Schedule for 01/16/2015

The Day’s Calendar

Half an hour after the House adjourns 9th Floor Appropriations Room, General Assembly Building House Appropriations

Half an hour after the House adjourns House Room D, General Assembly Building Joint House Courts of Justice and House Education

8:00 AM 5th Floor West Conference Room, General Assembly Building Ben Franklin Privacy Caucus

8:00 AM House Room D, General Assembly Building House Counties, Cities and Towns

9:00 AM House Room C, General Assembly Building House Militia, Police and Public Safety

9:00 AM 5th Floor West Conference Room, General Assembly Building Tourism Caucus

9:30 AM 9th Floor Appropriations Room, General Assembly Building House Privileges and Elections

12:30 PM House Room C, General Assembly Building House Courts of Justice

Legislation Scheduled for Hearings

Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9:00 AM)
# Title
SB1146 Virginia Vegetation Program; established by Department of Environmental Quality.
SB1154 Discharge of deleterious substance into state waters; notice.
SB1200 Golden bamboo; designation as a noxious weed.
SB1201 Stormwater; procedure for approval of dredging operations in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
SB1202 Clean Power Plan; preparation of state implementation plan.
SB1203 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; Little Creek watershed removed from James River Basin.
SB1242 Nurseries; labeling of plants treated with pollinator-lethal insecticides.
SB1266 Conservation easements; private bottomland conveyed by special grant.
SB1271 Submerged beds of rivers or creeks; claims of private ownership, arbitration.
SB1284 Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs); replacement of tributary strategies.
SB1292 Sanitary districts; boat ramps, shoreline management, and dredging.
SB1306 Battlefield property; authority to acquire.

Senate Education and Health (8:30 AM)
# Title
SB712 Higher education; handling of sexual assault cases.
SB713 Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Council; established.
SB715 Medicaid; DMAS to enter into contracts in regions with regional care organizations.
SB717 Medical school scholarships; expands eligibility for program.
SB718 Telemedicine; Department of Health to establish a three-year pilot program, report.
SB722 Tuition, in-state; students granted Temporary Protected Status, etc.
SB723 Public schools; health information form.
SB724 SOL; Bd. of Education prohibited from adopting revisions that implement Common Core State Standards.
SB727 School Performance Report Card; redesign to be more effective in communicating to parents & public.
SB732 Investigational drugs; expanded access.
SB733 Abortion; requirement for ultrasound.
SB734 Higher education; reporting of sexual assault, penalty.
SB750 Hospitals; required notice to patients.
SB757 Standards of Learning; eligibility for retake of test.
SB769 Health insurance; essential health benefits, abortion coverage.
SB776 Physical therapy; certain experience and referrals required to practice.
SB782 The use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; Board of Education regulations.
SB805 STEM programs; grants for donations to qualified schools.
SB806 Higher educational institutions; fixed four-year tuition rate.
SB817 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of information.
SB821 Opportunity Educational Institution; repeals Institution.
SB823 Public schools; physical activity requirement.
SB830 School calendar; continuing waivers.
SB835 Newborn screening; Krabbe disease.
SB837 Emergency medical services personnel; alternate method created for background checks.
SB849 Community colleges; enrollment policies.
SB851 Hospital discharge procedures; designation of individual to receive information and instructions.
SB852 Public schools; definition of corporal punishment, exception.
SB856 School-sponsored fund-raisers; regulations by Board of Education.
SB857 Hospitals; required notice to patients.
SB873 Virginia Veterans Recovery Program; created, report.
SB874 Standards of Learning; eligibility for retake of tests.
SB897 Standards of Learning; eligibility for retake of tests.
SB900 SOL; school divisions to determine date for assessments.
SB901 Nurses and nurse practitioners, registered and practical; restricted volunteer license.
SB902 Minors; procedures for collection of physical evidence.
SB916 Diploma seals; BOE shall establish criteria for awarding.
SB920 Abortion; removes specific time frame for performance of ultrasound, informed consent.
SB938 Fire services and emergency medical services; revises certain terminology.
SB944 Home health and hospice organizations; reporting requirements concerning health professionals.
SB959 Medicine Board of; supervised clinical training licensure.
SB971 Community College Workforce Training Grant Program; established.
SB980 Public schools; teacher grievance procedures.
SB981 Higher educational institutions; memorandum of understanding and policies.
SB982 Graduation requirements; local alternative paths to standard units of credit.
SB983 Higher educational institutions, four-year public; dual enrollment programs.
SB984 Standards of Learning tests; expedited retake.
SB985 Virginia Public School Educational Technology Grants Program; leases of educational technology.
SB988 Sexual orientation change efforts prohibited.
SB995 Standards of Learning tests; expedited retake.
SB997 Emergency medical services personnel; background checks, process.
SB998 School divisions; concussion policies and procedures, establishing a management plan.
SB1020 Standards of Learning; reduced number and type of assessments.
SB1021 Instructional school hours; instructional time.
SB1024 Apprenticeship-related instruction.
SB1036 Dependents of active duty military members; DMAS shall amend waiver eligibility criteria.
SB1045 Autism spectrum disorder; Board of Medicine shall post information available on website.
SB1052 Developmental disabilities; definition.
SB1058 Chiropractic schools; student training and practice.
SB1063 Charter schools; personnel.
SB1078 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting.
SB1083 Immunizations; adds certain doses of meningococcal vaccine to minimum requirements.
SB1088 Hospitals; admission of patients.
SB1091 Public schools; adjustment of calculation of local composite index for funding.
SB1093 Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act; created.
SB1105 School Health Advisory Board; established, report.
SB1111 People with Disabilities, Virginia Board for; membership, powers and duties.
SB1112 Public schools; kindergarten instructional time.
SB1116 Standards of Learning; request of waiver to use alternative test for students with limited English.
SB1117 Child abuse or neglect, suspected; time period for investigation.
SB1120 Medicine, Board of; requirements for licensure.
SB1122 Higher educational institutions; student mental health policies.
SB1131 School calendar.
SB1143 Quarantine zones; establishment by the Governor, at the request of the Commissioner.
SB1145 Local school board members; professional development.
SB1149 Expanded access to investigational drugs, biological products, and devices.
SB1167 Epinephrine auto-injectors; possession and administration by certain individuals.
SB1183 Higher educational institutions, four-year; fixed tuition rate.
SB1186 Naloxone; administration in cases of opiate overdose.
SB1192 Higher educational institutions; sexual misconduct policies.
SB1193 Academic transcripts; suspension, permanent dismissal, or withdrawal from institution.
SB1197 Hospitals; establishing policies to follow when a stillbirth occurs, reporting.
SB1206 Higher educational institutions; six-year plan to include intellectual property interests, etc.
SB1209 New Economy Industry Credential Assistance Training Grants; established.
SB1221 Health care institutions; reporting requirements of certain officials.
SB1222 Expanded access to investigational drugs, biological products, and devices.
SB1223 Higher educational institutions, four-year public; websites, consumer information.
SB1235 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; recommendation and dispensing.
SB1236 Special diplomas; eliminates the term.
SB1244 Chiropractors; expands scope of practice.
SB1249 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting.
SB1252 Higher educational institutions; reporting of sexual assault, penalty.
SB1260 Restaurants; regulations requiring display of information about food allergies.
SB1265 Acute psychiatric bed registry; frequency of updating.
SB1275 Higher educational institutions; reporting of sexual assault to DCJS.
SB1280 Certificate of public need; State Health Commissioner to condition approval.
SB1283 Certificate of public need; eliminates regional health planning agencies and adds an exception.
SB1286 Public schools; annual budget publication in line item form on school division's website.
SB1293 Public elementary and secondary schools; student identification numbers.
SB1294 Board of Nursing; criminal history record check for applicants for licensure.
SB1310 Practitioner-owned distributorships; prohibits use of certain supplied medical devices.
SB1320 Public schools; accreditation ratings.
SB1322 State Board for Community Colleges; policy for the award of academic credit for military training.
SB1326 Academic transcripts; documentation of dismissal.