Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 14)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1174
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Health carriers; denial of coverage; quarterly report. Requires each health carrier in the Commonwealth to submit to the State Corporation Commission on a quarterly basis a report of all first-time denials of coverage, including denials based on preexisting conditions and experimental or investigational treatments. The bill states that a health carrier must inform a covered person of his right to an internal appeal or, if applicable, an external review, upon issuing a denial of coverage. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1175
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Snare traps; prohibition. Prohibits the use of snare traps with a circumference greater than 12 inches to hunt or kill game animals.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1176
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Snare traps; prohibition. Prohibits the use of snare traps to hunt or kill game animals.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1177
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Virginia Digital Service established; duties. Establishes the Virginia Digital Service with an executive director to be appointed by the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Service to recruit a team of at least 15 senior-level engineers, designers, product managers, technologists, and other top technical talent to work with civil servants to modernize and improve digital services for citizens across government agencies. The team members shall serve under two-year contract terms with the option for the contract to be renewed for two additional years. The Service shall initiate projects and consult with agencies with the goal of enhancing digital services, which are the technology products that enable public services, and the capacity of the agency to support those services long term.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1178
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Department of Labor and Industry; seizure first aid information. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry to disseminate information regarding seizure first aid, defined in the bill, to all employers and employees in the Commonwealth and requires all employers of 25 or more employees to physically post this information in a prominent location in the workplace. The bill incorporates the "Good Samaritan" provision of the Code of Virginia that shields a person from liability when rendering emergency care in good faith under certain circumstances. Department of Labor and Industry; seizure first aid information. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry to disseminate information regarding seizure first aid, defined in the bill, to all employers and employees in the Commonwealth and requires all employers of 25 or more employees to physically post this information in a prominent location in the workplace. The bill incorporates the "Good Samaritan" provision of the Code of Virginia that shields a person from liability when rendering emergency care in good faith under certain circumstances.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1179
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Virginia Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board; establishment. Establishes the 29-member Virginia Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board as an advisory board in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of advising the Governor, his Cabinet members, and the General Assembly on the current ways that Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous history is described in the relevant Standards of Learning and associated curriculum frameworks; how that content is taught in classrooms; and strategies to develop Asian American and Pacific Islander history and social studies elective courses, Latino history and social studies elective courses, and Indigenous history and social studies elective courses.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB118
Introduced
1/7/22
Refer
1/7/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
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 dioxide as a by-product of energy generation, in certain circumstances; (iii) declaring that statutory allowances for energy derived from sunlight, onshore wind, offshore wind, and storage facilities are in the public interest; and (iv) relating to the development of solar and wind generation and energy storage capacity, development of offshore wind capacity, and generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources. The bill provides that planning and development activities for new nuclear generation facilities are in the public interest.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1180
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Substance abuse services providers; assessment; tobacco use. Requires every provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services who provides services to individuals with substance use disorder to assess each individual receiving services for use of all tobacco products at the time the provider begins providing services and provides that, in cases in which an individual receiving services is identified as having a tobacco use disorder, the provider shall (i) provide information to the individual about how continued use of tobacco products may affect the individual's long-term success in recovery from substance use disorder; (ii) recommend treatment for tobacco use disorder in the treatment plan; and (iii) offer either treatment for tobacco use disorder as part of the individual's treatment plan, if the provider is licensed to provide such treatment, or referral for treatment of tobacco use disorder. Substance abuse services providers; assessment; tobacco use. Requires every provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services who provides services to individuals with substance use disorder to assess each individual receiving services for use of all tobacco products at the time the provider begins providing services and provides that, in cases in which an individual receiving services is identified as having a tobacco use disorder, the provider shall (i) provide information to the individual about how continued use of tobacco products may affect the individual's long-term success in recovery from substance use disorder; (ii) recommend treatment for tobacco use disorder in the treatment plan; and (iii) offer either treatment for tobacco use disorder as part of the individual's treatment plan, if the provider is licensed to provide such treatment, or referral for treatment of tobacco use disorder.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1181
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Right to counsel; target of investigation. Provides that whenever a person is informed in writing by the attorney for the Commonwealth, the Attorney General, or counsel or special counsel for a multi-jurisdiction grand jury or special grand jury that he is the target of a criminal investigation for a criminal offense, the penalty for which may be confinement in the state correctional facility or jail, including charges for revocation of suspension of imposition or execution of sentence or probation, that target may present the written target letter to the clerk of the circuit court to set a hearing for the circuit court to inform him of his right to counsel and provide the target a reasonably opportunity to employ counsel, or if appropriate, execute a statement of indigence. The bill provides that the target letter, statement of indigence, other documents, and proceedings shall be sealed until such time as the target is charged with a criminal offense related to the target letter or until good cause is shown that they be unsealed.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1182
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Fraud-related crimes; penalties. Creates felony offenses for crimes related to wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, and health care fraud, each described in the bill, punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one nor more than 20 years.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1183
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Operating motor vehicle with accumulated snow or ice; penalty. Provides that it is a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of $100 for a person to operate a moving motor vehicle with any amount of accumulated snow or ice on its exposed surfaces where, were the snow or ice to become dislodged from such vehicle, such accumulated snow or ice could interfere with the operation of another motor vehicle or cause injury to persons or property. The bill exempts from the infraction a person operating an emergency vehicle, a vehicle engaged in snow or ice removal and control operations, or a vehicle operated during adverse weather conditions arising after operation of the vehicle began that result in the accumulation of snow or ice on such vehicle.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1184
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Public schools; English language learners. Requires state funding to be provided to support new divisionwide ratios of English learner students in average daily membership to full-time equivalent teaching positions, as follows: (i) for each English language learner identified as proficiency level one, one position per 25 students; (ii) for each English language learner identified as proficiency level two, one position per 30 students; (iii) for each English language learner identified as proficiency level three, one position per 40 students; and (iv) for all other English language learners, one position per 50 students.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1185
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Local tax; solar facility exemption.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1186
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Department of Veterans Services; Mental Health Care Coordinator; position created; report. Establishes the position of Mental Health Care Coordinator (the Coordinator) in the Department of Veterans Services to support and closely coordinate effective mental health care services for military service members and veterans and their families. The bill directs the Coordinator to report by December 1 of each year through the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, the Governor, and the General Assembly on the work of the Coordinator and any legislative recommendations.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1187
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice; licensure by reciprocity for physicians; emergency. Allows a health care practitioner licensed in another state or the District of Columbia who has submitted an application for licensure to the appropriate health regulatory board to temporarily practice for a period of 90 days pending licensure, provided that certain conditions are met. The bill directs the Board of Medicine to pursue reciprocity agreements with jurisdictions that surround the Commonwealth to streamline the application process in order to facilitate the practice of medicine. The bill requires the Department of Health Professions to annually report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions the number of out-of-state health care practitioners who have utilized the temporary authorization to practice pending licensure and have not subsequently been issued full licensure.