Reports relating to PFAS; Department of Environmental Quality; one-time report. Requires all facilities that have engaged since January 1, 2021, in the manufacture of or knowing use in the production process of one or more chemicals listed as PFAS target analytes to produce a one-time report on the use of such chemicals. The report shall be limited to facilities that discharge to (i) a surface water under a Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) or (ii) a publicly owned treatment works under an industrial pretreatment program permit or other written authorization issued by a local permit control authority. The report shall be submitted to the Department and, if such facility discharges to a publicly owned treatment works, also to the local permit control authority no later than October 1, 2024. The bill also requires certain facilities to perform a limited PFAS discharge characterization during the one-year period from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, for each waterway discharge outfall consisting of representative quarterly monitoring using the applicable laboratory test method, as specified in the bill. Such facilities shall report results to the Department and, if the facility discharges to a publicly owned treatment works, also to the local permit control authority, within 30 days after the end of each quarter. This bill was incorporated into HB 1085.
Del. Dan Helmer
Sponsored bills
Commending the Honorable Mark C. Simmons.
Commending John T. Frey.
Campaign advertisements; independent expenditures;electioneering communications; disclaimer requirements. Broadensthe scope of disclaimer requirements for campaign advertisements to include electioneering communications, as defined in the bill, andmessages advocating for the passage or defeat of a referendum. Thebill also requires an advertisement that is an independent expenditureor that expressly advocates for the passage or defeat of a referendumto contain a disclaimer providing the names of the advertisementsponsor's three largest contributors. The bill also requires independentexpenditure reports to be filed electronically. Current law allowssuch reports to be filed either electronically or in writing.
Leave for officers of elections. Requiresstate and private employers to allow officers or employees who areappointed as officers of election to take leaves of absence fromtheir respective duties without loss of seniority, accrued leave,benefits, or efficiency rating on all days during which any suchofficer or employee has been assigned to work as an officer of electionin a polling place.
Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
Hospital price transparency; private right of action; patient payment disputes; noncompliance; prohibition of debt collection. Allows patients, if a hospital is not in compliance with hospital price transparency laws on the date that an elective procedure, test, or service is provided to a patient by the hospital, and the noncompliance is related to such elective procedure, test, or service, to bring an action, individually or jointly, against the hospital to recover payment of the price of the elective procedure, test, or service. Under the bill, if a hospital is found not in compliance with hospital price transparency laws under such circumstances, the hospital is liable for the price of the elective procedure, test, or service provided; an additional equal amount as liquidated damages; interest accruing from the date the elective procedure, test, or service was provided; and reasonable attorney fees and costs. If a hospital is found not in compliance with hospital price transparency laws under such circumstances, the hospital is liable for an amount equal to triple the amount of the price of the elective procedure, test, or service and reasonable attorney fees and costs.
Commending the Honorable Grace Burke Carroll.
Commending the Honorable Gayl Y. Branum Carr.