Study;Jt Comm on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services. [SJR-257]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services in the Commonwealth, including the issues and recommendations set forth in the report of the Telemental Health Work Group of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century, and to report its findings to the Joint Subcommittee by November 1, 2017.
SJR-257: Study;Jt Comm on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/02/2017
Electronic wills; process for execution of will. [HB-1643]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Electronic wills. Provides a process for the execution of an electronic will, which has the same force and effect as a traditional, written will. The bill requires the electronic will to be stored in an "authoritative electronic record," kept under the control of a "qualified custodian," and contain the electronic signature of the testator and the electronic signatures of either two witnesses or a notary public. The bill defines the terms "authoritative electronic record," "certified paper original," and "qualified custodian."
HB-1643: Electronic wills; process for execution of will.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Loupassi
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
Immunizations; posting of reports on individual school's website. [SB-1028]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
School immunization reports; posting on website. Requires a copy of the report schools are required to provide to local health departments regarding student immunizations to be posted on the individual school's website. If a school does not have a website, then a hard copy of such report shall be made available to parents.
SB-1028: Immunizations; posting of reports on individual school's website.
Sponsored by: Sen. Janet Howell
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/19/2017
Motor Vehicles, Department of; titling an out-of-state trailer. [HB-1640]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Department of Motor Vehicles; titling an out-of-state trailer. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to publish on its website a detailed guide for obtaining a title for a trailer that was purchased out of state and was not required by the state of purchase to be titled or registered.
HB-1640: Motor Vehicles, Department of; titling an out-of-state trailer.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Passed By Indefinitely In Transportation With Letter (13-y 0-n) on 02/08/2017
Business advertising material; expands definition. [HB-1629]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Business advertising material; private security services businesses. Expands the definition of business advertising material as it relates to private security services businesses to include any electronic medium, including the Internet, social media, and digital advertising.
HB-1629: Business advertising material; expands definition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0085) on 02/20/2017
School service providers; student access to collected personal information. [SB-951]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
School service providers; student access to collected personal information. Requires school service providers to provide, either directly to the student or his parent or through the school, access to an electronic copy of such student's personal information in a manner consistent with the functionality of the school service. The bill permits contracts between local school boards and school service providers to require that such electronic copy be in a machine-readable format.
SB-951: School service providers; student access to collected personal information.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0518) on 03/16/2017
Palliative care information and resources. [SB-974]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Palliative care information and resources. Requires the Department of Health to make information about and resources on palliative care available to the public, health care providers, and health care facilities on its website. This bill is identical to HB 1675.
SB-974: Palliative care information and resources.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0471) on 03/13/2017
Order of publication; use of electronic medium. [HB-1589]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Order of publication; use of electronic medium. Provides that a court may direct that an order of publication be electronically posted using an electronic medium chosen by the court, in lieu of directing such order be published in a newspaper.
HB-1589: Order of publication; use of electronic medium.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Defeated By Senate (13-y 26-n) on 02/10/2017
Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information. [HB-1551]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information. Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide electronic data, including individually identifiable information, on proceedings pursuant to the Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act and the Emergency Custody of Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions Act to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services upon request and provides that the Department may use such data for the purpose of developing and maintaining statistical archives, conducting
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HB-1551: Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Farrell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0188) on 02/23/2017
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for use of telemental health; report. [HJR-568]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
Study;Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services in the Commonwealth, including the issues and recommendations set forth in the report of the Telemental Health Work Group of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century and to report its findings to the Joint Subcommittee by November 1, 2017.
HJR-568: Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for use of telemental health; report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Farrell
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
Circuit court clerks; electronic transfer of certain documents. [HB-1515]
[Real Estate ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Circuit court clerks; electronic transfer of certain documents. Permits circuit court clerks to transfer electronically, or provide electronic access to, documents related to certain real property information to certain public officials.
HB-1515: Circuit court clerks; electronic transfer of certain documents.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0042) on 02/17/2017
Absentee voting; applications and ballots; photo identification required. [SB-872]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Disabilities ]
[Military ]
Absentee voting; photo identification required with application. Requires any voter submitting an application for an absentee ballot by mail or by electronic or telephonic transmission to a facsimile device to submit with his application a copy of one of the forms of identification acceptable under current law. The bill exempts military and overseas voters and persons with a disability from this requirement. This bill is identical to HB 1428.
SB-872: Absentee voting; applications and ballots; photo identification required.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Requires 27 Affirmative Votes To Override Veto on 04/05/2017
Electronic filing of land records; fee for paper filing. [SB-870]
[Real Estate ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Finance ]
Electronic filing of land records; fee for paper filing. Provides that a clerk of a circuit court that has established an electronic filing system for land records may charge a fee not to exceed $5 per instrument for every land record filed by paper. This bill is identical to HB 2035.
SB-870: Electronic filing of land records; fee for paper filing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0090) on 02/20/2017
Boating safety course; database listing operators who have passed course. [SB-866]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Boating safety course; database listing operators who have passed course. Directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, by July 1, 2018, to create a database listing the name and date of birth and course passage date of every person who has passed an approved boating safety course prior to July 1, 2018. Any person who passes the course after that date may add his information to the database. The bill prohibits a law-enforcement officer from issuing a citation for failure to pass the required boating safety course until he has checked the
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SB-866: Boating safety course; database listing operators who have passed course.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0360) on 03/13/2017
Consumer finance lending; application to Internet loans. [HB-1443]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Consumer finance lending; Internet loans. Provides that the provisions of Chapter 15 (Consumer Finance Companies) of Title 6.2 apply to persons making consumer loans over the Internet to Virginia residents or any individual in Virginia, whether or not the person making the loan maintains a physical presence in the Commonwealth.
HB-1443: Consumer finance lending; application to Internet loans.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Farrell
Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/08/2017
Register of funds expended; required posting by localities & school divisions on public gov website. [SB-795]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Register of funds expended; required posting by localities and school divisions. Requires every locality and each school division located within the locality to post on the public government website of the locality a register of all funds expended, showing vendor name, date of payment, amount, and a description of the type of expense, including credit card purchases with the same information. A locality and school division may exclude from such posting any information that is exempt from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information
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SB-795: Register of funds expended; required posting by localities & school divisions on public gov website.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/21/2017
Voter identification; information contained in electronic pollbook. [SB-439]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
Voter identification; photograph and identifying Voter identification; photograph and identifying information contained in electronic pollbook; challenge of voter. Requires electronic pollbooks to contain a photograph and identifying information received by the Department of Elections from the Department of Motor Vehicles for each registered voter for whom the Department of Motor Vehicles has such a photograph and identifying information. The bill prohibits lists of voters furnished pursuant to current law from containing any voter's photograph
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SB-439: Voter identification; information contained in electronic pollbook.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Left In Privileges And Elections on 12/02/2016
Legal notices; advertisement by certain towns. [HB-956]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Advertisement of legal notices by certain towns. Provides that in any town within the Counties of Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William, legal notices may be published on the locality's website instead of in a newspaper having general circulation in the locality.
HB-956: Legal notices; advertisement by certain towns.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 12/01/2016