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All Health, Welfare and Institutions Bills
Bill Patron Title
HB1389 Anderson Mental illness or emotional disturbance; administration of any medication for treatment, etc. View Comments
HB1409 Brewer Drug Control act; distribution of hypodermic needles. View Comments
HB1426 Tata Human trafficking; continuing education required for biennial renewal of licensure. View Comments
HB1433 Scott, P.A. Counseling Compact; licensure of professional counselors. View Comments
HB1446 Orrock Certified nursing facilities; minimum staffing standards, administrative sanctions. View Comments
HB1447 Orrock Controlled substances; administration by emergency medical providers. View Comments
HB1449 Orrock Emergency medical services providers; administration of prescription medication. View Comments
HB1450 Orrock Individuals with disabilities; terminology. View Comments
HB1465 Krizek Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee; established. View Comments
HB1489 Davis Naturopathic medicine; establishes licensure requirements for the practice. View Comments
HB1511 Adams, D.M. Midwifery; administration of medication. View Comments
HB1512 Adams, D.M. Medical assistance services; durable medical equipment, complex rehabilitation technology. View Comments
HB1521 Fowler Kratom products; prohibited acts, civil penalty. View Comments
HB1525 Coyner Peer recovery specialists; barrier crime exceptions. View Comments
HB1534 Clark Loan repayment programs; creates program for mental health professionals. View Comments
HB1564 Watts Nursing homes; standards of care, administrative sanctions. View Comments
HB1567 Rasoul Perinatal health; VDH, et al., to evaluate strategies to reduce maternal & infant mortality rates. View Comments
HB1573 Walker Mental health conditions & impairment; health regulatory board w/in DHP to amend its applications. View Comments
HB1598 Robinson Medical cannabis program; transition from Bd. of Pharmacy to Va. Cannabis Control Authority, report. View Comments
HB1602 Robinson State plan for medical assistance services; telemedicine, in-state presence. View Comments
HB1622 Wright Health regulatory boards; delegation of authority to conduct informal fact-finding proceedings. View Comments
HB1624 Ballard Mental health and rehabilitative services; military serv. members transitioning to civilian life. View Comments
HB1638 Walker DPOR, et al.; disclosure of certain information. View Comments
HB1659 Bell Students with disabilities; DBHDS, best practice standard related to transition of record. View Comments
HB1681 Robinson Long-term services and supports screening; screening after admission. View Comments
HB1689 Greenhalgh Patient visitation; request visitation from clergy members during declared public health emergency. View Comments
HB1709 Cherry Naloxone or other opioid antagonists; persons authorized to administer. View Comments
HB1711 Bell Minor's medical records; prohibits denial of parental access to records. View Comments
HB1737 Robinson Optometry; reorganizes portions of the law regulating practice, etc. View Comments
HB1744 Carr Adoption and foster care; home study reciprocity, licensed child-placing agencies, effective date. View Comments
HB1754 Head Telemedicine; practitioner-patient relationship, continuity of care. View Comments
HB1768 Head Child protective services; investigations, interview by child advocacy center, time limits. View Comments
HB1791 Filler-Corn Veterans' Behavioral Health Services Grant Matching Fund; created, report. View Comments
HB1799 Freitas Opioid Abatement Authority; increases membership. View Comments
HB1814 Wachsmann Prescription Monitoring Program; exemptions, licensed narcotic maintenance treatment programs. View Comments
HB1817 Avoli Disposition of unclaimed bodies; how disposition expenses paid, seizure of assets. View Comments
HB1819 Avoli Amendment of death certificates; county and city registrars. View Comments
HB1833 Walker Over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids; licensure not required by certain corporations, etc. View Comments
HB1840 Knight Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center; establishing at Old Dominion University. View Comments
HB1846 Head Medical marijuana program; product, registration, dispensing, and recordkeeping requirements. View Comments
HB1874 Helmer Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; applying to participate or renewal. View Comments
HB1891 McGuire Transcranial magnetic stimulation; DBHDS to establish pilot program. View Comments
HB1900 Hope Behavioral health and developmental services; provisional licenses issued to providers. View Comments
HB1904 Hope Emergency Department Care Management Grant Program and Fund; established and created, report. View Comments
HB1906 Hope Auxiliary grants; independent community living. View Comments
HB1919 Williams Graves Pregnant inmates; coverage through state plan for medical assistance. View Comments
HB1945 Durant Children and adolescents; data reporting, reporting requirements. View Comments
HB1946 Wachsmann Behavior analysts or assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria, certifying entities. View Comments
HB1952 Hodges Pharmacies; reporting of processing delays impacting patient safety. View Comments
HB1963 Runion Individuals with developmental disabilities; financial flexibility, report. View Comments
HB1969 Walker Adult adoptee; access to original birth certificate. View Comments
HB2008 Adams, L.R. Tick-borne diseases; VDH to study reducing occurrence & impact. View Comments
HB2018 Adams, L.R. Children's Services Act; information sharing, confidentiality exception. View Comments
HB2025 Roem SNAP benefits program; parent information sheet, free or reduced price meals application. View Comments
HB2029 Roem Public Guardian and Conservator Advisory Board; member terms. View Comments
HB2033 Sewell Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact; Va. to become a signatory to Compact. View Comments
HB2055 Glass Chief Medical Examiner, Office of the; surplus payroll funds. View Comments
HB2093 Mundon King State plan for medical assistance services; payment for cranial prostheses. View Comments
HB2139 Delaney Prescription refills; authority of pharmacists to refill prescriptions for insulin. View Comments
HB2146 Guzman Licensure by reciprocity; Bd. of Social Work to examine licensure w/other jurisdictions. View Comments
HB2147 Guzman Prescriptions; Bd. of Pharmacy to evaluate translated directions for use. View Comments
HB2157 Fariss Interjurisdictional compacts; criminal history record checks. View Comments
HB2158 Fariss DMAS; Department shall evaluate its ability to comply with certain federal regulations. View Comments
HB2172 Sickles Rights of persons with disabilities; definitions, mobility-impaired person. View Comments
HB2173 Sickles Bedding and upholstered furniture; exemption from regulation. View Comments
HB2185 Rasoul Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; provisions of performance contracts. View Comments
HB2190 Rasoul Managed care organizations; data collections and reporting requirements, report. View Comments
HB2192 Rasoul Catawba Hospital; substance abuse treatment and recovery services. View Comments
HB2211 Tran Graduates of foreign nursing education programs; licensure requirements. View Comments
HB2222 Hayes Surgical technologists and surgical assistants; practice prior to certification of licensure. View Comments
HB2224 Murphy Newborn screening program; VDH & DGS, et al., to evaluate current funding model. View Comments
HB2231 Sickles Social Work, Board of; expands powers and duties. View Comments
HB2232 Murphy State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services. View Comments
HB2251 Scott, P.A. Dentists and dental hygienists; DHP shall convene workgroup to analyze licensure requirements. View Comments
HB2255 Hodges DBHDS; review of regulations that impact providers. View Comments
HB2274 Kilgore Pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions. View Comments
HB2284 Wiley Waterworks & Wastewater Works Operators & Onsite Sewage System Professionals, Bd. for; membership. View Comments
HB2306 Freitas Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health, religious tenets or practices, exception. View Comments
HB2315 Kory Intellectual/Developmental Disability services; DMAS to study, dissemination of information. View Comments
HB2342 Campbell, E.H. Background checks; employees of children and developmental services, adult substance abuse services. View Comments
HB2344 Head Adult protective services; referrals to local law enforcement. View Comments
HB2345 Head Smartchart Network Program; renames Emergency Department Care Coordination Program, report. View Comments
HB2359 Fariss Physical therapy; practice. View Comments
HB2364 Wachsmann Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act. View Comments
HB2368 Adams, D.M. Medical marijuana program; product requirements, certifications. View Comments
HB2374 Davis Pharmacies; prohibits refusal to fill prescription from telemedicine provider. View Comments
HB2380 Roem SNAP applications; information. View Comments
HB2427 Freitas Hospital price transparency; private right of action, patient payment disputes. View Comments
HB2435 Hodges Hospital price transparency; enforcement, plans of correction. View Comments
HB2437 Roem Court-appointed guardians; training, powers & duties, annual report to local dept. of social serv. View Comments
HB2465 Hodges Prescription drugs; return of drugs past their expiration dates. View Comments
HB2489 LaRock Responsible Fatherhood Initiative; fatherhood needs assessment, etc. View Comments
SB1005 Hashmi Physical therapy; practice. View Comments
SB1016 Suetterlein Bedding and upholstered furniture; exemption from regulation. View Comments
SB1054 Peake Interjurisdictional compacts; criminal history record checks. View Comments
SB1060 Favola DPOR, et al.; disclosure of certain information. View Comments
SB1071 Bell Mental health and rehabilitative services; military serv. members transitioning to civilian life. View Comments
SB1104 Boysko Violence prevention services benefit; DMAS to convene group to advise on design & implementation. View Comments
SB1119 Stuart Telemedicine; practitioner-patient relationship, continuity of care. View Comments
SB1140 McPike DARS; training, powers, and duties of guardian. View Comments
SB1147 Boysko Human trafficking; continuing education required for biennial renewal of licensure. View Comments
SB1155 Mason DBHDS; review of regulations that impact providers. View Comments
SB1169 Hanger Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; provisions of performance contracts. View Comments
SB1198 Saslaw Drug Control act; distribution of hypodermic needles. View Comments
SB1221 Obenshain Assisted living facilities; minimum liability insurance. View Comments
SB1232 Dunnavant Death investigations; individuals receiving services in a state hospital or training center. View Comments
SB1234 Cosgrove Transcranial magnetic stimulation; DBHDS to establish pilot program in two locations. View Comments
SB1254 Dunnavant Maternal Mortality Review Team; annual compilation and release of statistical data. View Comments
SB1255 Dunnavant Smartchart Network Program; renames Emergency Department Care Coordination Program, report. View Comments
SB1269 Edwards Auxiliary grants; independent community living, report, effective clause. View Comments
SB1270 Edwards Managed care organizations; data collections and reporting requirements, report. View Comments
SB1275 Dunnavant Midwifery; administration of medication. View Comments
SB1279 Boysko Over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids; licensure not required by certain corporations, etc. View Comments
SB1337 Dunnavant Medical marijuana program; product, registration, dispensing, and recordkeeping requirements. View Comments
SB1339 Barker Certified nursing facilities; minimum staffing standards, administrative sanctions. View Comments
SB1344 Barker Alexandria, City of; operation of local health department. View Comments
SB1406 Vogel Behavior analysts or assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria, certifying entities. View Comments
SB1414 Pillion Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund; created. View Comments
SB1415 Pillion Opioids; impact reduction registry, report. View Comments
SB1418 Pillion State plan for medical assistance services; telemedicine, in-state presence. View Comments
SB1421 Pillion Adult protective services; referrals to local law enforcement. View Comments
SB1424 Pillion Naloxone or other opioid antagonists; persons authorized to administer. View Comments
SB1426 Suetterlein Controlled substances; administration by emergency medical providers. View Comments
SB1439 Locke Pregnant inmates; coverage through state plan for medical assistance, steps to obtain coverage. View Comments
SB1452 Newman Nursing home facility in Amherst County; certificate of public need exemption. View Comments
SB1457 Lewis Long-term services and supports screening; screening after admission. View Comments
SB1458 Ebbin Assisted living facilities; Sec. of Labor, et al., to study regulating staffing agencies. View Comments
SB1465 Hanger Community services boards; behavioral health authorities, purpose, performance contracts. View Comments
SB1474 Obenshain Mobile food units; Department of Health to amend its regulations. View Comments
SB1508 Mason Assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and child welfare agencies; provisional license. View Comments
SB1531 Dunnavant Va. Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative; SHHR shall convene work group to recommend improving care. View Comments
SB1533 Deeds Medical marijuana program; additional cultivation facility. View Comments
SB1538 Pillion Medical assistance services; state plan, pharmacy services. View Comments
SB1539 Pillion Dentistry; botulinum toxin injections for cosmetic purposes. View Comments
SB1544 Rouse Licensed providers; DBHDS shall review its regulations relating to required reporting. View Comments
SB1546 Ebbin Restaurants; clarifies definition. View Comments
SB788 Favola Medical cannabis program; transition from Board of Pharmacy to Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. View Comments
SB798 Hashmi Individuals with disabilities; terminology. View Comments
SB802 Hashmi Counseling Compact; licensure of professional counselors. View Comments
SB824 Bell Substance Abuse Services Council; name change, membership. View Comments
SB827 Favola Hospital emergency departments; required security and training, regulations. View Comments
SB836 Reeves Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee; established. View Comments
SB846 Favola Peer recovery specialists; barrier crime exceptions. View Comments
SB894 Newman Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act. View Comments
SB923 Favola Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program; established. View Comments
SB926 Favola Emergency Dept. Care Management Grant Program and Fund; established & created, report, sunset date. View Comments
SB945 Suetterlein Individuals with developmental disabilities; financial flexibility, report. View Comments
SB948 Suetterlein Pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions. View Comments
SB970 Mason Mental health conditions & impairment; health regulatory board w/in DHP to amend its applications. View Comments
SB975 Peake Certified nurse midwives, etc.; designation as advanced practice registered nurses. View Comments

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