Virginia House Bill 1976 (Adjourned Sine Die)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 25 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; mission; membership. Adds to the mission of the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority (i) developing strategies to increase diversity in the health workforce by examining demographic data on race and ethnicity in training programs and health professional licensure, (ii) identifying ways to leverage technology to increase access to health workforce training and health care delivery, and (iii) developing a centralized health care careers roadmap in partnership with the Department of Health Professions that includes information on both licensed and unlicensed professions and that is disseminated to the Commonwealth's health care workforce stakeholders to raise awareness about available career pathways. The bill increases from three to five the number of members representing health professionals or employers or representatives of health professionals on the Board of Directors of the Authority and removes the requirement that the chairman and vice-chairman of the Board of Directors be legislative members. The bill adds the Chief Workforce Development Advisor to the list of officials and entities to whom the Board of Directors reports biennially on the activities and recommendations of the Authority. Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; mission; membership. Adds to the mission of the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority (i) developing strategies to increase diversity in the health workforce by examining demographic data on race and ethnicity in training programs and health professional licensure, (ii) identifying ways to leverage technology to increase access to health workforce training and health care delivery, and (iii) developing a centralized health care careers roadmap in partnership with the Department of Health Professions that includes information on both licensed and unlicensed professions and that is disseminated to the Commonwealth's health care workforce stakeholders to raise awareness about available career pathways. The bill increases from three to five the number of members representing health professionals or employers or representatives of health professionals on the Board of Directors of the Authority and removes the requirement that the chairman and vice-chairman of the Board of Directors be legislative members. The bill adds the Chief Workforce Development Advisor to the list of officials and entities to whom the Board of Directors reports biennially on the activities and recommendations of the Authority.

Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; mission of Authority, membership.

Del. Rodney Willett [D]

Del. Dawn Adams [D]

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-26 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2021-01-27	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2021-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-26	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2021-01-26	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2021-01-25	House	Printed as engrossed 21102182D-E
2021-01-25	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1976E
2021-01-25	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2021-01-25	House	Read second time
2021-01-22	House	Read first time
2021-01-21	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
2021-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2021-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102182D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	122.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	122.7:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB1976
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB1976+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB1976E+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+amd+HB1976AH
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103024A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB1976FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H12V0056+HB1976
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+HV1127+HB1976
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S04V0109+HB1976