Summary
Meets on: Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 a.m. in House Committee Room
Members: Mark Sickles (Chair) – Dawn Adams – Lashrecse Aird – John Avoli – Rob Bell – Karrie Delaney – James Edmunds – Buddy Fowler – Elizabeth Guzman – Cliff Hayes – Christopher Head – Keith Hodges – Patrick Hope – Mark Levine – Bobby Orrock – Marcia Price – Sam Rasoul – Roxann Robinson – Ibraheem Samirah – Kathy Tran – Wendell Walker – Rodney Willett
13 Democrats and 9 Republicans
Subcommittees:
- Behavioral Health
- Health Professions
- Health, Social Services
OnAir Post: Health, Welfare & Institutions Committee
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Health, Welfare, and Institutions bills passed by the General Assembly
Virginia Legislative Information System
Virginia Legislative Information System
Note: Details on bills passed below are in the Heading “Bills passed”
- HB 1737 Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement.
- Clinical nurse specialist; licensure of nurse practitioners as specialists, etc.
- HB 1805 Aging services; economic and social needs.
- HB 1808 Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Commissioner of; reports to designated protection.
- HB 1817 Certified nurse midwives; practice.
- HB 1820 SNAP benefits program; eligibility for benefits, postsecondary education.
- HB 1823 Public schools, child day programs, and certain other programs; carbon monoxide detectors required.
- HB 1831 Home care organizations; personal care services through audio-video telephone communication.
- HB 1845 Alcoholic beverage control; license fee reform.
- HB 1873 Brain injury; clarifies definition.
- HB 1874 Behavioral health; assessments in local correctional facilities, report.
- HB 1879 Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine.
- HB 1885 Comprehensive review of computer science standards, etc., in public schools; DOE to perform, report.
- HB 1894 Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; certain employees of DJJ authorized to administer.
- HB 1913 Career fatigue and wellness in certain health care providers; programs to address, civil immunity.
- HB 1950 Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; Va. Department of Health, et al., to establish, report.
- HB 1953 Licensed certified midwives; clarifies definition, licensure, etc.
- HB 1957 Adult adoption; investigation and report.
- HB 1962 Foster care; termination of parental rights, relatives and fictive kin.
- HB 1973 Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of banquet licensees.
- HB 1976 Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; mission of Authority, membership.
- HB 1987 Telemedicine; coverage of telehealth services by an insurer, etc.
- HB 1986 George Mason University; management agreement with the Commonwealth.
- HB 1989 Public health emergency; emergency medical services agencies, real-time access to information.
- HB 1995 Rare Disease Council and Rare Disease Council Fund; created, report.
- HB 2002 Child support; health care coverage, eligibility requirements.
- HB 2010 Earned sentence credits; rate at which sentence rates may be earned, prerequisites. Contains a technical amendment. This bill is declarative of existing law.
- HB 2039 Physician assistant; eliminates certain requirement for practice.
- HB 2061 VIIS; any health care provider in the Commonwealth that administers immunizations to participate.
- HB 2065 Produce Rx Program; Dept. of Social Services, et al., to develop a plan for a 3-yr. pilot Program.
- HB 2070 Community services boards; contracts with private providers.
- HB 2079 Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs and devices.
- HB 2086 Child care providers; background checks, portability.
- HB 2092 DBHDS; background checks, persons providing contractual services.
- HB 2098 Southwestern Va. Mental Health Institute; Governor to lease a portion of property to Smyth County.
- HB 2111 Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, Task Force on; established, report.
- HB 2116 Funeral service licensees, etc.; priority for personal protective equipment and immunization, etc.
- HB 2117 Children’s Services Act; funds expended special education programs.
- HB 2124 COVID-19; DMAS shall deem testing, treatment, and vaccination to be emergency services.
- HB 2131 Alcoholic beverage control; license application, locality input.
- HB 2154 Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; regulations, patient access to intelligent personal assistant.
- HB 2162 Medical care facilities; designated support persons for persons with disabilities.
- HB 2065 Produce Rx Program; Dept. of Social Services, et al., to develop a plan for a 3-yr. pilot Program.
- HB 2166 Involuntary admission; provisions governing involuntary inpatient & mandatory outpatient treatment.
- HB 2191 Social services, local departments of; investigations and family assessments, etc.
- HB 2197 Individuals w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities; DMAS to study use of virtual support, etc.
- HB 2206 Child Care Subsidy Program; expanding Program to serve more families.
- HB 2212 Children’s Services Act; effective monitoring and implementation.
- HB 2220 Surgical technologist; certification, use of title.
- HB 2222 Military medical personnel program; facilities that offer medical services to public, etc.
- HB 2230 Supported decision-making agreements; DBHDS to develop and implement a program, etc.
- HB 2039 Physician assistant; eliminates certain requirement for practice.
- HB 2284 Driving privileges, certain; Commissioner of DMV to reinstate privileges and waive fees.
- HB 2300 Hospitals; emergency treatment for substance use-related emergencies.
- HB 2314 Special education; Bd. of Education to amend certain regulation.
