Commending the Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce.
Del. Candi King
Sponsored bills
Commending the Northern Virginia Mental HealthFoundation.
Commending the Stafford County Public SchoolsTeachers of the Year.
Commending the Honorable Dr. Luke E. Torian.
Sales tax exemption; certain baby products.Creates a retail sales and use tax exemption for certain baby products,including (i) children's diapers, (ii) therapeutic or preventativecreams and wipes marketed primarily for use on the skin of children,(iii) child restraint devices or booster seats, (iv) cribs, and (v)strollers meant for transporting children, usually from infancy to36 months of age.
Parental access to minor's medical records;consent by certain minors to treatment of mental or emotional disorder.Adds an exception to the right of parental access to a minor child'shealth records if the furnishing to or review by the requesting parentof such health records would be reasonably likely to deter the minorfrom seeking care. Under the bill, a minor 16 years of age or olderwho is determined by a health care provider to be mature and capableof giving informed consent shall be deemed an adult for the purposeof giving consent to treatment of a mental or emotional disorder.The bill provides that the capacity of a minor to consent to treatmentof a mental or emotional disorder does not include the capacity to refuse treatment for a mental or emotional disorder for which aparent, guardian, or custodian of the minor has given consent andthat a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a minor shall be notifiedby a health care provider of the minor's drug abuse, substance abuse,or potential of self-harm.
Commending Dr. Willis L. Lonzer III.
Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.
Commending Peter A. Blake.
Commending Scott McGeary.