Del. Carrie Coyner

Health insurance; coverage for mammograms.Requires health insurers, on and after January 1, 2021, to providecoverage for low-dose screening mammograms at rates that are more frequent than is currently required if the covered individual hasa family history of breast cancer. If the individual has a familyhistory of breast cancer, the bill requires coverage for annual mammogramsfrom age 30 through 49 and biannual mammograms starting at age 50.However, the age at which such coverage of annual mammograms startsshall be younger than 30 if the covered individual's mother was diagnosedwith breast cancer at an age earlier than 40, in which event coveragestarts during the year that the individual attains an age that is10 years younger than the age of the individual's mother at thetime of her diagnosis.

Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments.Reduces the total number and type of required Standards of Learningassessments to the minimum requirements established by the federalElementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended.

Chesterfield County School Board; recoveryhigh school. Permits the Chesterfield County School Board, withsuch funds as may be appropriated for such purpose pursuant to thegeneral appropriation act, to establish a recovery high school inthe school division as a year-round high school (i) for which enrollmentis open to any high school student who resides in Superintendent'sRegion 1 and is in the early stages of recovery from substance usedisorder or dependency and (ii) for the purpose of providing suchstudents with the academic, emotional, and social support necessaryto make progress toward earning a high school diploma and reintegratinginto a traditional high school setting.

Institutions of higher education; sexual violencepolicies; immunity from disciplinary action; certain students whomake reports. Requires the Virginia Community College System,Richard Bland College, each baccalaureate public institution of highereducation, and each nonprofit private institution of higher educationto include in its sexual violence policy a requirement that any enrolledstudent who (i) reports to any individual employed by the institutionthat an act of sexual violence occurred on campus, in or on a noncampusbuilding or property, or on public property, as such terms are definedin relevant law, and (ii) the institution determines, as a resultof any investigation relating to such alleged act of sexual violence,committed a separate, unrelated, nonviolent act that violates theinstitution's code, rules, or set of standards governing student conduct is immune from disciplinary action for such violation.

Motion picture production tax credit; media related exemptions. Extends from January 1, 2022, to January 1, 2027, the sunset of the motion picture production tax credit and transfers the certifying authority for the credit from the Virginia Film Office to the Virginia Tourism Authority. The bill also extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2027, the sunset for certain sales tax exemptions related to film production and distribution. This bill is identical to SB 923.

DMAS; steps to facilitate transition betweentwo programs. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services(DMAS) to establish a process for (i) conducting a comprehensive needs assessment of a person who is eligible to participate in the MedicaidWorks waiver program but is not yet participating in such programto determine the services the person may need to continue to liveindependently and engage in employment and (ii) developing a planof care for such person that describes the types of services and amountof each such service the person will receive should they choose toparticipate in the Medicaid Works waiver program so that personsconsidering transitioning from the Home and Community-Based Serviceswaiver program to the Medicaid Works waiver program have sufficient information to make an informed choice regarding such transition.The bill also requires DMAS to develop processes to (i) enable aperson who transitions from a Home and Community-Based Services waiverservice to the Medicaid Works waiver program to retain their Homeand Community-Based Services waiver slot for up to 180 days followingthe date of such transition and (ii) give priority to individualspreviously receiving services through such waiver program who transitionedto the Medicaid Works waiver program and who subsequently seek toreturn to receiving services through the Home and Community-BasedServices waiver program.

Smoking in motor vehicle with a minor present. Expands the group in the presence of whom it is illegal to smoke in a motor vehicle from minors under the age of eight to minors under the age of 15.

Motion picture production tax credit; media related exemptions. Extends from January 1, 2022, to January 1, 2027, the sunset of the motion picture production tax credit and transfers the certifying authority for the credit from the Virginia Film Office to the Virginia Tourism Authority. The bill also extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2027, the sunset for certain sales tax exemptions related to film production and distribution. This bill is identical to HB 1318.

Notaries; satisfactory evidence of identity;persons in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Allowsexpired state issued driver's licenses or state issued identificationcards and expired passports to be used as a means of identificationfor notarial purposes for individuals residing in nursing homes orassisted living facilities, provided such expired documents expiredwithin five years of the date of use for such identification purposes.

Landlord and tenant; damage insurance in lieu of security deposit. Provides that a landlord may permit a tenant to provide damage insurance coverage meeting certain criteria in lieu of the payment of a security deposit. The bill also caps the total amount of any combination of security deposit and rental insurance coverage required by the landlord to twice the amount of the periodic rent payment and provides that a tenant who initially opts to provide damage insurance in lieu of a security deposit may, at any time without consent of the landlord, opt to pay the full security deposit to the landlord in lieu of maintaining a damage insurance policy.