Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB190
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Elections; referenda; local advisory referenda. Provides for an exception to the rule that prohibits a referendum from being placed on the ballot unless specifically authorized by statute or by charter, allowing each locality to provide by ordinance a process for holding an advisory referendum provided such advisory referendum is placed on the ballot not more than once per calendar year.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB191
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Refer
2/25/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Compensation of experts in criminal cases. Increases from $750 to $1,200 the maximum fee that the court may pay for professional services rendered by each psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, or other expert appointed by the court to render professional service in a criminal case other than for aggravated murder cases.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB192
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
5/27/22
Passed
5/27/22
Local health director; qualifications. Amends the qualification requirements for local health directors to provide that a person may be a local health director if he possess a master's or doctoral degree in the area of public health and has at least three years of professional experience in a full-time position in either a public health agency or public health-related position or is otherwise qualified for the position as determined by the Commissioner of Health. Currently, only a person who is a physician licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth may be a local health director. The bill provides that if a local health director is not a physician licensed to practice medicine and there is no licensed physician on staff, the local health director shall enter into a consulting agreement with a licensed physician to execute prescribing duties, consult on clinical matters, and perform all other duties as requested. Local health director; qualifications. Amends the qualification requirements for local health directors to provide that a person may be a local health director if he possess a master's or doctoral degree in the area of public health and has at least three years of professional experience in a full-time position in either a public health agency or public health-related position or is otherwise qualified for the position as determined by the Commissioner of Health. Currently, only a person who is a physician licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth may be a local health director. The bill provides that if a local health director is not a physician licensed to practice medicine and there is no licensed physician on staff, the local health director shall enter into a consulting agreement with a licensed physician to execute prescribing duties, consult on clinical matters, and perform all other duties as requested.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB193
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Child day programs; licensure; accredited private schools. Adds to the list of child day programs not required to be licensed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to operate in the Commonwealth programs offered by accredited private schools that are in good standing with the Virginia Council for Private Education and operate for no more than four hours per day. The bill provides that, to be exempt from licensure, such accredited private school programs must be staffed by the accredited private school's employees and attended by children who are at least five years of age and are enrolled in the school. The bill requires such programs to be subject to safety and supervisory standards established by the Virginia Council for Private Education.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB194
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/17/22
Engrossed
1/20/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Insurance; public adjusters; standards of conduct. Prohibits a public adjuster from engaging in any activity that may reasonably be construed as a conflict of interest, including soliciting or accepting any remuneration of any kind or nature, directly or indirectly, except as set forth in a public adjusting contract with an insured. Additionally, the bill provides that for the purposes of the prohibition on a public adjuster having a financial interest in an insured's claim, "financial interest" includes participation by a public adjuster, directly or indirectly, in the reconstruction, repair, or restoration of damaged property that is the subject of a claim adjusted by that public adjuster. The bill contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB195
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Group health benefit plans; bona fide associations; formation of benefits consortium. Provides that certain trusts constitute a benefits consortium and are authorized to sell health benefit plans to members of a sponsoring association that (i) has been formed and maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining or providing health benefits; (ii) does not condition membership in the sponsoring association on any factor relating to the health status of an individual, including an employee of a member of the sponsoring association or a dependent of such an employee; (iii) makes any health benefit plan available to all members regardless of any factor relating to the health status of such members or individuals eligible for coverage through a member; (iv) does not make any health benefit plan available to any person who is not a member of the association; (v) makes available health plans or health benefit plans that meet requirements provided for in the bill; (vi) operates as a nonprofit entity under § 501(c)(5) or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (vii) has been in active existence for at least five years. The bill replaces references to "bona fide association," as used in provisions applicable to health care plans in the small employer market, with the term "sponsoring association." Group health benefit plans; bona fide associations; formation of benefits consortium. Provides that certain trusts constitute a benefits consortium and are authorized to sell health benefit plans to members of a sponsoring association that (i) has been formed and maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining or providing health benefits; (ii) does not condition membership in the sponsoring association on any factor relating to the health status of an individual, including an employee of a member of the sponsoring association or a dependent of such an employee; (iii) makes any health benefit plan available to all members regardless of any factor relating to the health status of such members or individuals eligible for coverage through a member; (iv) does not make any health benefit plan available to any person who is not a member of the association; (v) makes available health plans or health benefit plans that meet requirements provided for in the bill; (vi) operates as a nonprofit entity under § 501(c)(5) or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (vii) has been in active existence for at least five years. The bill replaces references to "bona fide association," as used in provisions applicable to health care plans in the small employer market, with the term "sponsoring association." The bill requires any health benefit plan issued by a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) that covers one or more employees of one or more small employers to (a) provide essential health benefits and cost-sharing requirements; (b) offer a minimum level of coverage designed to provide benefits that are actuarially equivalent to 60 percent of the full actuarial value of the benefits provided under the plan; (c) not limit or exclude coverage for an individual by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion on that individual; (d) be prohibited from establishing discriminatory rules based on health status related to eligibility or premium or contribution requirements as imposed on health carriers; (e) meet the renewability standards set forth for health insurance issuers; (f) establish base rates formed on an actuarially sound, modified community rating methodology that considers the pooling of all participant claims; and (g) utilize each employer member's specific risk profile to determine premiums by actuarially adjusting above or below established base rates, and utilize either pooling or reinsurance of individual large claimants to reduce the adverse impact on any specific employer member's premiums. The bill prohibits a self-funded MEWA from issuing health benefit plans in the Commonwealth until it has obtained a license pursuant to regulations promulgated by the State Corporation Commission. The bill authorizes the Commission to adopt regulations applicable to self-funded MEWAs, including regulations addressing financial condition, solvency requirements, and the exclusion of self-funded MEWAs from the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB196
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/5/22
Passed
4/5/22
Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation; funding for Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. Requires that 20 percent of the 20 percent tax levied on alcoholic beverages sold by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority that is attributable to the sale of spirits produced by a distiller licensee be deposited in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. The bill requires the Virginia Spirits Board to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1 regarding its activities and use of moneys in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB197
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Common interest communities; prohibition on refusal to recognize a licensed real estate broker. Clarifies the prohibition on property owners' associations and unit owners' associations pursuant to the Property Owners' Association Act (§ 55.1-1800 et seq.) and the Virginia Condominium Act (§ 55.1-1900 et seq.), as the case may be, refusing to recognize a licensed real estate broker that is designated by the lot owner or unit owner as such lot owner's or unit owner's authorized representative, provided that the property owners' association or unit owners' association is given a written authorization signed by the lot owner or unit owner designating such licensed individual as his authorized representative and containing certain information for such designated representative. The bill also expands the list of authorized persons to whom a seller or seller's authorized agent may provide a written request for the delivery of the association disclosure packet or resale certificate. The bill contains a technical amendment.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB198
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Engrossed
3/12/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Disposition when defendant found incompetent; involuntary admission of the defendant. Provides that in cases where the defendant has been charged with a misdemeanor larceny-related offense or a misdemeanor offense for trespassing, destruction of property, intoxication in public, disorderly conduct, or failure to appear and is found to be incompetent following a competency evaluation, the competency report may recommend that the court direct the community services board or behavioral health authority to (i) conduct an evaluation to determine whether the defendant meets the criteria for temporary detention and (ii) upon determining that the defendant does meet the criteria for temporary detention, file a petition for issuance of an order for temporary detention of the defendant. Similarly, the bill provides that, in cases in which a defendant has been charged with one of the listed misdemeanors, is found to be incompetent, and the competency report recommends that the defendant be temporarily detained, the court may dismiss the charges without prejudice and, in lieu of ordering that the defendant receive treatment to restore his competency, order the community services board or behavioral health authority to conduct an evaluation of the defendant and if the board or authority determines that the defendant meets the criteria for temporary detention, file a petition for issuance of an order for temporary detention. The bill provides that the court shall not dismiss such charges and enter such order if the attorney for the Commonwealth is involved in the prosecution of the case and does not concur in the motion. Under current law, the court is required to order that the defendant receive treatment to restore his competency. The bill also clarifies the process following the completion of the competency evaluation of a defendant. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2023. Disposition when defendant found incompetent; involuntary admission of the defendant. Provides that in cases where the defendant has been charged with a misdemeanor larceny-related offense or a misdemeanor offense for trespassing, destruction of property, intoxication in public, disorderly conduct, or failure to appear and is found to be incompetent following a competency evaluation, the competency report may recommend that the court direct the community services board or behavioral health authority to (i) conduct an evaluation to determine whether the defendant meets the criteria for temporary detention and (ii) upon determining that the defendant does meet the criteria for temporary detention, file a petition for issuance of an order for temporary detention of the defendant. Similarly, the bill provides that, in cases in which a defendant has been charged with one of the listed misdemeanors, is found to be incompetent, and the competency report recommends that the defendant be temporarily detained, the court may dismiss the charges without prejudice and, in lieu of ordering that the defendant receive treatment to restore his competency, order the community services board or behavioral health authority to conduct an evaluation of the defendant and if the board or authority determines that the defendant meets the criteria for temporary detention, file a petition for issuance of an order for temporary detention. The bill provides that the court shall not dismiss such charges and enter such order if the attorney for the Commonwealth is involved in the prosecution of the case and does not concur in the motion. Under current law, the court is required to order that the defendant receive treatment to restore his competency. The bill also clarifies the process following the completion of the competency evaluation of a defendant. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB199
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Engrossed
3/9/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
5/27/22
Passed
5/27/22
Public auction of personal property to satisfy lien; advertisement requirement alternative contact. Removes the provisions regarding the content of and publishing requirements for an advertisement for a public auction of personal property for the purposes of satisfying a lien. The bill also permits a rental agreement for an individual storage space in a self-service storage facility to provide the occupant with the option to designate an alternative contact to receive any notices required by law and provides that no alternative contact shall have any right to access the leased space or any personal property stored within unless expressly stated otherwise in the rental agreement. Public auction of personal property to satisfy lien; advertisement requirement alternative contact. Removes the provisions regarding the content of and publishing requirements for an advertisement for a public auction of personal property for the purposes of satisfying a lien. The bill also permits a rental agreement for an individual storage space in a self-service storage facility to provide the occupant with the option to designate an alternative contact to receive any notices required by law and provides that no alternative contact shall have any right to access the leased space or any personal property stored within unless expressly stated otherwise in the rental agreement.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB2
Introduced
11/15/21
Refer
11/15/21
School principals; incident reports. Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act that the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Under current law, principals are required to make such reports only for such acts that may constitute a felony offense.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB20
Introduced
12/22/21
Refer
12/22/21
Treatment of transgender students; model policies. Eliminates the requirement that each school board adopt policies that are consistent with the model policies developed by the Department of Education concerning the treatment of transgender students in public elementary and secondary schools.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB200
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/22/22
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusions; administrative investigations; onsite sewage complaints. Creates an exemption with respect to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for records of active investigations and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of complainants furnished in confidence with respect to an active investigation of onsite sewage complaints made to the Department of Health or the Department of Environmental Quality. Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusions; administrative investigations; onsite sewage complaints. Creates an exemption with respect to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for records of active investigations and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of complainants furnished in confidence with respect to an active investigation of onsite sewage complaints made to the Department of Health or the Department of Environmental Quality.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB201
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Refer
2/24/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Hospitals; financial assistance; payment plans. Requires hospitals to make reasonable efforts to screen every uninsured patient, defined in the bill, to determine whether the individual is eligible for medical assistance pursuant to the state plan for medical assistance or for financial assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy and to inform every uninsured patient who receives services at the hospital and who is determined to be eligible for assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy of the option to enter into a payment plan with the hospital. The bill also prohibits hospitals from engaging in extraordinary collection actions to recover a debt for medical services against any patient unless the hospital has made all reasonable efforts to determine whether the patient qualifies for medical assistance pursuant to the state plan for medical assistance or is eligible for financial assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy and requires hospitals to annually report data and information regarding the amount of charity care, discounted care, and financial assistance provided under the hospital's financial assistance policy and the amount of uncollected bad debt.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB202
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/23/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/3/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Study; Secretary of Health and Human Resources and Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; increase use of alternative custody arrangements for individuals subject to an emergency custody or temporary detention order; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, together with the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, to study options to increase the use of alternative custody arrangements for individuals who are subject to an emergency custody or temporary detention order and to report his findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by October 1, 2022. Study; Secretary of Health and Human Resources and Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; increase use of alternative custody arrangements for individuals subject to an emergency custody or temporary detention order; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, together with the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, to study options to increase the use of alternative custody arrangements for individuals who are subject to an emergency custody or temporary detention order and to report his findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by October 1, 2022.