Summary: Commission on Civic Education; sunset. Extends the sunset of the Commission on Civic Education from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2020.

Summary: State School Health Advisory Committee.Requires the Board of Education to establish the State School HealthAdvisory Committee, consisting of no more than 20 nonlegislative citizenmembers, to advise the Board, the Governor, and the General Assemblyon (i) the role of employees in public elementary or secondary schools in providing health care services at such schools and (ii) the needfor any training associated with delivery of health care services.

Summary: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee;member terms. Increases from two to four the number of consecutivefour-year terms a nonlegislative citizen member is allowed to serve on the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee (the Committee), which oversees the distribution of funds raised by the sale of Friendof the Chesapeake license plates. The bill provides that the twocitizen members of the Committee who are appointed by the SenateCommittee on Rules, both of whose terms expire on July 1, 2019, shallhave their terms extended until July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021, respectively.One of the two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegatesshall have the expiration of his term extended from July 1, 2019,until July 1, 2022. Such extensions shall not constitute a term indetermining each member's eligibility for reappointment under thelimit of four consecutive terms provided by the bill.

Summary: Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; causes of high state hospital census; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a stakeholder work group to examine the causes of the high census at the Commonwealth's state hospitals for individuals with mental illness, including (i) the impact on such census of the practice of conducting evaluations of individuals who are the subject of an emergency custody order in hospital emergency departments, the treatment needs of individuals with complex medical conditions, the treatment needs of individuals who are under the influence of alcohol or other controlled substances, and the need to ensure that individuals receive treatment in the most appropriate setting to meet their physical and behavioral health care needs and (ii) the potential impact on such census of extending the time frame during which an emergency custody order remains valid, revising security requirements to allow custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order to be transferred from law enforcement to a hospital emergency department, diverting individuals who are the subject of an emergency custody order from hospital emergency departments to other more appropriate locations for medical and psychological evaluations, and preventing unnecessary use of hospital emergency department resources by improving the efficiency of the evaluation process. The work group shall analyze how such issues affect both adults and children. The work group shall develop recommendations for both long-term and short-term solutions to the high census at the Commonwealth's state hospitals for individuals with mental illness and shall report such recommendations to the Chairmen of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century, the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee for Courts of Justice, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice by November 1, 2019.

Summary: Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance; Broadband Advisory Council; expiration. Extends the expiration of the Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2021. The bill also repeals the expiration of the Broadband Advisory Council, and alters and expands from 14 to 17 its total membership. This bill is identical to HB 2541.

Summary: Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; plan for sharing inmate health information between community services boards and local and regional jails. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) to convene a work group to study the issue of and develop a plan for sharing protected health information of individuals with mental health treatment needs who have been confined to a local or regional jail in the Commonwealth and who have previously received mental health treatment from a community services board or behavioral health authority in the Commonwealth. The bill requires DBHDS to report by October 1, 2019, to the Governor and the General Assembly on (i) development of the plan, (ii) the content of the plan, and (iii) the steps necessary to implement the plan, including any statutory or regulatory changes and any necessary appropriations.

Summary: Study; Department of Transportation; purchase of the Dulles Greenway; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of purchasing all or part of the Dulles Greenway.

Summary: Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Servicesin the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century continued; report.Continues the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Servicesin the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century for two additionalyears, through December 1, 2021.

Summary: Study; Virginia Marine Resources Commission; creation of protection zones for submerged cables; report. Requests the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to study the feasibility of creating protection zones for submerged fiber optic cables located along Virginia's shores.

Summary: Study; Department of Housing and Community Development; permitting processes for broadband deployment and renewable energy construction projects; report. Requests the Department of Housing and Community Development to study the permitting processes in the Commonwealth for broadband deployment and renewable energy construction projects.