Administration Of Government
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
State agencies; review of potential anti-competitive actions and promulgation of regulations. [HB-1388]
[Consumer Protection ]
Review of potential anti-competitive actions of state agencies, and promulgation of regulations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan
Left In General Laws on 12/01/2016
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Health insurance plan, local option; participation of regional emergency medical services councils. [SB-149]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Local option health insurance plan; participation of regional emergency medical services councils. Authorizes regional emergency medical services councils to participate in the local option health insurance plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce E. Reeves
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement; SCT to work with Virginia-Israel Advisory Board. [HB-1282]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Human Rights ]
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy D. Hugo
Left In General Laws And Technology on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Health care; plan to increase transparency in delivery, etc. [SB-394]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Health care transparency. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop a plan to increase transparency in the administration and delivery of health care by agencies of the Commonwealth or health care providers who have entered into an agreement or contract with an agency of the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kenneth Cooper Alexander
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Adoption; leave benefit. [SB-271]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Adoption leave benefit. Creates a new classification of paid leave for a state employee who adopts an infant. The amount of leave would be equivalent to the amount of paid leave awarded to an employee pursuant to short-term disability for maternity leave. The Department of Human Resource Management is directed to develop guidelines and policies for implementing the adoption leave benefit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas A. Garrett
Left In Appropriations on 12/01/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Prescription drug price transparency. [SB-487]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Prescription drug price transparency. Requires every manufacturer of a prescription drug that is made available in the Commonwealth and has a wholesale acquisition price of $10,000 or more for a single course of treatment to report to the Commissioner no later than July 1 of each year information related to the cost of developing, manufacturing, and marketing the prescription drug; any changes in the average wholesale price and average wholesale acquisition cost of the prescription drug; the amount of profits derived from sale of the prescription
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett W. Hanger
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Prescription drugs; price transparency. [HB-1113]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Prescription drug price transparency. Requires every manufacturer of a prescription drug that is made available in the Commonwealth and has a wholesale acquisition price of $10,000 or more for a single course of treatment to report to the Commissioner no later than July 1 of each year information related to the cost of developing, manufacturing, and marketing the prescription drug; any changes in the average wholesale price and average wholesale acquisition cost of the prescription drug; the amount of profits derived from sale of the prescription
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Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy D. Hugo
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Small Business; changes in definition, regulation by U.S. Small Business Administration. [SB-119]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; definition of small business. Changes the definition of small business to require the business, together with affiliates, to meet the small business size standards established by the regulations of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Currently, a small business is required to have 250 or fewer employees or average annual gross receipts of $10 million or less averaged over the previous three years.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Chapman Petersen
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
FOIA; record exclusion for trade secrets submitted to Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. [HB-1389]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Data Privacy ]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusion for trade secrets submitted to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. Excludes from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA trade secrets, as defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (? 59.1-336 et seq.), submitted to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy as part of the required permit or permit modification to commence ground-disturbing activities. The bill provides that in order for such trade secrets to be excluded, the submitting party shall (i) invoke this exclusion upon
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann L. Robinson
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Creation of the Commonwealth Genomics and Personalized Medicine Authority. [SB-429]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Creation of the Commonwealth Genomics and Personalized Medicine Authority. Creates the Commonwealth Genomics and Personalized Medicine Authority (the Authority) as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The Authority's purpose is to encourage coordination and collaboration between public and private entities in the Commonwealth in translational research and commercialization related to genomics and personalized medicine.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard L. Saslaw
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Capital outlay plan; revises six-year plan for projects. [SB-232]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
Capital outlay plan. Revises the six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett W. Hanger
Left In Appropriations on 12/01/2016
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Attorney General, Offices of; employment of special counsel. [SB-447]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
Office of the Attorney General; employment of special Office of the Attorney General; employment of special counsel. Provides that when entering into a contract with special counsel, the Office of the Governor or Office of the Attorney General, as applicable, must make a copy of the contract available to the public on the website of the Governor or the Attorney General. However, the Attorney General may temporarily not disclose such information upon making a written determination that such action is necessary to protect attorney-client or otherwise
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark D. Obenshain
Left In Appropriations on 12/01/2016
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Capital outlay plan; revises six-year plan for projects. [HB-1136]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
Capital outlay plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. S. Chris Jones
Left In Appropriations on 12/01/2016
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Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report. [HB-1400]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Virginia Virtual School established. Establishes the Board of the Virginia Virtual School (the Board) as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of governing the full-time virtual school programs offered to students enrolled in the Virginia Virtual School (the School). The Secretary of Education is responsible for such agency. The 14-member Board is given operational control of the School and assigned powers and duties. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the bill requires the School to be open to any school-age
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Sponsored by: Rep. John M. O'Bannon
Placed On Calendar on 04/05/2017
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Problem-Solving Court Act; established, report. [HB-96]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Problem-Solving Courts; established. Establishes the Problem-Solving Court Act (the Act). The bill allows the establishment of problem-solving courts as specialized court dockets within the existing structure of Virginia's court system, offering judicial monitoring of intensive treatment and supervision of offenders who have special conditions and needs based on military service, mental illness, or societal reentry. The bill establishes a state problem-solving court docket advisory committee and requires localities intending to establish such courts
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management. [SB-586]
[Construction ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management. Restricts the use of construction management procurements by public bodies unless (i) the total project cost is $50 million or more, (ii) a written determination is provided stating that competitive sealed bidding is not practicable or fiscally advantageous, (iii) the contract is entered into prior to the schematic phase of design, (iv) construction management experience is not required or considered as part
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank M. Ruff
Left In General Laws And Technology on 12/02/2016
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management. [HB-887]
[Construction ]
[Small Business ]
[Housing ]
[Economic Development ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management. Restricts the use of construction management procurements by public bodies unless (i) the total project cost is $50 million or more, (ii) a written determination is provided stating that competitive sealed bidding is not practicable or fiscally advantageous, (iii) the contract is entered into prior to the schematic phase of design, (iv) construction management experience is not required or considered as part
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher K. Peace
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Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; established, report. [HB-400]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority established. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority, to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which each individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and who is eligible, on the basis of criteria established by the Authority that are substantially similar to criteria used by private lenders in the Commonwealth to evaluate student eligibility
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen J. Murphy
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Virginia Electronic Communications Privacy Act; established, report. [SB-599]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Virginia Electronic Communications Privacy Act; report.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Chapman Petersen
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Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; established, report. [SB-52]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority established. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority, to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which each individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and who is eligible, on the basis of criteria established by the Authority that are substantially similar to criteria used by private lenders in the Commonwealth to evaluate student eligibility
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam P. Ebbin
Left In Education And Health on 12/02/2016