Del. Patrick Hope

State plan for medical assistance services;case management services; individuals with severe traumatic braininjury. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to updatethe state plan for medical assistance services to include a provisionfor the payment of medical assistance for targeted case managementservices for individuals with severe traumatic brain injury.

Local correctional facilities; fees. Eliminates certain fees charged to inmates within a local correctional facility,including a fee to defray the costs associated with an inmate's keep,travel and other expenses associated with an inmate's work releaseemployment or participation in an educational or rehabilitative program,and telephone systems. The bill also reduces certain fees chargedto inmates within a local correctional facility, including that thecost of items within a correctional facility's store or commissaryshall not exceed 10 percent of the typical market rate for the samegoods or services, and that the fee associated with electronic visitationand messaging systems shall not exceed the actual costs of establishingand operating such systems. The bill removes provisions that if aninmate is unable to pay in full such fees, the inmate must enter intoa deferred or installment payment agreement with the local correctionalfacility, or that such facility may enter into a contract for collectionof such fees with a private entity, a local governing body, or thecounty or city treasurer. The bill also provides that, upon dischargefrom a local correctional facility, an inmate shall receive, in theform of a check, electronic transfer, or a debit or other accountcard, the balance of all accounts maintained by the facility foran inmate's use.

Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes; established; report. Establishes the Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of performing a comprehensive review of Virginia law to assess ways in which it must be revised to include federally recognized Tribal Nations located in the Commonwealth as distinct governments with the right to exercise general sovereignty and powers of government. The Commission is required to submit an annual report on its interim activities and work by the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2024.

Secretariat agency responsibilities; Departmentof Juvenile Justice. Directs the Office of the Secretary of PublicSafety and Homeland Security and the Office of the Secretary of Healthand Human Resources to convene a stakeholder work group to determinethe feasibility and benefits of transferring responsibility for theDepartment of Juvenile Justice from the Secretary of Public Safetyand Homeland Security to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources.The bill requires the work group to submit its report containingthe work group's finding by November 1, 2022, to the Chairmen ofthe House Committee for Courts of Justice, House Committee on PublicSafety, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and Senate Committee onRehabilitation and Social Services.