Commissions Boards And Institutions Generally
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Cattle Industry Board; collection and disposition of assessment by handler. [HB-2297]
Cattle Industry Board; collection and disposition of assessment by handler. Extends from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2028, the $0.50 per head assessment from the sale of cattle in the Commonwealth that is collected and deposited in the Virginia Cattle Industry Fund to support the activities of the Cattle Industry Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0262) on 03/22/2023
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Alzheimer's Disease; Joint Commission on Health, etc., to study treatment. [HJR-544]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; treatment of Alzheimer's disease; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care and the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission (the ADRD Commission) to study the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The resolution directs the Joint Commission and the ADRD Commission to analyze the following as they relate to the treatment of and medication for patients with Alzheimer's disease: (i) continuing medical education requirements for physicians,
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Rules on 02/07/2023
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Continuing education; implicit bias and cultural competency in health care. [SB-1440]
Board of Medicine; continuing education; implicit bias and cultural competency in health care. Requires the Board of Medicine to adopt and implement policies that require each practitioner licensed by the Board who has direct contact with persons who are or may become pregnant to complete two hours of continuing education related to implicit bias, defined in the bill, and cultural competency in health care at least once every other license renewal cycle.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health With Letter (15-y 0-n) on 02/02/2023
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Behavioral Health Commission; repeals provision that provided temporary alternative funding. [SB-1381]
Behavioral Health Commission; funding; sunset. Repeals provisions that provided temporary alternative funding for and contingent expiration of the Behavioral Health Commission in the event that the Commission was not funded in the general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0635) on 03/26/2023
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Marine Resources Commission; permits, navigable channels. [SB-1395]
Marine Resources Commission; permits; navigable channels. Prohibits the Marine Resources Commission from issuing any permit for (i) the use of state-owned bottomlands that would obstruct any marked or unmarked navigable channel regularly used by boaters or (ii) any oyster reef or aquacultural float in the Lynnhaven River within 300 feet of any marked or unmarked navigable channel.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Passed By Indefinitely In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources (10-y 5-n) on 01/24/2023
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Marine Resources Commission; permits, electronic notification. [SB-1400]
Marine Resources Commission; permits; electronic notification. Requires the Commissioner of the Marine Resources Commission to ensure that for any project under consideration for a permit issued by the Commission for any floating aquaculture or oyster broodstock reef project the Commission sends public notice electronically to any business, residence, or civic organization that has requested to be added to the Commission's public notice email list.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Passed By Indefinitely In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources (9-y 5-n) on 01/24/2023
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Midwifery; administration of medication. [SB-1275]
Midwifery; administration of medication. Allows licensed midwives to obtain, possess, and administer drugs and devices within the scope of their practice. The bill requires the Board of Medicine to develop and publish best practice and standards of care guidance for all such drugs. The bill limits the liability of entities that provide or dispense drugs or devices to a licensed midwife and that rely in good faith upon the license information provided by the licensed midwife. Under the bill, completing all Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Suetterlein
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0674) on 03/26/2023
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Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders, appeals. [HB-2312]
Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders; appeals of State Building Code Technical Review Board decisions; recovery of costs. Defines stop work orders for the purposes of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. The bill provides that if, during an appeal pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Process Act of the State Building Code Technical Review Board's decision with respect to the issuance of a stop work order by a local building official, the court finds in favor of the party that was issued the stop work order, such party shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0446) on 03/23/2023
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Medical marijuana program; product, registration, dispensing, and recordkeeping requirements. [SB-1337]
Medical marijuana program; product, registration, dispensing, and recordkeeping requirements; advertising. Amends and adds numerous provisions regarding the Commonwealth's medical marijuana program, including provisions related to recordkeeping, product registration, allowable deviations, dispensing, packaging, labeling, and advertising. The bill requires pharmaceutical processors and cannabis dispensing facilities to collect and provide to the Board of Pharmacy by July 1, 2024, data regarding implementation of the bill. The bill also requires the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0760) on 04/12/2023
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Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits benchmark plan. [SB-1397]
Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits plan. Requires that the Health Insurance Reform Commission review the essential health benefits benchmark plan and establish a process for such review. The bill requires the Commission, in coordination with the Bureau of Insurance, to conduct a review of the essential health benefits benchmark plan in 2025 and every five years thereafter. The bill requires during such review (i) the Bureau to convene a stakeholder work group to make recommendations to the Commission, (ii) the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0699) on 03/27/2023
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Energy planning & electric utility oversight; membership for Com. on Electricity Utility Regulation. [SB-1166]
Energy planning and electric utility oversight. Increases from 10 to 14 the membership of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation (the Commission) by adding three nonlegislative citizen members with expertise in ratepayer advocacy and the Attorney General or his designee from the Division of Consumer Counsel as an ex officio member; requires the Commission to annually elect a chairman and vice-chairman, meet twice annually, and receive an annual report from the State Corporation Commission by November 1 regarding the implementation of the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0753) on 04/12/2023
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Parole Board; eligibility determinations, reports. [HB-2169]
Parole Board; eligibility determinations; reports. Removes provisions that exempted from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act the records of the Parole Board. The bill requires the Board to (i) adopt rules regarding parole eligibility as set forth in the bill; (ii) publish the statement of actions taken by the Board by the fifteenth day of each month; (iii) include in such statement individualized reasons for the granting or denial of parole and the vote of each member; (iv) conduct final deliberations and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Wren Williams
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0805) on 05/12/2023
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Behavioral Health Commission; agency assistance, access Commission records. [HB-2156]
Behavioral Health Commission; agency assistance; access; records. Clarifies the duty of agencies and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth to cooperate with and assist the Behavioral Health Commission in the performance of its duties and requires such agencies and political subdivisions to provide to the Commission (i) to the fullest extent possible and except as prohibited by law, any records, including data and information, requested by the Commission and (ii) upon request and availability, access to the facilities of any such agency or political
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0668) on 03/26/2023
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Peninsula Airport Commission; adds members to Commission. [HB-2260]
Peninsula Airport Commission. Adds to the Peninsula Airport Commission (the Commission) one member from the City of Poquoson, one member from the City of Williamsburg, one member from James City County, one member from York County, and one additional member for every 65,000 residents in any member locality, appointed by the respective governing body. The bill requires the addition of one member, to be appointed by the Governor, when there are an even number of members eligible to be appointed to the Commission. The bill provides that any locality
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Sponsored by: Rep. Aijalon Cordoza
Left In Rules on 02/07/2023
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Geriatric prisoners; conditional release, review hearings. [SB-1242]
Geriatric prisoners; conditional release; review hearings. Directs the Parole Board to review annually all petitions for geriatric conditional release. The bill provides that the Parole Board may, however, defer subsequent hearings for up to three years if an initial hearing was held and the petition for conditional release was denied. The bill also requires that, in situations in which a person who is otherwise eligible for parole under current law also files a petition for geriatric conditional release, the Parole Board conduct the reviews for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Passed By Indefinitely In Rehabilitation And Social Services (8-y 6-n) on 02/03/2023
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Plans and programs; drought evaluation and response plans, Potomac River. [HB-2095]
Plans and programs; drought evaluation and response plans; Potomac River. Requires the State Water Control Board to recognize service areas for water utilities in the Commonwealth that use the Potomac River as a water supply source as a distinct drought evaluation region. The bill requires the Board to incorporate certain provisions from the Metropolitan Washington Water Supply and Drought Awareness Response Plan: Potomac River System (the Metropolitan Washington Plan) into the existing drought evaluation and response plans that are applicable to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0036) on 03/17/2023
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Behavioral Health Commission; powers and duties, process to solicit and receive input. [HB-2182]
Behavioral Health Commission; process to solicit and receive input. Provides that the Behavioral Health Commission shall have the power and duty to implement a process to solicit and receive input from (i) individuals who are currently receiving or have received behavioral health services or (ii) individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities or autism spectrum disorders or the family members of such individuals to inform the work of the Commission. Behavioral Health Commission; process to solicit and receive input. Provides that the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0481) on 03/24/2023
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Prescriptions; Bd. of Pharmacy to evaluate translated directions for use. [HB-2147]
Board of Pharmacy; translated directions for use of prescriptions; report. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group to study the provision of translated directions for the use of prescriptions. The bill directs the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2023. Board of Pharmacy; translated directions for use of prescriptions; report. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0630) on 03/26/2023
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Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits benchmark plan. [HB-2199]
Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits plan. Requires that the Health Insurance Reform Commission review the essential health benefits benchmark plan and establish a process for such review. The bill requires the Commission, in coordination with the Bureau of Insurance, to conduct a review of the essential health benefits benchmark plan in 2025 and every five years thereafter. The bill requires during such review (i) the Bureau to convene a stakeholder work group to make recommendations to the Commission, (ii) the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0698) on 03/27/2023
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Behavioral Health Commission; repeals provision that provided temporary alternative funding. [HB-2155]
Behavioral Health Commission; funding; sunset. Repeals provisions that provided temporary alternative funding for and contingent expiration of the Behavioral Health Commission in the event that the Commission was not funded in the general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0634) on 03/26/2023