SB98
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Favola |
Health insurance; if prior authorization request is approved for prescription drugs. |
Summary:
Health insurance; prior authorization.
Requires that any provider contract between a carrier and a participating health care provider contain specific provisions that require that if a prior authorization request is approved for prescription drugs and such prescription drugs have been scheduled, provided, or delivered to the patient consistent with the authorization, the carrier shall not revoke, limit, condition, modify, or restrict that authorization unless (i) there is evidence that the authorization was obtained based on fraud or misrepresentation; (ii) final actions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, other regulatory agencies, or the manufacturer remove the drug from the market, limit its use in a manner that affects the authorization, or communicate a patient safety issue that would affect the authorization alone or in combination with other authorizations; (iii) a combination of drugs prescribed would cause a drug interaction; or (iv) a generic or biosimilar is added to the prescription drug formulary. The bill provides that such provisions do not require a carrier to cover any benefit not otherwise covered or cover a prescription drug if the enrollee is no longer covered by a health plan on the date the prescription drug was scheduled, provided, or delivered. This bill is identical to HB 1134.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/23/2024 - Committee amendment agreed to 2/23/2024 - Engrossed by House as amended 2/23/2024 - Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) 2/23/2024 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) 3/4/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/4/2024 - Enrolled 3/4/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB98ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/8/2024 - Impact statement from SCC (SB98ER) 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Related Bills:
HB1134 (Willett) - Health insurance; if prior authorization request is approved for prescription drugs.
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SB174
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Favola |
Financial institutions; reporting financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults. |
Summary:
Financial institutions; reporting financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults.
Permits a financial institution to allow an elderly or vulnerable adult, as defined in the bill, to submit and periodically update a list of trusted persons whom such financial institution or financial institution staff, as defined in the bill, may contact in the case of the suspected financial exploitation of such adult. The bill also permits a financial institution to conduct a training to instruct its staff on how to identify and report the suspected financial exploitation of an elderly or vulnerable adult internally at such financial institution, to a designated trusted contact, and to various other authorities. The bill directs the Bureau of Financial Institutions of the State Corporation Commission to develop and publish guidelines for such training by January 1, 2026. The bill provides that no financial institution staff that have received such training shall be liable in any civil or administrative proceeding for disclosing the suspected financial exploitation of an elderly or vulnerable adult pursuant to the bill's provisions if such disclosure was made in good faith and with reasonable care. The bill provides that no financial institution that has provided such training shall be liable for any such disclosure by financial institution staff. This bill is identical to HB 692.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/23/2024 - Amendment by Delegate Maldonado agreed to 2/23/2024 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB174H1 2/23/2024 - Passed House with substitute with amendment (96-Y 0-N) 2/23/2024 - VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) 3/4/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/4/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB174ER) 3/5/2024 - Impact statement from SCC (SB174H1) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/8/2024 - Impact statement from SCC (SB174ER) 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Related Bills:
HB373 (Feggans) - Financial institutions; reporting financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults.
HB692 (Maldonado) - Financial institutions; reporting financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults.
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SB238
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Hashmi |
Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. |
Summary:
Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage, under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for contraceptive drugs and contraceptive devices, as defined in the bill, including those available over-the-counter. The bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from imposing upon any person receiving contraceptive benefits pursuant to the provisions of the bill any copayment, coinsurance payment, or fee, except in certain circumstances. This bill is identical to HB 819.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/22/2024 - Read second time 2/23/2024 - Read third time 2/23/2024 - Passed House (69-Y 29-N) 2/23/2024 - VOTE: Passage (69-Y 29-N) 2/27/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/1/2024 - Signed by President 3/8/2024 - Governor's recommendation received by Senate 3/9/2024 - Passed by for the day 4/17/2024 - Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) 4/17/2024 - Communicated to Governor
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Related Bills:
HB819 (Mundon King) - Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.
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SB248
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McPike |
Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; agreements between jobber/distributors and dealers. |
Summary:
Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; agreements between jobber/distributors and dealers; market valuation study.
Provides that a term of an initial agreement between a jobber/distributor and a dealer relating to specific marketing premises shall not be less than one year and that the term of all subsequent agreements between the jobber/distributor and the dealer relating to the same marketing premises shall not be for less than three years. The bill provides that rental provisions in any such agreement or franchise shall be based on commercially fair and reasonable standards at a fair market value of the leased marketing premises under an objectively reasonable analysis, uniformly applied to all similarly situated dealers of the same jobber/distributor in the same geographic area. If a dealer believes the terms of the agreement offered do not meet a fair market value, such dealer may hire, at his expense, an independent third-party appraisal company from a list of appraisal companies provided by the jobber/distributor to provide a market valuation study. The bill provides that such study shall (i) be for informational purposes only, (ii) not require either party to disclose confidential business information, and (iii) not bind either party. The provisions of the bill apply to Planning District 8 and to initial franchise agreements and renewals of franchise agreements entered into after July 1, 2024. This bill is identical to HB 392.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/22/2024 - Read second time 2/23/2024 - Read third time 2/23/2024 - Passed House (53-Y 45-N) 2/23/2024 - VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N) 2/28/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/28/2024 - Enrolled 2/28/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB248ER) 2/29/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB248ER) 3/2/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Related Bills:
HB392 (Reaser) - Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; agreements between jobber/distributors and dealers.
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SB255
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Surovell |
Shared solar programs; SCC to establish by regulation, etc. |
Summary:
Shared solar programs; American Electric Power; minimum bill; capacity.
Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation a shared solar program, as defined in the bill, through which customers of American Electric Power may purchase electric power through a subscription in a shared solar facility, as defined in the bill. The bill requires the Commission to establish a minimum bill, which shall include the costs of all utility infrastructure and services used to provide electric service and administrative costs of the shared solar program, taking into account certain considerations. The bill directs the Commission to initiate a proceeding to recalculate such minimum bill within 30 days of its final order in a proceeding establishing the value of a solar renewable energy certificate as required by relevant law. The bill specifies that the Commission shall establish the shared solar program consistent with the requirements of the bill by January 1, 2025, and shall require each utility to file any associated tariffs, agreements, or forms necessary for implementing the program by July 1, 2025. Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Energy to convene a stakeholder work group to determine the amounts and forms of certain project incentives and to submit a written report to the Chairs of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor no later than November 30, 2024. This bill is identical to HB 108.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/23/2024 - Amendment by Delegate Sullivan agreed to 2/23/2024 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB255H1 2/23/2024 - Passed House with substitute with amendment (52-Y 46-N) 2/23/2024 - VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) 3/4/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/4/2024 - Enrolled 3/4/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB255ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 4/22/2024 - Impact statement from SCC (SB255ER)
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Related Bills:
HB108 (Sullivan) - Shared solar programs; SCC to establish by regulation, etc.
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SB257
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Surovell |
Insurance; annual actual loss ratio report by dental carriers. |
Summary:
Insurance; dental carriers; annual report.
Requires each dental carrier, beginning in 2025, to annually, on or before April 30, file with the State Corporation Commission a report that includes the actual loss ratio, defined in the bill, for the preceding calendar year and any such other information as the Commission may require. The bill requires the Commission to post such reports on its website. The bill requires the Bureau of Insurance to evaluate the effectiveness of informing the public on the information being reported and to make recommendations, if any, on the continuation or modification of the obligation of dental carriers to report such information. The bill also requires the Commission to convene a work group of interested stakeholders to determine if any revisions are necessary to the Code of Virginia regarding ethics and fairness in dental carrier business practices and of health care providers of dental services. The work group is required to report its recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor on or before October 1, 2024. This bill is identical to HB 1132.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/22/2024 - Read second time 2/23/2024 - Read third time 2/23/2024 - Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) 2/23/2024 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) 2/28/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/28/2024 - Enrolled 2/28/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB257ER) 3/2/2024 - Signed by President 3/5/2024 - Impact statement from SCC (SB257ER) 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Related Bills:
HB1132 (Hayes) - Insurance; annual actual loss ratio report by dental carriers.
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SB271
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Subramanyam |
Net energy metering; eligible customer-generators and agricultural customer-generators. |
Summary:
Net energy metering; eligible customer-generators and eligible agricultural customer-generators.
Provides that no contract, lease, or arrangement by which a third party owns, maintains, or operates an electrical generating facility on an eligible customer-generator's property shall constitute the sale of electricity or cause the customer-generator or the third party to be considered an electric utility by virtue of participating in net energy metering. The bill prohibits an eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator from being required to provide proof of liability insurance or to purchase additional liability insurance as a condition of interconnection. The bill exempts eligible customer-generators and eligible agricultural customer-generators that operate a battery storage device of capacity commensurate with and equal to or greater than that of the electrical generating facility and in conjunction with the electrical generating facility from standby charges. The bill provides that any eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator may participate in demand response, energy efficiency, or peak reduction from dispatch of onsite battery service, provided that the compensation received is in exchange for a distinct service that is not already compensated by net metering credits for electricity exported to the electric distribution system or compensated by any other utility program or tariff. This bill is identical to HB 1062.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/4/2024 - Signed by Speaker 4/17/2024 - House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 40-N) 4/17/2024 - VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 40-N) 4/17/2024 - Signed by Speaker as reenrolled 4/17/2024 - Enacted, Chapter 783 (effective 7/1/24)
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Senate Committee Actions:
4/17/2024 - Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) 4/17/2024 - Reenrolled 4/17/2024 - Reenrolled bill text (SB271ER2) 4/17/2024 - Signed by President as reenrolled 4/22/2024 - Impact statement from SCC (SB271ER)
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Related Bills:
HB1062 (Willett) - Net energy metering; eligible customer-generators and agricultural customer-generators.
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SB370
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Boysko |
Employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; prohibited. |
Summary:
Prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; wage or salary range transparency; cause of action.
Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote a prospective employee or otherwise retaliating against a prospective employee for not providing wage or salary history; and (v) failing or refusing to disclose in each public and internal posting for each job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity the wage, salary, or wage or salary range. The bill establishes a cause of action for an aggrieved prospective employee or employee and provides that an employer that violates such prohibitions is liable to the aggrieved prospective employee or employee for statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater, reasonable attorney fees and costs, and any other legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate. This bill is identical to HB 990.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/22/2024 - Read second time 2/23/2024 - Read third time 2/23/2024 - Passed House (50-Y 48-N) 2/23/2024 - VOTE: Passage (50-Y 48-N) 2/28/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/28/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB370ER) 3/2/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 4/17/2024 - Passed in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 19-N) 4/17/2024 - Requires 2/3 members present
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Related Bills:
HB990 (Maldonado) - Employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; prohibited.
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SB373
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Boysko |
Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action. |
Summary:
Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action.
Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2027. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. The bill specifies that covered individuals shall not include state employees, constitutional and other local officers, and employees of local school divisions and that funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning January 1, 2026. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The bill caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program. Finally, the bill requires the Commission to update its 2021 Paid Family and Medical Leave study to include an assessment of the budgetary impacts of extending the benefits of the program to exempt individuals.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/26/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24107967D-H1 2/26/2024 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB373H1 2/26/2024 - Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N) 2/26/2024 - VOTE: Passage (50-Y 46-N) 3/4/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/4/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB373ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 4/17/2024 - Passed in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 19-N) 4/17/2024 - Requires 2/3 members present
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Related Bills:
HB737 (Sewell) - Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action.
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SB381
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Ebbin |
Unemployment compensation; employer's failure to respond to requests for information, etc. |
Summary:
Unemployment compensation; employer failure to respond to requests for information; claim determination; notice requirements.
Provides that an employer's account shall not be relieved of charges relating to an erroneous payment if the Virginia Employment Commission determines that (i) the employer has failed to respond timely or adequately to a written request for information related to the claim and (ii) the employer has established a pattern of failing to respond timely or adequately to such requests, as described in the bill. The bill requires the Commission to provide written notice for each instance of untimely or inadequate employer response to such requests. The bill provides that upon the Commission's third determination, and for each subsequent determination, within the applicable review period that an employer failed to respond timely or adequately to such a request, the employer shall be considered to have waived all rights in connection with the claim, including participation and appeal rights. The bill requires a deputy examining a claim to provide the reasoning behind the decision, as described in the bill, and a short statement of case-specific facts material to the determination together with any notice of determination upon a claim. The provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation. This bill is identical to HB 14.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/26/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24107959D-H1 2/26/2024 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB381H1 2/26/2024 - Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) 2/26/2024 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) 3/4/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/4/2024 - Enrolled 3/4/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB381ER) 3/4/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB381ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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SB391
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Pekarsky |
Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil. |
Summary:
Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.
Amends the provision that prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee for such employee's lawful use of medical cannabis oil, with certain exceptions, by specifying that such use must conform to the laws of the Commonwealth and by including the employees, other than law-enforcement officers, of the Commonwealth and other public bodies in such protections. This bill is identical to HB 149.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/22/2024 - Read second time 2/23/2024 - Read third time 2/23/2024 - Passed House (80-Y 18-N) 2/23/2024 - VOTE: Passage (80-Y 18-N) 2/28/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/28/2024 - Enrolled 2/28/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB391ER) 2/28/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB391ER) 3/2/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Related Bills:
HB149 (Helmer) - Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.
SB529 (Jordan) - Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.
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SB393
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Pekarsky |
MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements. |
Summary:
MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements.
Requires the MEI Project Approval Commission to consider, prior to recommending approval of any major employment and investment (MEI) project, a board diversity disclosure statement submitted by the business seeking incentives. The Commission is required to consider (i) whether such statement specifies the number and percentage of diverse directors who identify as female or as representing a national, racial, ethnic, indigenous, or cultural minority in the country of the business's principal executive offices and (ii) whether the business commits to annually updating and submitting such statement. This bill is identical to HB 212.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/4/2024 - Conferees appointed by House 3/4/2024 - Delegates: Watts, Maldonado, Coyner 3/9/2024 - Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 47-N) 3/9/2024 - VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 47-N) 3/26/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/25/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB393ER) 3/25/2024 - Signed by President 3/27/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 3/31/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB393ER) 4/17/2024 - Passed by for the day
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Related Bills:
HB212 (Watts) - MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements.
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SB480
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Aird |
Public utilities; municipal utilities, disconnection of service, consumer protections. |
Summary:
Public utilities; municipal utilities; disconnection of service; limitations; report; consumer protections.
Suspends electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities subject to the regulation of the State Corporation Commission from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during a state of emergency declared by the Governor and provides that such suspension lasts for 30 days after such declaration of the state of emergency. The bill suspends such electric and gas utilities from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees when the forecasted temperature low is at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit and suspends electric utilities from disconnecting any such customer from service when the forecasted temperature is at or above 92 degrees Fahrenheit within the 24 hours following the scheduled disconnection. The bill further suspends electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities from disconnecting residential customers from service on Fridays, weekends, state holidays, and the day immediately preceding a state holiday. The bill requires each such utility to notify its residential customers of such utility's disconnection for nonpayment policy and to deliver notice of nonpayment of bills or fees to such customers prior to disconnection. This bill is identical to HB 906.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/4/2024 - Signed by Speaker 4/17/2024 - House concurred in Governor's recommendation (89-Y 11-N) 4/17/2024 - VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 11-N) 4/17/2024 - Signed by Speaker as reenrolled 4/17/2024 - Enacted, Chapter 790 (effective 7/1/24)
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Senate Committee Actions:
4/8/2024 - Governor's recommendation received by Senate 4/17/2024 - Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) 4/17/2024 - Reenrolled 4/17/2024 - Reenrolled bill text (SB480ER2) 4/17/2024 - Signed by President as reenrolled
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Related Bills:
HB906 (Shin) - Public utilities; municipal utilities, disconnection of service, consumer protections.
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SB536
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Bagby |
Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits, repayment of overpayments. |
Summary:
Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits; repayment of overpayments. Reinstates provisions of the Code that expired on July 1, 2022, relating to unemployment compensation.
The bill provides that when a claimant has had a determination of initial eligibility for unemployment benefits, as determined by the issuance of compensation or waiting-week credit, payments shall continue, subject to a presumption of continued eligibility, until a determination is made that provides the claimant notice and an opportunity to be heard. The bill requires the Virginia Employment Commission to waive the obligation to repay any overpayment if (i) the overpayment was made without fault on the part of the individual receiving benefits and (ii) requiring repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience. Conditions for when overpayments are considered "without fault on the part of the individual" are outlined in the bill. The bill further provides that the Commission shall notify each person with an unpaid overpayment of benefits that he may be entitled to a waiver of repayment and provide 30 days to request such a waiver. This applies to outstanding overpayments established for claim weeks commencing on or after March 15, 2020. Finally, the bill adds overpayments that the Commission has waived the requirement to repay to the list of situations where specific employers are not responsible for benefit charges. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028. This bill is identical to HB 1261.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/4/2024 - Conferees appointed by House 3/4/2024 - Delegates: Tran, Askew, Gilbert 3/6/2024 - Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N) 3/6/2024 - VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N) 3/26/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/25/2024 - Enrolled 3/25/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB536ER) 3/25/2024 - Signed by President 3/27/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 3/31/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB536ER)
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Related Bills:
HB1261 (Tran) - Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits, repayment of overpayments.
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SB543
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Bagby |
Health insurance; patient access to emergency services, mobile crisis response services. |
Summary:
Health insurance; emergency services; mobile crisis response services.
Provides that emergency services, with respect to an emergency medical condition, include, as it relates to any mental health services or substance abuse services rendered at a behavioral health crisis service provider, (i) a behavioral health assessment that is within the capability of a behavioral health crisis service provider, including ancillary services routinely available to evaluate such emergency medical condition, and (ii) such further examination and treatment, to the extent that they are within the capabilities of the staff and facilities available at the behavioral health crisis service provider, as are required so that the patient's condition does not deteriorate. This bill is identical to HB 601.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/23/2024 - Committee amendments agreed to 2/23/2024 - Engrossed by House as amended 2/23/2024 - Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) 2/23/2024 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) 3/4/2024 - Signed by Speaker
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/4/2024 - Enrolled 3/4/2024 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB543ER) 3/4/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (SB543ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by President 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Related Bills:
HB601 (Kilgore) - Health insurance; patient access to emergency services, mobile crisis response services.
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SB593
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McPike |
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. |
Summary:
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumaticstress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurredby law-enforcement officers and firefighters.
Increases from 52 weeks to 104 weeks the maximum duration after the date of diagnosis that workers' compensation benefits are payable for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters acting in the line of duty.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/15/2024 - Read first time 2/15/2024 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 2/20/2024 - Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) 2/20/2024 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/26/2024 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/9/2024 - Reading of substitute waived 2/9/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24107248D-S1 2/9/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB593S1 2/9/2024 - Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 2/9/2024 - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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Related Bills:
HB1226 (Rasoul) - Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc.
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