Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Opioids; workgroup to establish guidelines for prescribing. [HB-2161]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Mental Health ]
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; workgroup to establish educational guidelines for training health care providers in the safe prescribing and appropriate use of opioids. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a workgroup that shall include representatives of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Health, and Health Professions as well as representatives of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and each of the Commonwealth's medical schools, dental schools, schools of pharmacy,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0180) on 02/23/2017
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Application for public assistance; eligibility, review of records. [HB-2092]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
Application for public assistance; eligibility; review of records. Requires entities processing applications for medical assistance and other public assistance to conduct a review of death records and records relating to incarceration status, employment status, and income of the applicant to determine whether the applicant is eligible for assistance and to review the records of the Virginia Lottery to determine whether the applicant has received any winnings from the Virginia Lottery that may constitute income or resources for purposes of determining
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
(67 Affirmative Votes Required To Override) on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Opioids; workgroup to establish guidelines for prescribing. [SB-1179]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; workgroup to establish educational guidelines for training health care providers in the safe prescribing and appropriate use of opioids. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a workgroup that shall include representatives of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Health, and Health Professions as well as representatives of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and each of the Commonwealth's medical schools, dental schools, schools of pharmacy,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Benton Chafin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0062) on 02/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; use of investment fund earnings. [HB-2171]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Investments ]
Public institutions of higher education; annual report; investments. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to annually report to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (i) the value of investments as reflected on the Statement of Net Position as of June 30 of the previous fiscal year, excluding any funds derived from endowment donations, endowment income, or other private philanthropy; (ii) the cash earnings on such balances in the previous fiscal year; and (iii) the use of the cash earnings on such
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Massie
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0320) on 03/13/2017
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My Virginia Plan Program; created, retirement plans for employees of private employers. [HB-2204]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Small Business ]
[Pensions ]
My Virginia Plan Program; retirement plans for My Virginia Plan Program; retirement plans for employees of private employers. Directs the Department of the Treasury (the Department) to create the My Virginia Plan Program (the Program) to enable private employers to connect with financial services firms that offer retirement plans. The bill provides that participation in a plan offered through the Program is voluntary for employers and their employees. The bill requires the Department to review and approve financial services firms to offer retirement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Torian
Tabled In Commerce And Labor By Voice Vote on 01/31/2017
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Study; long-term economic viability of working waterfronts; report. [SJR-281]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Tourism ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
Study; long-term economic viability of working waterfronts; report. Requests the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to study the long-term economic viability of working waterfronts, including a projection of the economic viability of preserving waterfront locations for new and existing water-dependent uses, and restoring working waterfront structures.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Professional and Occupational Licensing Requirements, Joint Subcommittee to Evaluate; created. [HB-2221]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Economic Development ]
Joint Subcommittee to Evaluate Professional and Occupational Licensing Requirements. Creates the Joint Subcommittee to Evaluate Professional and Occupational Licensing Requirements of the various regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The bill sets out the membership of the Joint Subcommittee and enumerates its powers and duties. The bill also provides that to assist the Joint Subcommittee in carrying out its powers and duties, the General Assembly shall adopt a schedule for its timely review of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Consumer finance companies; Internet loans, report. [SB-1126]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Consumer finance companies; Internet loans. Provides that the laws regulating consumer finance companies apply to persons making loans to individuals for personal, family, household, or other nonbusiness purposes over the Internet to Virginia residents or any individuals in Virginia, whether or not the person making the loans maintains a physical presence in the Commonwealth. The measure has a reenactment clause and directs the Bureau of Financial Institutions to conduct an analysis of the legal, administrative, and other relevant issues relating
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Tabled In Commerce And Labor By Voice Vote on 02/16/2017
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Substance-exposed infants; study of barriers to treatment in Commonwealth. [HB-2162]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene work group to study barriers to treatment of substance-exposed infants in the Commonwealth. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources (the Secretary) to convene a work group to study barriers to treatment of substance-exposed infants in the Commonwealth. Such work group shall include representatives of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and Health and Social Services and such other stakeholders as the Secretary may deem appropriate and shall (i) review current
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0197) on 02/23/2017
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Uniform Statewide Building Code; notice to residents of code violations. [HB-2203]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; notice to tenant of building code violation; renewal of lease. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to consider including in the current revision of the Uniform Statewide Building Code a provision designed to ensure that localities provide appropriate notice to residents of manufactured home parks of any Building Code violation by a park owner that jeopardizes the health and safety of those residents and to report to the General Assembly regarding the status of such efforts no later than
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0731) on 03/24/2017
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Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the funding needs of elections. [HJR-702]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Study; JLARC to study the current and future funding needs of modern elections administration in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the current and future funding needs of modern elections administration in the Commonwealth. The resolution directs JLARC to (i) evaluate and compare the potential fiscal impact at the state and local level of procuring a new voter registration system to replace the current voter registration system with the potential fiscal impact of modifying the current
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; Commonwealth's cybersecurity standards. [HJR-692]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
Study; JLARC; Commonwealth's cybersecurity standards; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to (i) evaluate the Commonwealth's current policies, procedures, and standards for assessing cybersecurity risks and protecting the electronic information of all branches of state government from unauthorized uses, intrusions, and other security threats and (ii) make recommendations for the improvement of such policies, procedures, and standards, including a recommendation, within 180 days of commencing the study, as to whether
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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DNA data bank; VSCC to study expanding number of certain crimes that require DNA. [HJR-711]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; DNA data bank; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study expanding the number of misdemeanor crimes that require the DNA of the person convicted to be included in Virginia's DNA data bank.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Opioids and buprenorphine; Boards of Dentistry and Medicine to adopt regulations for prescribing. [SB-1180]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Boards of Dentistry and Medicine; regulations for the prescribing of opioids and buprenorphine. Directs the Boards of Dentistry and Medicine to adopt regulations for the prescribing of opioids and products containing buprenorphine. The bill requires the Prescription Monitoring Program at the Department of Health Professions to annually provide a report to the Joint Commission on Health Care and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on the prescribing of opioids and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0682) on 03/20/2017
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Study; local government fiscal stress; report. [SJR-278]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Study; local government fiscal stress; report. Establishes a 15-member joint subcommittee to study local government fiscal stress. The two-year joint subcommittee shall review (i) the taxing authorities of local governments, including the disparity between city and county tax authority; (ii) local responsibilities for service delivery of state-mandated or high priority programs, (iii) causes of fiscal stress among local governments, (iv) the current state tax system, including the future of the car tax; and (v) potential financial incentives and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Left In Rules on 02/21/2017
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DPOR; regulatory boards within the Department, expiration of regulations. [HB-2242]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulatory boards within the Department; expiration of regulations. Requires all proposed and final regulations promulgated by any regulatory board within the Department on or after July 1, 2017, to contain a sunset provision such that the regulations shall expire within five years of their effective date. The bill provides that on or before July 1, 2021, the Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation (the Board) shall review the regulations on such timetable as determined by the Board
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Failed To Report (defeated) In General Laws And Technology (7-y 8-n) on 02/20/2017
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Study; JLARC; sentencing of drug offenders; report. [HJR-695]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Study; JLARC; sentencing of drug offenders; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study and report on the efficiency and effectiveness of the Virginia courts' sentencing of Schedule I and Schedule II drug offenders.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; implementation of certification programs. [SB-1130]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Trade ]
[Manufacturing ]
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; implementation of certification programs for small businesses; definition of small business; report. Changes the definition of small business, beginning July 1, 2018, to meet the small business size standards established by the regulations of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The bill provides that any business entity that the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (the Department) has certified as a small business prior to July 1, 2018, shall have such certification extended
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Left In General Laws on 02/21/2017
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Study; Broadband Advisory Council; broadband availability and the most cost-effective coverage. [HJR-700]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Study; Broadband Advisory Council; broadband availability and the most cost-effective means to provide broadband coverage to the greatest number of people; report. Requests the Broadband Advisory Council to develop a system for rating communities where the most people can be served by increased broadband coverage for the least cost.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Study; Secretary of Technology; interfacing of electronic medical records and information; report. [HJR-709]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Study; Secretary of Technology; interfacing of electronic medical records and information; report. Requests the Secretary of Technology to (i) study the development of an effective and efficient system that interfaces electronic medical records and information throughout the Commonwealth; (ii) identify strategies to implement such health care interface and the costs associated therewith; (iii) assess various testing strategies for the interface; (iv) recommend security and data standards for the interface; and (v) develop a systematic approach to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Poindexter
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017