D Virginia House · District 68

Rep. Dawn Adams

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Total votes

3,313

all sessions

Attendance

99%

22 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

96%

of cast votes

Lower than 90% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 83% of chamber peers

Sponsored bills

Total

954

Primary

100

Co-sponsor

854

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Co-sponsor HJ 153

Passed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending the Richmond Free Press.

Passed Feb 10, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 538

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Perinatal health care providers; implicit bias training.

Perinatal health care providers; implicit biastraining. Requires the Board of Health to amend its regulationsto require that each hospital develop and implement policies requiringall perinatal health care providers to complete an in-person andinteractive training on implicit bias.

In committee Feb 10, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 330

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Nursing homes & certified nursing facilities; minimum staffing standards, administrative sanctions.

Minimum staffing standards for nursing homesand certified nursing facilities; administrative sanctions; Long-TermCare Services Fund. Requires nursing homes to meet a baselinestaffing level based on resident acuity in alignment with the Centersfor Medicare and Medicaid Services staffing level recommendations.The bill requires nursing homes to collect and submit to the Departmentof Health certain data related to staffing. The bill gives the Commissionerof Health the power to impose administrative sanctions on nursinghomes and directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations relatedto the criteria and procedures for imposition of administrative sanctionsor initiation of court proceedings for violations of the bill. Thebill provides that nursing homes shall only be subject to administrativesanctions upon initial funding for the state share of the cost toimplement the provisions of the bill. The bill establishes the Long-TermCare Services Fund for the purpose of making grants to assist in the provision of activities that protect or improve the quality ofcare or quality of life for residents, patients, and consumers oflong-term care services.

In committee Feb 10, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 595

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Disability Rights Advocacy, Special Assistant to the Governor for; position created, report.

Special Assistant to the Governor for DisabilityRights Advocacy; position created; report. Creates the positionof Special Assistant to the Governor for Disability Rights Advocacy (the Special Assistant) for the purpose of representing Virginianswith disabilities in a comprehensive and authoritative manner byensuring that all state agencies provide adequate services, resources,and accommodations to such persons. The bill directs the SpecialAssistant to submit an annual report to the Governor on or beforeDecember 1, through the Secretary of Health and Human Resources,that (i) outlines the key issues and problems discovered within stateagencies that impact people with disabilities; (ii) identifies thedetails of any plan of action implemented by the Special Assistantto address and remediate such issues and problems; (iii) provideslegislative recommendations that would improve processes and proceduresacross all state agencies with regard to the provision of services, resources, and accommodations to people with disabilities; and (iv)details such other matters as required by the Governor.

In committee Feb 10, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SJ 81