Del. Delores McQuinn

Celebrating the life of August Moon.

Commending Dr. Ben Fitzgerald III.

Commending the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation.

Advisory Council on Sickle Cell Disease; established;report. Establishes the Advisory Council on Sickle Cell Diseaseto advise the State Health Commissioner on the efforts to improveawareness of sickle cell disease and the needs of individuals withsickle cell disease. The bill requires the Board of Health to reportannually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assemblyregarding its activities and recommendations.

Omitted taxes; installment agreements. Allowsthe governing body of a locality to allow its treasurer or othercollecting official to enter into an installment agreement lastingup to 72 months for payment of taxes by a taxpayer who has been assessedwith omitted taxes.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; reimbursement rates for Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers withDisabilities; work group; report. Directs the Department of MedicalAssistance Services to convene a work group of relevant stakeholdersto assess and make recommendations related to reimbursement ratesfor the federal Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlerswith Disabilities. The bill requires the work group to report itsrecommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health,Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education andHealth by November 1, 2024.

Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers;licensure; regulation. Authorizes the Board of Health to license prescribed pediatric extended care centers. The bill establishesthe scope of services offered by such centers and requirements foroperation, management, staffing, facilities, and maintenance anddirects the Board to promulgate regulations to implement the provisionsof the bill.

Towing fees; Commonwealth Trespass Towing Rate-SettingAdvisory Panel established. Creates the Commonwealth TrespassTowing Rate-Setting Advisory Panel to advise the General Assemblyand the Governor on statewide trespass towing fees and related ancillaryfees. The bill increases from $150 to $190 the maximum statewide hookupand initial towing fee of any passenger car, from $30 to $65 the maximum ancillary fee for towing a vehicle between 7:00 p.m. and8:00 a.m., and from $30 to $35 the maximum ancillary fee for towinga vehicle on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday. The bill clarifiesthat such limitations on fees do not include any reasonable creditcard fees. The bill requires localities to set their own towing ratesto at least the amounts of the maximum statewide rates and removesrequirements specific to Planning Districts 8 and 16 regarding localitiessetting their own towing rates.

Commission to Study the History of the Uprootingof Black Communities by Public Institutions of Higher Education inthe Commonwealth established; report. Establishes the 19-memberlegislative Commission to Study the History of the Uprooting of BlackCommunities by Public Institutions of Higher Education for the purposeof studying and determining (i) whether any public institution ofhigher education in the Commonwealth has purchased, expropriated,or otherwise taken possession of property owned by any individualwithin the boundaries of a community in which a majority of the residentsare Black in order to establish or expand the institution's campusand (ii) whether and what form of compensation or relief would beappropriate for any such individual or any of his lineal descendants.The bill sunsets on July 1, 2027.

Celebrating the life of Karen Harrison Jones.