Virginia Association of Centers for Independent Living (VACIL)

LEGISLATIVE TRACKING – Virginia General Assembly

January 19, 2018

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Legislation, Patron / Description
HB10, Kory
HB718, Plum / Hate crimes related to gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability
HB15, Mullin / School to determine alternative before referring student to police in cases of assault without bodily injury
HB40, Levine / Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program establish tax funded payments for caregiving
HB84, Bell, Richard / High schools without ASL courses required to grant credit for community college or virtual ASL courses for foreign language graduation requirement
HB105, Herring
HB1034, Price / Compulsory community policing training for law-enforcement officers to include the needs of special populations
HB118, Kory HB232, Tyler
HB676, Pogge
HB735, Carr
HB848, Ingram
HB893, Webert
HB1410, Helsel / Language development and assessment of children who are deaf or hard of hearing
HB133, Cole / Home healthcare workers not employees for purposes of labor and employment laws, unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, and state income tax withholding
HB174, Filler-Corn / Establishment of protocols for communication by law-enforcement with individuals with DD
HB176, Bell, Richard / Pilot program to transition certain students with IEPs from private school to public school
HB178, Bell, Richard / Virginia Fair Housing Law would permit the owner to deny or limit the rental of housing to persons whose payment of rent for such housing is contingent upon the owner's acceptance of a contract authorizing payment of such rent by an entity or individual other than the lessee
HB216, Krizek / Annual reports by guardians to include a recent report by a physician, psychologist, or other licensed professional
HB221, Miyares / Education Improvement Scholarships expanded to students with Individualized Instructional Plans (IIP) and increases the scholarship amount
HB226, Stolle / Expands provisions for a physician to end life sustaining treatment requested by the individual or their surrogate
HB253, Guzman / Sets maximum caseload for each full-time special education aide at five students
HB296, Bell, Richard / Prohibit students in preschool through grade 3 from being suspended or expelled except for drug offenses, firearm offenses, or certain criminal acts
HB324, Campbell / Prohibit closing Southwestern Virginia Training Center
HB325, Campbell
HB806, O’Quinn
HB1421, Garrett / Prohibit closing Southwestern Virginia Training Center and the Central Virginia Training Center
HB336, Cole / Assessment and education for students who are blind, including consideration of the teaching of Braille
HB338, Miyares
HB695, Poindexter / Work requirement for able-bodied adult recipients of Medicaid
HB348, Sickles / Medicaid expansion for people under the age of 65 who household income is under 133% of the federal poverty level
HB368, Rush / Waiver of federal requirement that insurance plans cover the essential health benefits required by the federal Affordable Care Act
HB386, Davis / Establishment of a process for a patient or provider to seek a step therapy override exception determination for medication
HB395, Davis / Eliminaterequirement that student must currently attend or recently attended a public school in order to qualify for Education Improvement Scholarships tax credits. Also increases the maximum annual scholarship.
HB406, Levine
HB477, Reid / Communication between incapacitated persons and others; process for a guardian to limit communication
HB426, Levine / Person carelessly or distracted operating a vehicle causes injury to a vulnerable road user (including a person using a wheelchair) is guilty of a traffic infraction
HB457, Filler-Corn / ABLE savings trust agreements; elimination of Medicaid clawback
HB458, Filler-Corn
HB1014, Toscano
HB1064, Heretick
HB1251, Cline
HB1422, Marshall / Practitioner may issue a written certification for the use of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil for the treatment or to alleviate the symptoms of a diagnosed condition or disease
HB491, LaRock
HB515, Bell, Rob / Parent's disability shall not be the sole basis of the denial or restriction of such parent's custody or visitation rights
HB505, Bell, Rob / Allow people who are deaf, blind, deaf-blindor DD to request the Department of Transportation to post signs informing drivers that a person with a disability may be present
HB636, O’Quinn / Disabled veterans use of electric personal assistive mobility devices on state forest roads and trails
HB673, Davis / Transitional Medical Assistance Services Program for certain individuals already receiving Medicaid to purchase Medicaid if their income stays below 200% of the federal poverty level
HB688, McQuinn / School board to provide alternative education programs for suspended students
HB701, Levine / Captioning, streaming and recording General Assembly meetings including Committees and Subcommittees
HB796, Hope / Locality to give consideration for reasonable modifications to requirements that are necessary to accommodate persons with disabilities when preparing a zoning ordinance
HB813, Hope / Employer of a Medicaid Waiver direct service provider may disclose information about the provider's employment to a prospective employer of the direct service provider with consent
HB815, Levine / Individuals receiving services operated, funded, or licensed by DBHDS shall be allowed to send and receive mail and make and receive at least one phone call per week without staff monitoring and access to a phone to place 911 calls
HB916, Landes / DARS to administer Long-Term Employment Support Services Extended Employment Services to assist individuals to maintain employment
HB974, Guzman / Allow use of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol with certification by a physician for treatment of a terminal or debilitating medical condition
HB1013, Simon / TNCs (Uber and Lyft) to adopt and enforce a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of a passenger's disability and other protected groups
HB1056, Simon / Medicaid personal maintenance allowance increase to $150 a month if in a nursing facility or ICF/IDD
HB1113, Roem
HB1311, Collins
HB1369, Plum / Health insurance coverage for treatment of autism to people of any age
HB1265, Cline / Colleges to provide training in dyslexia to college students preparing to be reading specialists
HB1280, LaRock / Sources that must be reviewed when public assistance is requested to include the Social Security Administration, Criminal Records Exchange, Employment Commission, IRS, Lottery
HB1346, Thomas, Bob / Children's Services Act to allow transfer from certain private schools to a public special education program within Planning District 16
HB1408, Bourne / Adds discrimination on the basis of a person's source of income to the list of unlawful discriminatory housing practices
HB1449, Guzman / Reduce or eliminate the waiting list for the Family and Individual Support Waiver
HB1600, Bourne / Long-term suspension from school for disciplinary action changed from more than 10 days to 11-45 school days
HJ24, Hope / Request the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics to develop a standard occupational classification for direct support professionals
HJ29, Bell, Richard / Study of the administration of the Children's Services Act
HJ84, Plum / Encouraging expansion of Medicaid
HJ109, Gooditis / Study of Medicaid-funded transportation
SB45, Favola / Adds disability to the bases of a victim's intentional selection for a hate crime
SB59, Lucas / Compulsory community policing training for law-enforcement officers to include the needs of special populations
SB70, Favola / Parent's disability shall not be the sole basis of the denial or restriction of such parent's custody or visitation rights
SB87, Surovell / Person carelessly or distracted operating a vehicle causes injury to a vulnerable road user (including a person using a wheelchair) is guilty of a traffic infraction
SB156, Edwards / Annual reports by guardians to include a report from a licensed professional who has examined the incapacitated person. Also allows the court to issue a summons if annual report is not filed
SB158, Edwards
SB282, Barker / Medicaid expansion for people under the age of 65 who household income is under 133% of the federal poverty level
SB160, Edwards / Language development and assessment of children who are deaf or hard of hearing
SB161, Edwards / Medicare supplemental policies for people under age 65
SB170, Stanley / Prohibits students in preschool through grade 3 from being suspended or expelled except for drug offenses, firearm offenses, or certain criminal acts
SB199, DeSteph / ADA notification. Person with the disability to provide written notice when a public accommodation is not accessible before filing a complaint. Public accommodation would have a minimum of 60 days to respond to allegation of the ADA violation.
SB205, Stuart / Children's Services Act to allow transfer from certain private schools to a public special education program within Planning District 16
SB222, Edwards / Expands provisions for a physician to end life sustaining treatment requested by the individual or their surrogate
SB229, Hanger / Training about autism for school employees assisting with transportation
SB287, McClellan / Commissioner of Health to provide DARS with information about spinal cord injury contained in the Statewide Trauma Registry
SB310, DeSteph / DMAS cannot reduce, terminate, suspend or deny services for an individual enrolled in a waiver on the basis the individual's choice of residence
SB337, Stuart / Establishes the Commission on Autism in the executive branch of state government
SB368, Newman / Colleges to provide training in dyslexia to college students preparing to be reading specialists
SB395, Barker / Changes to the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program
SB461, Dance / Employer of a Medicaid Waiver direct service provider may disclose information about the provider's employment to a prospective employer of the direct service provider with consent
SB560, Hanger / DARS to administer Long-Term Employment Support Services & Extended Employment Services to assist individuals to maintain employment
SB572, Hanger / Work requirement for nondisabled adult recipients of Medicaid
SB574, DeSteph / Establishment of a process by which a provider may seek a step therapy override exception determination for medication
SB593, Vogel / Health insurance coverage for treatment of autism to people of any age
SB597, Vogel
SB726, Dunnavant
SB788, Marsden
SB795, Dunnavant / Expands the medical conditions for which people can legally possess cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil
SB652, McPike / Establishes the Board for Purchases of Services from People with Severe Disabilities to encourage state agencies and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth to purchase services provided by persons with severe disabilities
SB692, Deeds / Allows mental health professionals to certify to the DMV a person's disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk, for the purpose of obtaining a disabled parking placard
SB781, Dunnavant / Medicaid transformation to integrated medical and behavioral health care, a value-based payment model, and cost-sharing and incentives that encourage wellness
SB835, Peake / Prohibit closing Central Virginia Training Center
SB869, DeSteph / Education Improvement Scholarships expanded to students with Individualized Instructional Plans (IIP) and increases the scholarship amount
SB893, Wexton / Medicaid personal maintenance allowance increase to $100 a month if in a medical facility or ICF/IDD
SB909, McClellan / Adds discrimination on the basis of a person's source of income to the list of unlawful discriminatory housing practices
SB915, Dunnavant / Medicaid GAP eligibility for adults with serious mental illness from 100 to 138 percent of the federal poverty level; add inpatient hospital and emergency room services; expand program eligibility to individuals with a diagnosis of mental illness, substance use disorder, or a life-threatening or complex chronic medical condition; and enroll all in CCC Plus managed care
SB919, Ebbin / Person carelessly or distracted operating a vehicle causes injury to a vulnerable road user (including a person using a wheelchair) is guilty of a traffic infraction
SB956, Barker / Virginia Health Care Access Program; Medicaid expansion
SJ48, McPike / DMAS and Dept of Education study integration of health care services into public schools
SJ54, Deeds / Study access to Medicare supplement insurance policies for individuals under age 65
SJ59, Newman / Study the identification of and interventions for dyslexia in public schools