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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Background checks; persons providing care for elderly or disabled. [HB-2040]
Background checks; persons providing care for elderly or disabled. Allows any person who provides or seeks to provide unsupervised care or assistance to an elderly or disabled person to request a national fingerprint criminal background check on himself at his cost.
Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Tabled In Health, Welfare And Institutions By Voice Vote on 02/05/2019
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Child care providers; background checks, portability. [HB-2043]
Child care providers; background checks; portability. Exempts prospective employees and volunteers of certain child welfare agencies from statutory background check requirements where the individual completed a background check within the previous five years, provided that (i) such background check was conducted after July 1, 2017; (ii) the results of such background check indicated that the individual had not been convicted of any barrier crime and was not the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect; and (iii) the individual is
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Tabled In Health, Welfare And Institutions (20-y 1-n) on 01/31/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Medical records; subpoena duces tecum, additional time to comply. [HB-2044]
Medical records; subpoena duces tecum; additional time to comply. Provides that a health care provider may make a written request to the party requesting the subpoena duces tecum or the party on whose behalf the subpoena was issued for such party's consent to an additional seven days within which to comply with such subpoena, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided such subpoena was served within 15 days of the return date and provided such additional time does not adversely affect a party's ability to timely prepare for trial,
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Failed To Pass In House on 02/24/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Elections; changes date of June primary election and May general election. [HB-2048]
Elections; date of June primary election and May general election. Changes the date of the primary election held in June from the second Tuesday in June to the third Tuesday in June. The bill also changes candidate filing deadlines to reflect the change of date to the June primary. The bill changes the date of the general election held in May from the first Tuesday in May to the second Tuesday in May. The bill does not change candidate filing deadlines associated with the May general election.
Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/05/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Certificate of public need; freestanding diagnostic imaging center. [HB-2050]
Certificate of public need; exception. Directs the State Health Commissioner to accept, review, and issue a certificate of public need for the establishment of and related equipment for a freestanding diagnostic imaging center located in Planning District 15 that will provide diagnostic imaging services using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomographic (CT) scanning on an outpatient basis.
Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Tabled In Health, Welfare And Institutions By Voice Vote on 02/05/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Physician assistants; licensure by endorsement. [HB-2169]
Physician assistants; licensure by endorsement. Authorizes the Board of Medicine to issue a license by endorsement to an applicant for licensure as a physician assistant who (i) is the spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Commonwealth, (ii) holds current certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, and (iii) holds a license as a physician assistant that is in good standing, or that is eligible for reinstatement if lapsed, under the laws of another state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0338) on 03/12/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Financial exploitation of adults; reporting by financial institution staff. [HB-2225]
Financial institutions; reporting by financial institution staff; supporting information and records. Provides that any financial institution staff who suspects that an adult has been financially exploited may provide supporting information and records to the local department of social services or the adult protective services hotline, in addition to reporting such suspected exploitation to such local department or such hotline provided for under current law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0339) on 03/12/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Trooper Mark Barrett Memorial Bridge; designating as the bridge on Meadow Road over Interstate 64. [HB-2226]
Designating the Trooper Mark Barrett Memorial Bridge. Designates the bridge on Meadow Road over Interstate 64 at mile marker 202 in Henrico County the "Trooper Mark Barrett Memorial Bridge." This bill is identical to SB 1690.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0156) on 02/27/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Commercial sex trafficking, prostitution, etc.; increases penalties. [HB-2299]
Commercial sex trafficking, prostitution, etc.; penalties. Increases from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony the penalties for the following crimes if a minor is not involved: (i) human trafficking; (ii) receiving money or other valuable thing for or on account of causing any person to engage in forced labor or services, concubinage, prostitution, or the manufacture of any obscene material or child pornography; (iii) receiving any money or other valuable thing from the earnings of any male or female engaged in prostitution; and (iv) commercial
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/05/2019
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Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Police animals; killing or injuring, penalty. [HB-2307]
Killing or injuring police animals; penalty. Requires a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of six months for any person who maliciously kills or injures an animal owned, used, or trained by a law-enforcement agency, regional jail, or the Department of Corrections while such animal is performing its lawful duties or is being kept in a kennel, pen, or stable while off duty. The bill also provides that such punishment shall be separate and apart from, and shall be made to run consecutively with, any other sentence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/05/2019