Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills (Page 163)
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB433
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
1/27/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/7/22
Passed
4/7/22
Health insurance; calculation of enrollee's contribution; high deductible health plan. Provides that if the application of the requirement that a carrier, when calculating an enrollee's overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or any cost-sharing requirement under a health plan, include any amounts paid by the enrollee or paid on behalf of the enrollee by another person results in a health plan's ineligibility to qualify as a Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plan under the federal Internal Revenue Code, then such requirement shall not apply to such health plan with respect to the deductible of such health plan until the enrollee has satisfied the minimum deductible required by the federal Internal Revenue Code. The bill provides such limitation does not apply with respect to items or services that are considered preventive care.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB434
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/4/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Enrolled
3/10/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance use disorders; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance, in its report regarding denied claims, complaints, appeals, and network adequacy involving mental health and substance abuse disorder coverage, to include a summary of certain comparative analyses from health carriers related to mental health parity and an explanation of whether the analyses were considered compliant and any corrective actions required of the health carrier by the Bureau. The bill also changes the annual deadline for such report from September 1 to November 1. Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance use disorders; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance, in its report regarding denied claims, complaints, appeals, and network adequacy involving mental health and substance abuse disorder coverage, to include a summary of certain comparative analyses from health carriers related to mental health parity and an explanation of whether the analyses were considered compliant and any corrective actions required of the health carrier by the Bureau. The bill also changes the annual deadline for such report from September 1 to November 1.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB435
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/21/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Enrolled
3/21/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Children's Services Act; parent representatives; community policy and management teams; family assessment and planning teams. Removes provisions that prohibit a parent representative from serving as a member of a community policy and management team (CPMT) or a family assessment and planning team (FAPT) if such parent representative is employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to the law or agencies represented on a FAPT or CPMT and interacts directly on a regular and daily basis with children or supervises employees who interact directly on a regular basis with children; however, the bill directs prioritization of participation by parent representatives who are not employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to the law or agencies represented on a FAPT or CPMT. The bill directs the State Executive Council for Children's Services to inventory current efforts to recruit and retain parent representatives on CPMTs and FAPTs and compile a list of best practices for including and elevating parent voices within CPMTs and FAPTs for distribution to local Children's Services Act programs. The bill requires the State Executive Council for Children's Services to provide a copy of this report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions no later than November 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB436
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/4/22
Chaptered
4/27/22
Board of Health; Statewide Telehealth Plan; Virginia Telehealth Network. Requires the Board of Health (the Board) to consult with the Virginia Telehealth Network in amending and maintaining the Statewide Telehealth Plan. The bill requires the Board to contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network, or another Virginia-based nongovernmental organization focused on telehealth if the Virginia Telehealth Network is no longer in existence, to (i) provide direct consultation to any advisory groups and groups tasked by the Board with implementation and data collection, (ii) track implementation of the Statewide Telehealth Plan, and (iii) facilitate changes to the Statewide Telehealth Plan as accepted medical practices and technologies evolve.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB437
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/31/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Chaptered
4/6/22
Passed
4/6/22
Insurance for employees of certain public school foundations. Provides that any locality may provide group life, accident, and health insurance programs for employees of certain public school foundations.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB438
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/26/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/28/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Sales tax; Historic Triangle regional tax; dedication of funds. Requires the City of Williamsburg, James City County, and York County to appropriate annual amounts to entities promoting tourism and recreation in the Historic Triangle. Under current law, such localities receive state funds from the imposition of an extra one percent sales tax in the Historic Triangle. Sales tax; Historic Triangle regional tax; dedication of funds. Requires the City of Williamsburg, James City County, and York County to appropriate annual amounts to entities promoting tourism and recreation in the Historic Triangle. Under current law, such localities receive state funds from the imposition of an extra one percent sales tax in the Historic Triangle. The bill establishes the Williamsburg Tourism Council (the Council) as an advisory board in the legislative branch of state government and replaces the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Tourism Alliance on the Council with the Chair of the Greater Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB439
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Engrossed
2/28/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Institutions of higher education; hazing; policies. Establishes mandates at nonprofit private institutions of higher education and public institutions of higher education relating to hazing and defines different types of organizations at such institutions to which the mandates apply. The bill requires each such institution to provide to each current member, new member, and potential new member of each student organization with new members hazing prevention training that includes extensive, current, and in-person education about hazing, the dangers of hazing, including alcohol intoxication, and hazing laws and institution policies and information explaining that the institution's disciplinary process is not to be considered a substitute for the criminal legal process and provides that if a student organization with new members has an advisor, such advisor shall receive such hazing prevention training. The bill requires the governing board of each institution to include as part of its policy, code, rules, or set of standards governing sexual violence a provision for immunity from disciplinary action based on hazing or personal consumption of drugs or alcohol where such disclosure is made in conjunction with a good faith report of an act of hazing in advance of or during an incident of hazing that causes injury to a person. Beginning with the 2022–2023 academic year, the bill requires each institution to maintain and publicly report actual findings of violations of the institution's code of conduct or of federal or state laws pertaining to hazing that are reported to campus authorities or local law enforcement. This bill shall be known as Adam's Law.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB44
Introduced
12/28/21
Refer
12/28/21
Campaign finance; campaign contribution limits; civil penalty. Prohibits persons from making any single contribution, or any combination of contributions, that exceeds $20,000 to any one candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or the General Assembly in any one election cycle. No limits are placed on contributions made by the candidate or the candidate's family to the candidate's campaign or by political party committees. Civil penalties for violations of the limits may equal up to two times the excess contribution amounts.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB440
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Engrossed
3/1/22
Unlawful hazing; penalty. Provides immunity for arrest and prosecution for hazing and involuntary manslaughter if a person in good faith seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for a person who has received a bodily injury by hazing or renders emergency care or assistance, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), to a person who has received a bodily injury by hazing while another person seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for such person. The bill also clarifies that a prosecution of a hazing violation shall not preclude prosecution under any other statute. The bill also provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth may file a petition for mandamus or injunction against the president or other presiding official of any school or institution of higher education receiving appropriations from the state treasury seeking to enforce the required disciplinary and notifications provisions associated with acts of hazing. Unlawful hazing; penalty. Provides immunity for arrest and prosecution for hazing and involuntary manslaughter if a person in good faith seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for a person who has received a bodily injury by hazing or renders emergency care or assistance, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), to a person who has received a bodily injury by hazing while another person seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for such person. The bill also clarifies that a prosecution of a hazing violation shall not preclude prosecution under any other statute. The bill also provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth may file a petition for mandamus or injunction against the president or other presiding official of any school or institution of higher education receiving appropriations from the state treasury seeking to enforce the required disciplinary and notifications provisions associated with acts of hazing.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB441
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/28/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
State correctional facilities; fees; report. Directs the Department of Corrections (the Department) to convene a work group to review and make recommendations regarding the reduction or elimination of costs and fees charged to inmates in state correctional facilities. The bill directs the Department to report its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Public Safety and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by October 1, 2022.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB442
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/21/22
Breeding of dogs and cats for research; reporting. Requires any person who or entity that breeds dogs and cats for animal testing facilities to report certain information to the State Veterinarian on a monthly basis. The report shall include information regarding the birth, acquisition, death, sale, transfer, or other disposition of a dog or cat in the prior month. Breeding of dogs and cats for research; reporting. Requires any person who or entity that breeds dogs and cats for animal testing facilities to report certain information to the State Veterinarian on a monthly basis. The report shall include information regarding the birth, acquisition, death, sale, transfer, or other disposition of a dog or cat in the prior month.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB443
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Engrossed
2/14/22
Refer
2/22/22
Sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction by petition; defendant with a disorder or disability. Provides that a defendant with a disorder or disability, as defined in the bill, may file a petition that requests the sealing of the criminal history record information and court records of a Class 4 felony conviction or deferred and dismissed disposition. Under current law, Class 4 felony convictions or deferred and dismissed dispositions are ineligible to be sealed. Sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction by petition; defendant with a disorder or disability. Provides that a defendant with a disorder or disability, as defined in the bill, may file a petition that requests the sealing of the criminal history record information and court records of a Class 4 felony conviction or deferred and dismissed disposition. Under current law, Class 4 felony convictions or deferred and dismissed dispositions are ineligible to be sealed.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB444
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/19/22
Engrossed
1/24/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Department of General Services; conveyance of easement and appurtenances thereto to telecommunications companies. Adds telecommunications companies to the list of entities to which a state department, agency, or institution may grant an easement.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB445
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Commissioner of Highways; roadways operating under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Directs the Commissioner of Highways to evaluate whether it is in the public interest for any roadway operated pursuant to the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 (HCA) to operate instead under the authority and requirements provided by the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (PPTA). The bill authorizes the Commissioner, if he determines it is in the public interest for any such roadway to operate under the PPTA and if the Secretary of Transportation and the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee concur, to negotiate and execute a new comprehensive agreement with the operator of such roadway to operate under the authority and requirements provided by the PPTA. The bill has an expiration date of January 1, 2024.
VA
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB446
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Engrossed
2/9/22
Refer
2/21/22
Report Pass
2/25/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Chaptered
4/11/22
Passed
4/11/22
Broadband service; new residential and commercial development; stakeholder advisory group. Provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall convene a stakeholder advisory group for the purpose of evaluating local and state policies, procedures, or ordinances to facilitate the expansion of high-speed broadband service and associated infrastructure in new residential and commercial development. The stakeholder advisory group shall be composed of representatives from the commercial and residential land development and construction industry, local government, high-speed broadband providers, and other stakeholders as determined by the Department and shall report its findings and recommendations to the Broadband Advisory Council no later than September 30, 2022.