Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB919
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Board of Health; regulations; maximum contaminant levels in water supplies and waterworks; effective date. Provides that the Board of Health shall review the recommendations of any work group convened by the Commissioner of Health after July 1, 2022, to study the occurrence of certain contaminants in public drinking water prior to adopting regulations establishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in all water supplies and waterworks in the Commonwealth for (i) perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate, and such other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as the Board deems necessary, (ii) chromium-6, and (iii) 1,4-dioxane. The bill also provides the Commissioner the option of establishing a work group to study the occurrence of such contaminants and to report to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Education and Health by December 1, 2022. Board of Health; regulations; maximum contaminant levels in water supplies and waterworks; effective date. Provides that the Board of Health shall review the recommendations of any work group convened by the Commissioner of Health after July 1, 2022, to study the occurrence of certain contaminants in public drinking water prior to adopting regulations establishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in all water supplies and waterworks in the Commonwealth for (i) perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate, and such other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as the Board deems necessary, (ii) chromium-6, and (iii) 1,4-dioxane. The bill also provides the Commissioner the option of establishing a work group to study the occurrence of such contaminants and to report to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Education and Health by December 1, 2022.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB92
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Health care providers; definition. Amends the definition of "health care provider" to include home care organizations and hospice.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB920
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/24/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Careless driving; vulnerable road users. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if he operates a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner and causes the death or serious bodily injury of a vulnerable road user. Current law only imposes the penalty if such careless or distracted operation causes serious bodily injury to the vulnerable road user. The bill also allows a court to suspend the driver's license or restrict the driver's license of a person convicted of careless driving for up to six months.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB921
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Prescribing controlled substances; practitioner-patient relationship; telemedicine. Provides that a prescriber may establish a practitioner-patient relationship for the purpose of prescribing Schedule II through V controlled substances via synchronous interaction with a patient and for the purpose of prescribing Schedule VI controlled substances via asynchronous interaction. The terms "synchronous interaction" and "asynchronous interaction" are defined in the bill.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB922
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Program; temporary product testing; consumer protections; report. Creates the Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Program, which allows participants to temporarily test a financial product or service on a limited basis without otherwise being licensed or authorized to conduct such business under the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill specifies application requirements and requires approval by the State Corporation Commission prior to an applicant's participation in the Program. Participants in the Program have a period of 24 months to conduct testing of a financial product or service with the possibility of an additional 12 months of testing if an agreement to do so is reached with the Commission. In addition, the bill provides that up to 30 days before the end of the testing period, a participant may request an extension of up to six months for the purpose of obtaining a license or other authorization for conducting business in the Commonwealth. Participants must provide required disclosures to consumers, and the bill gives the Commission the right to remove Program participants and to require assurances regarding consumer protections during the testing period. The bill also includes recordkeeping and reporting requirements for Program participants and a requirement for the Commission to provide an annual report to the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB923
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Health insurance; association health plan for real estate salespersons. Provides that a licensed insurer may issue a policy of group accident and sickness insurance to an association of real estate salespersons (association), which association shall be deemed the policyholder, and that such association health plan is not considered to be insurance and is not subject to the existing requirements for insurance if certain requirements are met. The bill requires that (i) all members of the association be eligible for coverage and membership, including employer members with at least one employee that is domiciled in the Commonwealth or self-employed individuals; (ii) membership in the association not be conditioned on any health status–related factor; (iii) the coverage offered through the association be available to all members regardless of any health status–related factor; (iv) the association not make health insurance coverage offered through the association available other than in connection with a member of the association; and (v) premiums for the policy be paid from funds contributed by the association or associations, or by employer members, or by both, or from funds contributed by the covered persons or from both the covered persons and the association, associations, or employer members. The bill also requires the association (a) has at the outset a minimum of 100 members; (b) has been organized and maintained in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance; (c) has been in active existence for at least five years; and (d) has a constitution and bylaws that provide that the association hold regular meetings not less than annually to further purposes of the members, that the association collects dues or solicits contributions from members, and that the members have voting privileges and representation on the governing board and committees. Health insurance; association health plan for real estate salespersons. Provides that a licensed insurer may issue a policy of group accident and sickness insurance to an association of real estate salespersons (association), which association shall be deemed the policyholder, and that such association health plan is not considered to be insurance and is not subject to the existing requirements for insurance if certain requirements are met. The bill requires that (i) all members of the association be eligible for coverage and membership, including employer members with at least one employee that is domiciled in the Commonwealth or self-employed individuals; (ii) membership in the association not be conditioned on any health status–related factor; (iii) the coverage offered through the association be available to all members regardless of any health status–related factor; (iv) the association not make health insurance coverage offered through the association available other than in connection with a member of the association; and (v) premiums for the policy be paid from funds contributed by the association or associations, or by employer members, or by both, or from funds contributed by the covered persons or from both the covered persons and the association, associations, or employer members. The bill also requires the association (a) has at the outset a minimum of 100 members; (b) has been organized and maintained in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance; (c) has been in active existence for at least five years; and (d) has a constitution and bylaws that provide that the association hold regular meetings not less than annually to further purposes of the members, that the association collects dues or solicits contributions from members, and that the members have voting privileges and representation on the governing board and committees. The bill provides that any such policy shall (1) be considered a large group market plan subject to all coverage mandates applicable to a large group market plan, (2) be subject to the group health plan coverage requirements under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (3) be prohibited from denying coverage under the policy on the basis of a pre-existing condition, (4) shall be guaranteed issue and guaranteed renewable, (5) provide essential health benefits and cost-sharing requirements, and (6) 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. The bill requires an insurer issuing such policy to an association to (A) treat all of the members and employees of employer members who are enrolled in coverage under the policy as a single risk pool; (B) set premiums on the basis of the collective group experience of the members and employees of employer members who are enrolled in coverage under the policy; (C) not vary premiums by age, except that the rate shall not vary by more than four to one for adults; (D) not vary premiums on the basis of gender; (E) not vary premiums on the basis of the health status of an individual employee of an employer member or a self-employed individual member; and (F) not establish discriminatory rules based on the health status of an employer member, an individual employee of an employer member, or a self-employed individual for eligibility or contribution. Finally, the bill provides that the State Corporation Commission retains its regulatory authority over any such association health plan and may impose insurance requirements, as it deems appropriate.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB924
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Limitation on handgun purchases; exemptions; penalty. Adds a federal law-enforcement officer to the list of those exempted from the prohibition on purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB925
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
2/28/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Health insurance; coverage for prosthetic devices. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts, health maintenance organizations, and the Commonwealth's Medicaid program to provide coverage for medically necessary prosthetic devices, including myoelectric, biomechanical, or microprocessor-controlled prosthetic devices. The provisions of the bill apply only in the large group markets. The provisions of the bill apply to any policies issued or delivered on and after January 1, 2023.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB926
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Provides that the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease will apply for full-time sworn members of the Department of Motor Vehicles Law Enforcement Division who have at least five years of service.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB927
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/7/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Elections; voting systems; reporting absentee results by precinct. Includes in the definition of "voting system" on-demand ballot printing systems and ballot marking devices used to manufacture or mark ballots to be cast by voters on electronic voting and counting machines. The bill also requires general registrars to report to the Department of Elections the number and results of absentee ballots cast by voters assigned to each precinct in the registrar's locality. The Department is directed by the bill to establish standards for ascertaining and reporting such information.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB928
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; improvement plan for the one-stop small business permitting program. Requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to develop a detailed improvement plan for the Department's one-stop small business permitting program and to provide the plan to the House Committees on Labor and Commerce and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor and Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2022. Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; improvement plan for the one-stop small business permitting program. Requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to develop a detailed improvement plan for the Department's one-stop small business permitting program and to provide the plan to the House Committees on Labor and Commerce and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor and Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2022.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB929
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Refer
2/8/22
Transfer of certain firearms; criminal history record information check; exemption. Provides that persons who hold a federal firearms license Type 03 - Collector of Curios and Relics are exempt from the criminal history record information check requirements to purchase certain firearms.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB93
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Refer
1/27/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/7/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Department of Health; home care organizations; license renewal. Changes the license renewal requirement for home care organizations from an annual renewal to a triennial renewal. The bill prohibits the Department of Health, upon renewal of a home care organization license, from requiring home care organizations to submit financial documents other than those required for initial licensure. Department of Health; home care organizations; license renewal. Changes the license renewal requirement for home care organizations from an annual renewal to a triennial renewal. The bill prohibits the Department of Health, upon renewal of a home care organization license, from requiring home care organizations to submit financial documents other than those required for initial licensure.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB930
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Human research; research involving minors; requirements. Establishes additional requirements for human research involving a minor as a human subject, defined in the bill, including requirements related to review of proposed and continuing research by institutional review boards and requirements related to parental consent to human research involving a minor.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB931
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act; publication of disciplinary actions; award eligibility. Requires, to the extent permissible by state and federal law, the Board of Medicine to publish on its website disciplinary action taken against a physician as a result of an investigation under the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act (the Act). The bill also permits compensation under the Act for birth-related neurological injury deaths occurring up to a person's eighteenth birthday; current law limits awards to such deaths occurring during the person's infancy.