Commissions Boards And Institutions Generally
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
School Health Services Committee; established, membership, report, sunset provision. [HB-215]
School Health Services Committee; report. Establishes the School Health Services Committee in the legislative branch to review and provide advice to the General Assembly and other policy makers regarding proposals that require local school boards to offer certain health services in a school setting. The bill requires the Committee to submit its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor by October 1 of each year. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2025, and is identical to
Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0749) on 04/27/2022
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STEM and Computing (STEM+C); required to review federal occupational categories. [HB-217]
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority's Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment; STEM and Computing (STEM+C); review federal occupational categories; report. Requires the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority's Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment (the Office) to (i) review the occupational categories in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' standard occupational classification system to determine the occupational categories that are not properly captured in the Commonwealth's existing STEM+C workforce
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Sponsored by: Sen. Suhas Subramanyam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0558) on 04/11/2022
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Medical assistance; reimbursement for wheelchair bases, etc., for individuals in nursing facilities. [HB-241]
Department of Medical Assistance Services; durable medical equipment and complex rehabilitative technology; work group; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group with the Department of Planning and Budget and other relevant stakeholders to study the overall cost of and options for the provision of medical assistance to cover and reimburse complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) manual and power wheelchair bases and related accessories for qualified individuals who reside in nursing facilities. The bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dawn Adams
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0476) on 04/11/2022
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Optometrists; allowed to perform laser surgery if certified by Board of Optometry. [HB-213]
Optometrists; laser surgery. Allows an optometrist who has received a certification to perform laser surgery from the Board of Optometry (the Board) to perform certain types of laser surgery of the eye and directs the Board to issue a certification to perform laser surgery to any optometrist who submits evidence satisfactory to the Board that he (i) is certified by the Board to prescribe for and treat diseases or abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa with therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to Code requirements and (ii) has
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0017) on 03/09/2022
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STEM+C; included in Standards of Learning, Bd. of Education to incorporate certain provisions. [HB-221]
STEM+C; Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board. Adds science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computing (STEM+C), which includes real-world, interdisciplinary, and computational instruction and preparation of students in STEM+C, to the list of topics that shall be included in the Standards of Learning for the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board to develop and submit to the Board of Education (i) a rubric that shall be used by the Board of Education in setting out what factors permit a school to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Davis
Continued To 2023 In Finance And Appropriations (13-y 1-n) on 03/02/2022
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Teachers' licenses, certain; Board of Education permitted to temporarily extend. [HB-236]
Board of Education; authority to temporarily extend certain teachers' licenses; emergency. Permits the Board of Education to grant a two-year extension of the license of any individual licensed by the Board of Education pursuant to its statutory authority whose license expires on June 30, 2022, in order to provide the individual with sufficient additional time to complete the requirements for licensure or license renewal. The bill contains an emergency clause. Board of Education; authority to temporarily extend certain teachers' licenses; emergency.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0104) on 04/06/2022
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Cemetery Board; appointment of receiver upon revocation or surrender of license to operate cemetery. [SB-183]
Cemetery Board; appointment of receiver upon revocation or surrender of license to operate cemetery in Virginia. Requires the Cemetery Board to petition a court of record having equity jurisdiction over the licensee or any of the funds held by him if the Board has reason to believe that (i) the licensee is not able to adequately protect the interest of the person involved; (ii) the licensee has had his license suspended, revoked, or surrendered; and (iii) the conduct of the licensee or the operation of the cemetery threatens the interests of the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0161) on 04/07/2022
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Through-year growth assessment system; BOE to seek & incorporate input & suggestions into system. [HB-197]
Public elementary and middle schools; student growth assessments. Requires the Board of Education, in implementing the through-year growth assessment system for the administration of reading and mathematics assessments in grades three through eight, to seek input and suggestions from each interested local school division in the Commonwealth regarding ways in which the administration of such assessments and the reporting of assessment results can be improved, and shall, to the extent possible, incorporate such input and suggestions into the through-year
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Webert
Referred To Committee On Education And Health on 04/07/2022
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Alkaline hydrolysis; work group to determine regulatory & statutory changes needed to legalize, etc. [SB-129]
Study; Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; alkaline hydrolysis work group; report. Directs the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to convene a work group to study how to legalize, implement, and regulate the process of alkaline hydrolysis in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Board to report the results of the study to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on or before November 1, 2022. Study; Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; alkaline hydrolysis
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text Reprinted (chap0191) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia Parole Board; increases membership, records, monthly report. [SB-135]
Virginia Parole Board; membership; records; report. Increases from five to 11 the number of members to be appointed to the Virginia Parole Board (the Board). The bill requires the Board to (i) include in its monthly report regarding actions taken by the Board on the parole of prisoners the number of votes in favor of granting or denying parole of each prisoner and (ii) ensure that any records, reports, or other documents used to determine a person's suitability for parole be made available for review by such person or his counsel pursuant to Board
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Continued To 2023 In Rehabilitation And Social Services (11-y 0-n) on 02/04/2022
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Public schools; regional charter school divisions. [SB-125]
Public schools; regional charter school divisions. Authorizes the Board of Education (the Board) to establish regional charter school divisions consisting of at least two but not more than three existing school divisions in regions in which each underlying school division has (i) an enrollment of more than 3,000 students and (ii) one or more schools that have accreditation denied status for two out of the past three years. The bill requires such regional charter school divisions to be supervised by a school board that consists of eight members appointed
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Failed To Report (defeated) In Education And Health (7-y 8-n) on 02/03/2022
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Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership. [HB-138]
Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership. Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership. Adds the Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Region Airport Commission as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Central Virginia Transportation Authority.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0189) on 04/07/2022
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Capital Region Airport Commission; authorized to make charitable donations to organizations, etc. [HB-137]
Capital Region Airport Commission. Authorizes Capital Region Airport Commission. Authorizes the Capital Region Airport Commission to (i) make charitable donations to organizations and (ii) form or support independent foundations designed to foster an appreciation by the public of the importance of aviation, assist the public in aviation travel, or help develop and educate the next generation of aviation professionals in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any such foundation is not a public body and is exempt from the provisions of the Virginia
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0367) on 04/11/2022
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Electric utilities; regulation, development of renewable energy facilities. [HB-118]
Regulation of electric utilities; development of renewable energy facilities; powers of State Air Pollution Control Board; powers of State Corporation Commission. Repeals provisions (i) requiring the State Air Pollution Control Board to adopt regulations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from any electricity generating unit in the Commonwealth and authorizing the Board to establish an auction program for energy allowances; (ii) prohibiting the State Corporation Commission from approving any new utility-owned generation facilities that emit carbon
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas Freitas
Passed By Indefinitely In Commerce And Labor (12-y 3-n) on 02/28/2022
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Nitrous oxide; VSCC to study whether sale should be prohibited by retailers of tobacco, etc. [HJR-7]
Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; prohibition on the sale of nitrous oxide by retailers of tobacco and tobacco-related products; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study whether the sale of nitrous oxide should be specifically prohibited by a retailer of tobacco or tobacco-related products.
Sponsored by: Rep. Margaret Ransone
Left In Rules on 02/15/2022
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Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; removes fee to cover administrative cost, etc. [HB-91]
Board of Health; fee for Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth. Removes the requirement that the Board of Health prescribe a reasonable fee to cover the administrative cost and preparation of a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0171) on 04/07/2022
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Air Pollution Control Board; consideration of certain facts and circumstances. [SB-81]
Air Pollution Control Board; consideration of certain facts and circumstances. Limits when the Air Pollution Control Board must consider certain facts and circumstances relevant to the reasonableness of the activity involved.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Incorporated By Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources on 02/08/2022
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Driver education programs; parent/student driver education component. [SB-78]
Board of Education; driver education programs; parent/student driver education. Requires the Board of Education to include an additional minimum 90-minute parent/student driver education component as part of the classroom portion of its driver education program for all public school divisions and provides that participation in such component shall be required in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) and shall be encouraged but shall not be required outside of Planning District 8. Under current law, participation in such parent/student driver education
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0708) on 04/27/2022
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Provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States. [SB-68]
Board of Education; provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States.Permits the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a provisional license, valid for a period not to exceed three years, to any individual who has held within the last five years a valid and officially issued and recognized license or certification to teach issued by an entity outside of the United States but does not meet the requirements for a renewable license if the individual's license or certification to teach has been evaluated
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0657) on 04/11/2022
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Statewide Telehealth Plan; Board of Health shall contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network. [HB-81]
Board of Health; Statewide Telehealth Plan; Virginia Telehealth Network. Requires the Board of Health (the Board) to consult with the Virginia Telehealth Network in amending and maintaining the Statewide Telehealth Plan. The bill requires the Board to contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network, or another Virginia-based nongovernmental organization focused on telehealth if the Virginia Telehealth Network is no longer in existence, to (i) provide direct consultation to any advisory groups and groups tasked by the Board with implementation and
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0742) on 04/27/2022