Juveniles; trial as adult. Increases from14 years of age to 16 years of age the minimum age at which a juvenilecan be tried as an adult in circuit court for a felony.
Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administera paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2023. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees for family and medical leave. Funding for the program isprovided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginningin 2022. The amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee'saverage weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weeklywage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflectchanges in the statewide average weekly wage. The measure caps theduration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year. The billprovides self-employed individuals the option of participating inthe program.
Clinical psychologists; telepsychology; outof state. Allows clinical psychologists to provide services bytelepsychology to established patients who are out of state at thetime services are provided. The bill establishes the criteria thatmust be met for the clinical psychologist to offer telepsychologyservices. Clinical psychologists who offer telepsychology servicesmust comply with the Standards of Practice set by the Board of Psychology.
Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; classificationof certain crimes as violent felonies and the impact of reducingsentence lengths for criminal violations on recidivism; report.Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the classificationof certain crimes as violent felonies and the impact of reducingsentence lengths for criminal violations on recidivism.
Health insurance; coverage for diabetes. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to include coverage for insulin, certain equipment,certain supplies, regular foot care and eye care exams, and up tothree in-person outpatient self-management training and educationvisits upon an individual's initial diagnosis of diabetes and upto two such visits upon a significant change in an individual's condition.The bill provides greater specificity than the current law requiringcoverage for equipment, supplies, and self-management training andeducation visits. The bill also provides that benefits or servicesrequired for the treatment of diabetes is exempt from any deductible.The provisions apply to any insurance policy, contract, or plan delivered,issued for delivery, reissued, or extended on and after January 1, 2021, or at any time thereafter when any term of the policy, contract,or plan is changed or any premium adjustment is made.
Right to work. Repeals the provisions ofthe Code of Virginia that, among other things, prohibit any agreementor combination between an employer and a labor union or labor organizationwhereby (i) nonmembers of the union or organization are denied theright to work for the employer, (ii) membership in the union or organization is made a condition of employment or continuation ofemployment by such employer, or (iii) the union or organization acquiresan employment monopoly in any such enterprise.
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; contract;study of options for financing universal health care. Directsthe Secretary of Health and Human Resources to enter into a contractwith a qualified entity to study options for financing universalhealth care in the Commonwealth. The Secretary shall report the findings,conclusions, and recommendations of the qualified entity to the Governorand the General Assembly by December 1, 2020.
Child abuse and neglect; valid report or complaint;alleged abuser. Requires a local department of social servicesto conduct an investigation or family assessment when, among otherthings, a report or complaint of child abuse or neglect is receivedin which the alleged abuser (i) is the child's relative by blood,marriage, or adoption; (ii) is the child's caretaker or has supervisorycontrol over such child; or (iii) resides or is regularly presentin the same household as the child. The bill also amends the definitionof "abused or neglected child" to accommodate this directive. Undercurrent law, local departments are only required to conduct an investigationor family assessment when the alleged abuser is the child's parentor other caretaker.
Study; JLARC; reinstatement of discretionaryparole; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and ReviewCommission to study the reinstatement of discretionary parole, whichwas abolished in 1995.
Study; Department of Rail and Public Transportation; commuter rail system in the Commonwealth; report. Requests theDepartment of Rail and Public Transportation to study and developbest practices for constructing, operating, and maintaining commuterrail systems in the Commonwealth.
