.

VA - SB663 Air medical transportation; informed decision.

VA - HB1532 Health education program; program to include safe use of prescription drugs.

VA - HB1504 Virtual Virginia; enrollment in online learning program.

VA - HB1440 Schedule I and Schedule II drugs; adds various drugs to lists.

VA - HB810 School bus operators; classroom and behind-the-wheel training.

VA - HB50 School meal policies; each local school board required to adopt policies.

VA - HB544 High School to Work Partnerships; establishment, exemptions.

VA - HB1474 Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, educational programs.

VA - HB1114 Professional and occupational regulation; authority to suspend or revoke licenses, certificates.

VA - SB726 CBD oil and THC-A oil; certification for use, dispensing.

VA - SB728 Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber and dispenser patterns, annual review, report.

VA - SB703 Out-of-state emergency medical services providers; authorized to provide service in Commonwealth.

VA - SB749 Higher education; prohibits percentage increase in in-state tuition.

VA - SB724 Online Va. Network Authority; adds Chancellor of Va. Community College System to board of trustees.

VA - SB723 Teacher licensure; trade and industrial waiver and career and technical license.

VA - HB887 Onsite sewage systems; adjustment or replacement of sewer lines, etc., is considered maintenance.

VA - SB775 Public schools; military children, tuition.

VA - SB721 Health care services; practitioners to provide to patient payment estimates.

VA - SB757 Certificate of public need; psychiatric beds and services.

VA - SB760 Online Va. Network Authority; adds Chancellor of Va. Community College System to board of trustees.

VA - SB709 Abortions; performance of ultrasound, informed written consent.

VA - SB762 BHDS, State Board of; definition of "licensed mental health professional."

VA - SB735 Prescription Monitoring Program; DHP to disclose information.

VA - SB747 Higher educational institutions, public; guaranteed admissions agreements.

VA - SB713 Standards of Quality; mathematics intervention services.

VA - SB806 Certificate of public need; medical equipment for MRI services in Northern, Virginia.

VA - SB786 Public schools; fee for enrollment of certain students.

VA - SB795 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; certification for use, dispensing.

VA - SB785 Electronic textbooks; prohibits local school boards from requiring use in any course in grades 6-12.

VA - SB789 Family life education; sexually explicit communications and images.

VA - SB787 Governor's Schools; enrollment.

VA - SB804 Controlled substances; reporting overdoses.

VA - SB305 Cognitive impairment; VDH to include certain information in its public health outreach programs.

VA - SB812 Mental health professional, qualified; broadens definition.

VA - SB810 Tuition, in-state; eligibility, certain individuals who have applied for permanent residency.

VA - SB829 Military medical personnel program; personnel may practice under supervision of physician, etc.

VA - SB824 Higher educational institutions, public; tuition and fee increases, notice to students and public.

VA - HB501 Home hospice programs; disposal of drugs.

VA - HB778 Air medical transportation; informed decision.

VA - SB347 Statewide cancer registry; collection of data on exposure to fire incidents and cancer incidence.

VA - HB885 Conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems; authority of the Board of Health.

VA - SB362 Qualified education loan servicers; person must obtain license from State Corporation Commission.

VA - SB226 Prescription Monitoring Program; veterinarians.

VA - HB875 Veterinarians; compounding of drugs.

VA - HB878 Schedule VI; delivery of prescription devices on behalf of medical equipment supplier.

VA - SB143 Mortuary science education; practical experience required.

VA - SB225 Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Council; DBHDS shall establish a pilot program.

VA - HB879 Hospitals and nursing homes; frequency of inspections.

VA - HB1600 Student discipline; long-term suspension.

VA - HB1473 Higher educational institutions, public; tuition and fee increases, notice and public comment.

VA - HB1156 Teacher licensure; endorsement in dual language instruction pre-kindergarten through grade six.

VA - HB84 American Sign Language, instruction in; academic credit, foreign language requirements.

VA - HB231 County manager plan of government; popular election of school board.

VA - HB80 Teacher licensure by reciprocity; third-party verification of application documents.

VA - HB215 Teacher licensure; regulations governing licensure.

VA - HB1265 Education preparation programs; reading specialists, dyslexia.

VA - HB3 Dual enrollment courses; quality, consistency, etc., of courses.

VA - HB589 Higher educational institutions, public and private; diplomas, proof of education.

VA - HB1430 Higher educational institution, public; crisis and emergency management plan, annual exercise.

VA - SB835 Central Virginia Training Center; closure prohibited.

VA - SB832 Prescription Monitoring Program; adds controlled substances included in Schedule V naloxone.

VA - SB836 Higher educational institutions, public; tuition and room and board.

VA - SB842 Certificate of public need; medical equipment for MRI & CT scanning services in City of Winchester.

VA - SB841 Truancy; procedures relating to intervention.

VA - SB843 Family life education; medically accurate information on human reproduction.

VA - SB840 School meal policies; each local school board required to adopt policies.

VA - SB781 Global reform waiver; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to apply.

VA - SB848 Certificate of public need; definition of "medical care facility."

VA - HB614 Social work; practice.

VA - HB1 Scholastic records; prohibited access to directory information.

VA - HB443 High school graduation requirements; substitution of computer coding for foreign language credit.

VA - HB1606 Certificate of public need; psychiatric beds and services.

VA - SB660 Youth Employment Solutions apprenticeship program; feasibility of implementation.

VA - SB975 Students with disabilities; feasibility of educational placement transition of certain students.

VA - HB1377 Epinephrine; possession and administration at outdoor educational programs.

VA - HB1556 Prescription Monitoring Program; adds controlled substances included in Schedule V and naloxone.

VA - HB1158 Death certificates; medical certification, electronic filing, hospice.

VA - HB854 Polysomnographic technology; students or trainees, licensure.

VA - HB1197 Stroke care; Department of Health shall be responsible for quality improvement initiatives.

VA - HB1003 Health care data reporting; penalty for failure to report.

VA - SB918 Professional and occupational regulation; authority to suspend or revoke licenses, certificates.

VA - SB849 Tuition Assistance Grant Program; eligible institutions members of Nation Guard.

VA - SB868 Stroke centers, certified; designation of hospitals.

VA - SB882 Prescription refill; protocol.

VA - SB863 Teachers; alternate route to licensure for elementary education preK-6, etc.

VA - SB870 Educational institutions, certain; designation of governing boards.

VA - SB865 Standards of Quality; reading diagnostic tests.

VA - SB866 Hospital licenses, certain; effective date.

VA - SB862 Pharmacy drug disposal program; each pharmacy required to participate in a program.

VA - SB880 Composite index; local ability to pay for certain counties.

VA - SB867 Stroke care; Department of Health shall be responsible for quality improvement initiatives.

VA - HB611 Certificate of public need; issuance for new neonatal care services in Planning District 5.

VA - SB914 School calendar; opening day of the school year.

VA - SB893 Medical assistance; determination of income, personal needs.

VA - SB915 Medical assistance; increase access to certain services.

VA - SB891 Assisted living facility administrator; exempt from licensure if licensed practical nurse.

VA - SB910 Abortion; a pregnant person has a fundamental right to obtain.

VA - SB936 Standards of Achievement Career and Technical Education Committee; established.

VA - SB932 Old Dominion University; board of visitors.

VA - SB923 Certificate of public need; establishing new ambulatory surgery center in Hampton Roads.

VA - SB931 Higher educational institution, public; crisis and emergency management plan, annual exercise.

VA - SB928 School boards; employment of certain individuals, certain contracts.

VA - SB961 Public schools; homeless children.

VA - SB943 Medical assistance services; renewal information.

VA - SB953 Health instruction; instruction to incorporate standards to recognize dimensions of mental health.

VA - SB956 Virginia Health Care Access Program; established.

VA - SB960 High School to Work Partnerships; establishment, exemptions.

VA - SB881 Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Board of; increases membership.

VA - SB959 Disposition of unclaimed dead body; final orders of transportation and disposition.

VA - SB831 Funeral services; acceptance of third-party-provided caskets.

VA - SB977 Training center; clarifies definition.

VA - SB973 Track and Trace Program; established.

VA - SB969 SOL; verified credit.