| SB587 | Intro
Sine Die | Powers of State Health Commissioner in epidemic; vaccine; religious tenets or practices. Allows a parent or guardian to object to the vaccination or immunization of a child on the grounds that the administration of immunizing agents conflicts with hi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N) |
| HB943 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; retail community pharmacies. Requires a carrier to administer its health benefit plans in a manner consistent with certain requirements and to include such requirements in its provider contracts addressing the provision of pharmacy ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| HB538 | Intro
Sine Die | Perinatal health care providers; implicit bias training. Requires the Board of Health to amend its regulations to require that each hospital develop and implement policies requiring all perinatal health care providers to complete an in-person and int...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| HB890 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; repeal; release of certain law-enforcement criminal incident information and criminal investigative files. Repeals the provisions in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (i) regarding the release of criminal in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Incorporated by General Laws |
| SB203 | Intro
Sine Die | Casino gaming; eligible host cities; limits on local referendums. Adds Petersburg to the list of cities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that the governing body of any eligible host city that holds a local referen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 9-N) |
| HB144 | Intro
Sine Die | Charitable gaming; definition of organization. Adds to the list of organizations permitted to conduct charitable gaming organizations that are exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code and are operated, and have alw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Stricken from docket by General Laws (22-Y 0-N) |
| HB878 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensive health care coverage program. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (the Department) to establish a program to provide state-funded comprehensive health care coverage for individuals in the Commonwealth who (i) are young...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) |
| HB330 | Intro
Sine Die | Minimum staffing standards for nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; administrative sanctions; Long-Term Care Services Fund. Requires nursing homes to meet a baseline staffing level based on resident acuity in alignment with the Centers for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| HB560 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; retail community pharmacies. Requires a carrier to administer its health benefit plans in a manner consistent with certain requirements and to include such requirements in its provider contracts addressing the provision of pharmacy ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| SB340 | Intro
Sine Die | Freestanding emergency departments. Requires the Board of Health to promulgate regulations related to freestanding emergency departments, defined in the bill as facilities located in the Commonwealth that (i) provide emergency services, (ii) are owne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Education and Health Committee |
| SB282 | Intro
Sine Die | Supplementing compensation of public defender. Requires the governing body of any county or city that elects to supplement the compensation of the attorney for the Commonwealth, or any of his deputies or his employees, above the salary of any such of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations |
| SB368 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle history report companies; notifications. Requires vehicle history report companies, as defined in the bill, to notify a vehicle owner and lienholder, if any, if his vehicle has been deemed nonrepairable or any comparable term in the records o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB569 | Intro
Sine Die | Coastal Virginia Resiliency Authority; established. Establishes the Coastal Virginia Resiliency Authority (the Authority) as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Authority shall be gove...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| SB122 | Intro
Sine Die | Killing the fetus of another; manslaughter; penalties. Provides that any person who kills the fetus of another by an intentional act committed while in the sudden heat of passion upon reasonable provocation is guilty of voluntary manslaughter, which ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) |
| SB336 | Intro
Sine Die | Certificate of public need; nursing homes; charity care. Exempts nursing homes from the requirement that applicants for a certificate of public need agree to provide a specified level of charity care to indigent persons or accept patients requiring s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (11-Y 0-N) |
| HB836 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Small Estate Act; funeral expenses of decedent. Provides that any person holding the small estate of a decedent shall pay the funeral director or funeral service establishment handling the funeral of the decedent at the request of a successo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Stricken from docket by General Laws (22-Y 0-N) |
| HB392 | Intro
Sine Die | Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. Requires the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to take certain actions upon the finding that an individual died from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). The bill directs the Office of the Chief Medical...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| SB213 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Retirement System and local retirement systems; fossil fuel divestment; report. Requires the Virginia Retirement System and local retirement systems to divest from fossil fuel companies by January 1, 2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) |
| SB558 | Intro
Sine Die | Board of Education; evaluation of and recommendations for Board of Education; evaluation of and recommendations for certain current and proposed policies and performance standards for public elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Board of Edu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N) |
| SB136 | Intro
Sine Die | Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Increases the statutory caps for fees paid to court-appointed counsel in indigent cases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations |
| HB1116 | Intro
Sine Die | Child abuse and neglect; valid complaint. Removes from the elements of a valid complaint or report of child abuse or neglect the requirement that the alleged abuser be the alleged victim child's parent or caretaker. The bill requires a local departme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) |
| SB170 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Health; Statewide Telehealth Plan; emergency services coordination. Directs the Department of Health to amend the Statewide Telehealth Plan to require health care providers providing telehealth services to directly contact and coordinat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (11-Y 0-N) |
| HB1021 | Intro
Sine Die | Alcoholic beverage control; definitions; designer and vintage spirit bottles. Defines, for the purposes of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, "designer spirit bottle" and "vintage spirit bottle."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Tabled in General Laws (13-Y 9-N) |
| HB478 | Intro
Sine Die | Secretary of Health and Human Resources; wholesale prescription drug importation program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources (the Secretary) to establish a wholesale prescription drug importation program that complies with the requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| SB632 | Intro
Sine Die | Family caregiver tax credit. Creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2022 through 2026 for expenses incurred by an individual in caring for an eligible family member, defined in the bill, who requires assistance with one or more a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| HB646 | Intro
Sine Die | Nursing home standards of care and staff requirements; regulations. Requires the State Board of Health to establish staffing and care standards in nursing homes to require a minimum of direct care services to each resident per 24-hour period as follo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| SB541 | Intro
Sine Die | Rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. Lowers the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel on July 1, 2022, from 26.2 cents per gallon to 21.2 cents per gallon on gasoline and from 27 cents per gallon to 20.2 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, the rat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) |
| HB1105 | Intro
Sine Die | Board of Medicine; implicit bias and cultural competency. Requires all practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine to complete two hours of continuing education in each biennium on topics related to implicit bias and cultural competency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| SB381 | Intro
Sine Die | Income tax; military retirement income subtraction. Exempts, beginning with taxable year 2022, up to $40,000 of military retirement income of a veteran who is at least 55 years old and who was honorably discharged after active duty service in the Arm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations |
| SB540 | Intro
Sine Die | Income tax credit; small businesses. Provides, in taxable year 2022, an individual or corporate income tax credit, as applicable for an eligible small business, defined in the bill as a (i) (a) pass-through entity that employs fewer than 50 employees...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| HB595 | Intro
Sine Die | Special Assistant to the Governor for Disability Rights Advocacy; position created; report. Creates the position of Special Assistant to the Governor for Disability Rights Advocacy (the Special Assistant) for the purpose of representing Virginians wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House General Laws Committee |
| SB360 | Intro
Sine Die | State subsidy of property tax exemptions for disabled veterans and surviving spouses. Requires the Commonwealth to subsidize local real estate tax relief for disabled veterans and surviving spouses of members of the United States Armed Forces killed ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| SB608 | Intro
Sine Die | Public charter schools; applications; review and approval. Permits the Board of Education (the Board) to receive, review, and rule upon applications for public charter schools and enter into agreements for the establishment of public charter schools....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) |
| HB1342 | Intro
Sine Die | Hospital regulations; policies and procedures related to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Requires hospitals to develop and implement written policies and procedures related to the screening and treatment of victims of domestic violen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) |
| HB1307 | Intro
Sine Die | Kratom; prohibited acts; civil penalty. Provides that no person that sells, prepares, manufactures, distributes, or maintains kratom products, as defined in the bill, or advertises, represents, or holds itself out as selling, preparing, manufacturing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee |
| SB640 | Intro
Sine Die | Public defender offices; County of Henrico. Establishes a public defender office for the County of Henrico.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations |
| SB635 | Intro
Sine Die | Public charter schools; applications; review and approval. Permits the Board of Education (the Board) to receive, review, and rule upon applications for public charter schools and enter into agreements for the establishment of public charter schools....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) |
| SB601 | Intro
Sine Die | COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement; discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissioner and the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Health Professions and any reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N) |
| SB293 | Intro
Sine Die | Certificate of public need; inpatient psychiatric services and facilities. Requires the Commissioner of Health (the Commissioner) to impose conditions related to the provision of care to individuals who are the subject of a temporary detention order ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Education and Health Committee |
| SB266 | Intro
Sine Die | Family caregiver tax credit. Creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2022 through 2026 for expenses incurred by an individual in caring for an eligible family member, defined in the bill, who requires assistance with one or more a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| HB1075 | Intro
Sine Die | Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers; reimbursements to providers. Requires any vertically integrated carrier, upon written request, to offer participation in each requested provider panel or network established for each of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
| SB586 | Intro
Sine Die | Income tax; military benefits subtraction; emergency. Establishes an income tax subtraction for up to $20,000 of military benefits in taxable year 2021, up to $30,000 in taxable year 2022, and up to $40,000 in taxable year 2023 and each year thereaft...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations |
| SB751 | Intro
Sine Die | Standardized Health Care Academy Program; established. Establishes the Standardized Health Care Academy Program for the purpose of providing training and opportunities to high school students in health care professional programs that are offered by a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| SB676 | Intro
Sine Die | Licensure and practice of associate physicians. Authorizes the Board of Medicine to issue a two-year license to practice as an associate physician to an applicant who is 18 years of age or older, is of good moral character, has graduated from an accr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Education and Health Committee |
| SB2 | Intro
Sine Die | School principals; incident reports. Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Incorporated by Education and Health |
| SB486 | Intro
Sine Die | Workplace violence protective orders. Provides that an employer may petition the court for a preliminary protective order or a protective order to protect the health and safety of its employees. The bill provides that the venue for a workplace violen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| HB1253 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; licensure by apprenticeship. Requires the regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to grant a license to an applicant for licensure by apprenticeship i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House General Laws Committee |
| SB710 | Intro
Sine Die | Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty. Creates the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The Act prohibits an abortion after 20 weeks gestation unless, in reasonable medical judgment, the mother has a condition that so complicates her...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (6-Y 9-N) |
| HB1354 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; release of probation and parole records. Provides for an exception to the discretionary release of records of adult persons under investigation or supervision by state probation and parole services by requiring th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House General Laws Committee |
| HB692 | Intro
Sine Die | Apprenticeship Council; authority. Expands the duties of the Apprenticeship Council to include determining standards and regulations for pre-apprenticeship programs and advising the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry on how to innov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To House Commerce and Energy Committee |
