Del. Kathleen Murphy

Celebrating the life of Officer Brian DavidSicknick.

Commending Kirk Kincannon.

Study: joint subcommittee to study recurrentinland and urban flooding across the Commonwealth; report. Establishesa two-year joint subcommittee, consisting of eight legislative membersand five nonlegislative citizen members, to study the developmentof a comprehensive and coordinated planning effort to address recurrentflooding in inland and urban areas across the Commonwealth. The joint subcommittee shall complete its work by November 30, 2022, and submitits findings and recommendations by the first day of the 2023 Sessionof the General Assembly.

Virginia housing opportunity tax credit.Establishes, starting in taxable year 2021, a Virginia housing opportunitytax credit, which is equal to the amount of the federal low-incomehousing tax credit allocated or allowed by the Virginia Housing DevelopmentAuthority to a low-income building that is eligible for the federalcredit. The credit would be nonrefundable and could be carried forwardfor up to five years.

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. DesignatesMay, in 2021 and in each succeeding year, as Cystic Fibrosis AwarenessMonth in Virginia.

Nursing home staffing and care standards; study.Requires regulations establishing the staffing and care standardsin nursing homes to require a minimum number of hours of directcare services to each resident per 24-hour period, which minimumincreases in specified phases from 3.5 hours to 4.1 hours. The billalso directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study issues related to establishment of a minimum number of hours of direct careservices for nursing homes as part of its study of the nursing facilityworkforce authorized by the Commission on December 15, 2020, andto report its findings by December 1, 2021. The regulatory provisionsof the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.

Study; Secretary of Health and Human Resources; pharmaceutical distribution payment system; report. Requeststhe Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work groupto examine the pharmaceutical distribution payment system in the Commonwealth and innovative solutions to address the cost of prescriptiondrugs to Virginians at the point of sale.

Recognizing that global warming caused by humanactivity has resulted in a climate and ecological emergency.Expresses the sense of the General Assembly in recognizing that global warming caused by human activity that increases emissions of greenhousegases has resulted in a climate and ecological emergency.

Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearmsfollowing conviction for assault and battery of a family or householdmember; penalties. Prohibits a person who has been convictedof assault and battery of a family or household member from purchasing,possessing, or transporting a firearm. A person who violates thisprovision is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Memorializing Congress; H.R. 6422; NationalInfrastructure Bank. Urges the Congress of the United Statesto pass H.R. 6422 and create a National Infrastructure Bank to financeurgently needed infrastructure projects.