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 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 on the census at the Commonwealth's state hospitals for individuals with mental illness, and (ii) the potential impact 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 on the census at the Commonwealth's state hospitals for individuals with mental illness. 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 Chairman 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 on Courts of Justice, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice by November 1, 2019.

Summary: Broadband Advisory Council; appointments. Increases from 14 to 17 the total membership of the Broadband Advisory Council by adding a member of the Senate and two additional nonlegislative members, one to represent a wireless service authority and one to represent the Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives.

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 submarine cables; report. Requeststhe Virginia Marine Resources Commission to study the feasibilityof creating protection zones for submarine fiber optic cables locatedalong 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.