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 L. Louise Lucas (D)

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Chair

VA - Senator Richard L. Saslaw (D)

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VA - Senator Janet D. Howell (D)

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VA - Senator Stephen D. Newman (R)

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VA - Senator Mamie E. Locke (D)

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VA - Senator George L. Barker (D)

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VA - Senator J. Chapman Petersen (D)

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

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

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VA - Senator Siobhan S. Dunnavant (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 - Senator John S. Edwards (D)

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VA - Senator Ghazala F. Hashmi (D)

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VA - Senator Todd E. Pillion (R)

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VA - SB36 School principals; incident reports, written threats against school personnel, etc.

VA - SB46 Emergency and quarantine orders, certain; additional procedural requirements.

VA - SB635 Public charter schools; applications, review and approval.

VA - SB55 Death certificates; State Registrar to amend certificates after receiving corrected information.

VA - SB384 Statewide Learning Management System; established.

VA - SB53 Chesapeake, City of; local government authority to require analysis of water.

VA - SB641 Early Psychosis Intervention and Coordinated Specialty Care Program Advisory Board; established.

VA - SB650 Emergency custody and temporary detention; hospitals and providers of behavioral health services.

VA - SB616 Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy, evidence-based literacy instruction, etc.

VA - SB458 Face coverings; prohibits enforcement of policy, etc., to wear.

VA - SB490 Standards of Quality; specialized student support.

VA - SB395 Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees, membership.

VA - SB484 Children; comprehensive health care coverage program.

VA - SB466 Virginia College Equity Foundation and Fund; established.

VA - SB275 Public school libraries; printed and audiovisual materials, selection, evaluation, checkout, etc.

VA - SB261 Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; comprehensive review of labor statistics categories.

VA - SB245 Public hospitals; medical debt collection practices.

VA - SB285 High school interscholastic athletic competition; prevention of hate speech, etc.

VA - SB223 Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes, compensation and representation for name, image, etc.

VA - SB421 Libraries and education services; obsolete provisions.

VA - SB426 Medical assistance services; state plan, remote patient monitoring.

VA - SB239 STEM+C; included in Standards of Learning.

VA - SB420 Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; higher education centers.

VA - SB231 Individuals w/developmental disabilities; DMAS to amend waivers providing services, regulation, etc.

VA - SB192 Health director, local; qualifications.

VA - SB202 Alternative custody arrangements; options to increase use for certain individuals.

VA - SB178 Public school teachers; probationary term of service, grounds for dismissal, and dismissal hearings.

VA - SB170 Statewide Telehealth Plan; emergency services coordination.

VA - SB256 Virginia National Guard; Dept. of Military Affairs may utilize grant funding to recruit.

VA - SB232 Individuals w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities; DMAS to study use of virtual support, etc.

VA - SB157 Public elementary and secondary schools; competitive compensation for certain positions.

VA - SB205 Certificate of public need; expedited review process for certain projects.

VA - SB238 School division maintenance reserve tool; DOE, et al., shall develop, etc., to assist school boards

VA - SB415 School boards; employment of at least one school resource officer in elementary & secondary schools.

VA - SB161 Heat-related illness; DOE to develop guidelines on policies to inform & educate coaches & athletes.

VA - SB169 Practical nurses, licensed; authority to pronounce death for a patient in hospice, etc.

VA - SB201 Hospitals; financial assistance for uninsured patient, payment plans.

VA - SB193 Child day programs; licensure, accredited private schools.

VA - SB176 Emergency custody and temporary detention; transportation of person when transfer of custody.

VA - SB260 H-2B employer-provided housing; registry.

VA - SB159 Higher educational institutions, public; debt collection, transcripts and degrees.

VA - SB268 Emergency custody and temporary detention; transportation, transfer of custody, alternative custody.

VA - SB558 Public schools; evaluation & recommendations for certain current and proposed policies.

VA - SB163 Surrogacy contracts; provisions requiring abortions or selective reductions unenforceable.

VA - SB171 Harmful algal bloom mitigation; Department of Health to develop and implement a plan.

VA - SB156 Public schools; English language learners.

VA - SB414 Nurse practitioners; patient care team physician supervision capacity increased.

VA - SB406 Nursing homes & certified nursing facilities; minimum staffing standards, administrative sanctions.

VA - SB276 School boards; unexpended local funds for capital projects.

VA - SB243 End Stage Renal Disease Patient Navigator Network; established.

VA - SB287 School principals; incident reports.

VA - SB511 Opioid treatment program pharmacy; medication dispensing, registered/licensed practical nurses.

VA - SB336 Certificate of public need; nursing homes, charity care.

VA - SB638 Practitioners; completion of education relating to unconscious implicit bias & cultural competency.

VA - SB241 Renal Disease Council; created, report.

VA - SB340 Freestanding emergency departments; Bd. of Health to promulgate regulations related to departments.

VA - SB710 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; created, penalty.

VA - SB300 Opioids; providers of treatment for addiction, conditions for initial licensure, location.

VA - SB542 Cannabis products; written certification for the use.

VA - SB738 High school students; instruction concerning post-graduate opportunities.

VA - SB717 Higher educational institutions, public; foreign governments, programs and grants.

VA - SB265 Children who are deaf or hard of hearing; language development, assessment resources.

VA - SB293 Certificate of public need; conditions related to inpatient psychiatric services and facilities.

VA - SB317 Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice.

VA - SB125 Public schools; regional charter school divisions.

VA - SB119 Involuntary temporary detention; disclosure of health records.

VA - SB739 Public elementary and secondary schools, etc.; provision of in-person instruction.

VA - SB130 Public health emergency; hospital or nursing home, addition of beds.

VA - SB647 Public health emergency; Comm. of Health to authorize administration, etc., of necessary drugs, etc.

VA - SB72 Virginia Museum of Transportation; established, report.

VA - SB737 Early childhood care and education entities; administration of epinephrine.

VA - SB20 Transgender students; treatment, model policies.

VA - SB14 Prescription drug donation program; Bd. of Pharmacy shall convene a work group to evaluate, report.

VA - SB2 School principals; incident reports.

VA - SB73 COVID-19; prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin for treatment.

VA - SB68 Provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States.

VA - SB78 Driver education programs; parent/student driver education component.

VA - SB709 Education improvement scholarships tax credits; removes sunset provision.

VA - SB100 Licensed programs, DBHDS; cardiopulmonary resuscitation for program participants.

VA - SB621 Cannabis products; retail sales by certain pharmaceutical processors.

VA - SB760 Performance-based assessments; Department of Education to develop a task bank.

VA - SB628 Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program; created and established.

VA - SB759 Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to the Act.

VA - SB86 Outdoor motorsports facilities; regulations regarding sanitary facility requirements.

VA - SB626 Non-skilled home care organizations; triennial audit requirement.

VA - SB84 New College Institute; noncredit workforce training.

VA - SB751 Standardized Health Care Academy Program; established.

VA - SB750 Behavioral Health Hospital Authority; created, report.

VA - SB350 Health records; patient's right to disclosure.

VA - SB361 Marcus alert system; participation in the system is optional for localities, etc.

VA - SB356 Children's Services Act; special education programs.

VA - SB154 Teachers; licensure by reciprocity for military spouses, timeline for determination.

VA - SB429 DBHDS and VSP; development of mental health and public safety mobile applications.

VA - SB430 Education, Department of; assessing individual student growth.

VA - SB667 Innovative Internship Program; SCHEV, et. al, to collect and utilize certain data.

VA - SB685 Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Fund; created.

VA - SB431 COVID-19; DOE to recommend options for isolation & quarantine for students & employees at schools.

VA - SB671 Pharmaceutical processors; amends the definition of "cannabis oil."

VA - SB570 Public elementary and secondary schools; curricula and instruction.

VA - SB375 Optometrists; allowed to perform laser surgery if certified by Board of Optometry.

VA - SB676 Associate physicians; licensure and practice.

VA - SJ53 Higher education; statewide strategic plan, report.

VA - SB766 Schools; male students shall not participate in female sports, etc., civil cause of action.

VA - SB456 Practitioners, licensed; continuing education related to implicit bias and cultural competency.

VA - SB448 Hospitals; policies and procedures related to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

VA - SB611 Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; higher education centers.

VA - SB670 Practitioners, licensed; continuing education related to implicit bias and cultural competency.

VA - SB436 Statewide Telehealth Plan; Board of Health shall contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network.

VA - SB682 Temporary detention; alternative custody.

VA - SB601 COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement, discrimination prohibited.

VA - SB454 Teacher Training Corps; established, report.

VA - SB608 Public charter schools; applications, review and approval.

VA - SB376 Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established, drug cost affordability review, report.

VA - SB672 Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines.

VA - SB373 Emergency custody; magistrate may extend custody order, medical testing, observation, or treatment.

VA - SB662 School Quality Profiles; teacher data.

VA - SB613 School principals; incident reports.

VA - SB714 Comprehensive crisis system; voluntary mental health check-in option as part of the system, report.

VA - SB369 Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses, deemed licensure.

VA - SB600 School safety audits; law-enforcement officers.

VA - SB595 Nitrile Glove Manufacturing Training Program; established.

VA - SB594 Medicaid participants; treatment involving the prescription of opioids, payment.

VA - SB574 Child care; background checks for applicants for employment, etc.

VA - SB663 Telemedicine services; state plan for medical assistance services, provision for payment.

VA - SB596 School attendance; 4-H educational programs and activities.

VA - SB656 Sexually explicit content; DOE shall develop model policies, parental notification.

VA - SB481 School boards and local governing bodies; unexpended local funds use for school maintenance, etc.

VA - SB593 Emergency custody or temporary detention order; custody and transportation of persons, etc.

VA - SB772 Cannabis; definitions, dispensing products, patient registration.

VA - SB439 Higher educational institutions, nonprofit and public; hazing policies.

VA - SB471 Literary Fund; open application process for loans, maximum loan amounts, etc., rates of interest.

VA - SB479 Health services; obsolete provisions.

VA - SB617 Health, Commissioner of, and local health director; qualifications, local variances.

VA - SB711 Prescriptions; off-label use.

VA - SB768 Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; tuition and fee waivers.

VA - SB587 State Health Commissioner; powers in epidemic, religious tenets or practices.

VA - SB580 Home care organizations; Department of Health to remove triennial audit requirement.

VA - SB724 School board; broadband, annual report.

VA - SB598 College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment, contracts.

VA - SB590 Dentistry; license to teach, foreign dental program graduates.

VA - SB597 Arts, Va. Commission for the; eliminates Va. Arts Foundation and transfers its powers & fund to Com.

VA - SB603 Public elementary and secondary school buildings; standards for maintenance, operations, etc.

VA - HB84 Out-of-state audiologists; providing free health care to an underserved area in the Commonwealth.

VA - HB9 Public school teachers; probationary term of service, grounds for dismissal, and dismissal hearings.

VA - SB668 Death with Dignity Act; penalties.

VA - HB8 School security officers; scope of employment, certain veterans permitted to carry.

VA - HB230 Teachers; licensure by reciprocity for military spouses, timeline for determination.

VA - HB81 Statewide Telehealth Plan; Board of Health shall contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network.

VA - SB774 School buses; commercial use.

VA - HB582 Higher educational institutions, public; notice to students, SNAP benefits.

VA - HB745 Respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure.

VA - HB145 Physician assistants; practice.

VA - HB4 School principals; incident reports, written threats against school personnel, etc.

VA - HB526 Victims of human trafficking; eligibility for in-state tuition.

VA - HB236 Teachers' licenses, certain; Board of Education permitted to temporarily extend.

VA - HB246 School attendance; 4-H educational programs and activities.

VA - HB659 Investigation of death; studying cases when person dies while receiving services from licensed prog.

VA - HB990 Individuals w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities; DMAS to study use of virtual support, etc.

VA - HB539 Higher educational institutions, public; disclosure of certain criminal convictions to applicants.

VA - HB285 Clinical nurse specialist; practice agreements.

VA - HB234 Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, etc.; SHHR to study current oversight/regulation.

VA - HB286 Nurse practitioners; authorized to declare death and determine cause of death.

VA - HB879 Education, Board of; qualifications of members, Governor shall consider appointing two members.

VA - HB264 Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses, deemed licensure.

VA - HB1345 Virginia Transplant Council; increases membership.

VA - HB939 Public health emergency; Comm. of Health to authorize administration, etc., of necessary drugs, etc.

VA - HB210 Virginia National Guard; Dept. of Military Affairs may utilize grant funding to recruit.

VA - HB235 Hospitals; protocols for patients receiving rehabilitation services.

VA - HB1245 Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement, repeals sunset provision.

VA - HB1001 Death certificates; State Registrar to amend certificates after receiving corrected information.

VA - HB1022 Public elementary and secondary school students, certain; excused absences.

VA - HB242 Professional counselors, licensed; added to list of providers who can disclose or recommend records.

VA - HB294 Education improvement scholarship tax credit; eligible students in need of safer school environment.

VA - HB128 Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program; created and established.

VA - HB419 Higher educational institutions; education preparation programs, coursework, audit.

VA - HB598 Registered surgical technologist; criteria for registration.

VA - HB127 Governor's Schools, academic year; certain practices prohibited and required.

VA - HB583 Public elementary and secondary school students; ability to pay for meals and school meal debt.

VA - HB604 Nursing, Board of; power and duty to prescribe minimum standards, etc., for educational programs.

VA - HB192 Opioids; amends sunset provisions relating to prescriber requesting information about a patient.

VA - HB213 Optometrists; allowed to perform laser surgery if certified by Board of Optometry.

VA - HB555 Health care providers; transfer of patient records in conjunction with closure, etc.

VA - HB93 Home care organizations; changes the license renewal requirement.

VA - HB229 Social determinants of health; VDH shall collect & analyze information including demographic data.

VA - HB741 Annual public elementary and secondary school safety audits; creation or review of school building.

VA - HB418 Elementary and secondary education, public; at-risk add-on funds.

VA - HB680 Medical assistance services; state plan, case management service, individuals w/severe brain injury.

VA - HB979 Provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States.

VA - HB1305 Patrick County; reestablishment of a general hospital.

VA - HB271 School bds. & comprehensive community colleges, local; compensation structure for adjunct professor.

VA - HB587 School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program; processing of applications.

VA - HB1352 Private elementary and secondary schools; retaliation for good faith reports of child abuse.

VA - HB1034 School boards; guidelines for the provision of counseling services in public schools.

VA - HB406 Higher education; students and student organizations, remedies for certain violations.

VA - HB537 Telemedicine; out-of-state providers, behavioral health services provided by practitioner.

VA - HB800 Medical assistance services; eligibility, individuals confined in state correctional facilities.

VA - HB679 Opioids; providers of treatment for addiction, conditions for initial licensure, location.

VA - HJ145 Higher education; statewide strategic plan, report.

VA - HB511 Students who receive home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs.

VA - HB89 Disorderly conduct in public places; provisions shall not apply to student in grades kindergarten-8.

VA - HB18 School boards; appointed members, salaries.

VA - HB1215 Public middle schools; physical education to include personal safety training.

VA - HB1188 Student Advisory Board; established.

VA - HB241 Medical assistance; reimbursement for wheelchair bases, etc., for individuals in nursing facilities.

VA - HB1093 Public elementary and secondary education; cultural competency training.

VA - HB197 Through-year growth assessment system; BOE to seek & incorporate input & suggestions into system.

VA - HB857 Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education, issuance of tuition grants.

VA - HB829 School counselors; staffing ratios, flexibility.

VA - HB1043 Youth sports leagues; background checks and training requirements for coaches and staff.

VA - HB684 Involuntary temporary detention; disclosure of health records.

VA - HB1023 Family life education curricula, certain; optional instruction on human trafficking of children.

VA - HB938 Public schools; evaluation & recommendations for certain current and proposed policies, revisions.

VA - HB212 Abortion; right to informed consent.

VA - HB1129 School safety audits; law-enforcement officers.

VA - HB1004 Two-Year College Transfer Grant, etc.; eligibility, removes registry for Selective Service.

VA - HB994 Child Care Subsidy Program; permitting Armed Forces active members to apply for Program.

VA - HB319 Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy, evidence-based literacy instruction, etc.

VA - HB1299 High school students; instruction concerning post-graduate opportunities.

VA - HB1026 Internet Safety Advisory Council; established, sunset date, report.

VA - HB1333 Higher educational institutions, public; tuition, children of active duty service members, etc.

VA - HB1226 Higher educational institutions, baccalaureate public; SCHEV shall conduct a productivity analysis.

VA - HB1009 Sexually explicit content; DOE shall develop model policies, parental notification.

VA - HB217 STEM and Computing (STEM+C); required to review federal occupational categories.

VA - HB340 High school graduation; multiple pathways to advanced studies diploma, associated diploma seals.

VA - HB1107 Hospitals; VDH shall develop recommendations for protocols on obstetrical services, report.

VA - HB1328 Early childhood care and education entities; administration of epinephrine.

VA - HB919 Maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in water supplies and waterworks; Board of Health regulations.

VA - HB1024 Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, definition of poverty guidelines.

VA - HB389 Early childhood care and education; regional entities, Child Care Subsidy Program Overpayment Fund.

VA - HB1108 Public schools; instruction concerning gambling, report.

VA - HB193 Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to the Act.

VA - HB312 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; annual marketing plan.

VA - HB910 Hospitals; emergency department CPT code data reporting, quarterly reports.

VA - HB669 Swimming pools & water recreational facilities; study to determine whether VDH should regulate.

VA - HB1246 School divisions, local; work group to recommend ways to procure accessible digital tools.

VA - HB1193 Medical Assistance Services, Department of; coordinated specialty care, work group established.

VA - HB1046 Over-the-counter medications, etc.; DMAS to study plan for a process to allow direct purchase.

VA - HB916 Health care providers; health records of minors, available via secure website.

VA - HB1064 Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program; created and established, rules and procedures.

VA - HB1324 Pharmacy, Board of; pharmacy work environment requirements.

VA - HB585 SOL; work group to revise summative assessments, etc.

VA - HB900 Public health emergency; hospital or nursing home, addition of beds.

VA - HB1098 Obesity prevention and other obesity-related services; payment of medical assistance.

VA - HB873 Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership, etc.

VA - HB1323 Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines.

VA - HB1187 Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice.

VA - HB355 Higher educational institutions, baccalaureate public; website, posting of certain comparative data.

VA - HB1138 Loudoun County School Board; staggering of member terms, lot drawing, timeframe.

VA - HB346 College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment.

VA - HB1272 Public elementary and secondary schools, etc.; student instruction.

VA - HB525 Higher educational institutions, nonprofit and public; hazing policies.

VA - HB481 Hospitals; price transparency.

VA - HB248 Carrier & managed care health insurance plans; VDH to review efficiency & productivity, etc.

VA - HB987 Medicaid; program information, accessibility on every state agency or local government website.

VA - HB565 Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Fund; created.

VA - HB1191 Marcus alert system; participation in the system is optional for localities, etc.

VA - HB787 Public elementary or secondary school student; moral and character education, etc.

VA - HB306 Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health, religious tenets or practices, exception.

VA - HB304 Abortion; born alive human infant, failure to provide treatment and care, penalty.

VA - HB933 Pharmaceutical processors; amends the definition of "cannabis oil."

VA - HB484 Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; exemption for postsecondary students.

VA - HB769 Onsite sewage system pump-out oversight; certain localities.

VA - HB1329 Sexual assault; pediatric survivors.

VA - HB80 Healthcare Regulatory Sandbox Program; established, report, sunset date.

VA - HB102 Prescriptions; off-label use.

VA - HB896 Nurse practitioner; patient care team provider.

VA - HB156 Health, Department of; certain communication prohibited.

VA - HB221 STEM+C; included in Standards of Learning, Bd. of Education to incorporate certain provisions.

VA - HB356 Public schools; Board of Education may establish regional charter school divisions.

VA - HB649 Children who are deaf or hard of hearing; language development, assessment resources.

VA - HB1277 Higher educational institutions, public; earning academic credit in Armed Forces of the U.S.

VA - HB663 Mandatory outpatient treatment; reorganizes and clarifies provisions governing.

VA - HB789 Family life education programs; student participation, summaries.

VA - HB1359 Health care; consent to disclosure of records.

VA - HB1071 Hospitals; financial assistance for uninsured patient, payment plans.