Commending Chris and Jeanne Mussig.
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Department of Motor Vehicles; personal informationrequests; fees. Prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles fromcharging fees in excess of administrative fees to any entity submittinga request for personal information. The bill limits requesters fromrepackaging or reselling data to third parties without prior authorization.
Celebrating the life of David Anthony Rice.
Commending Jaden Wang.
Commending Ryan Tully.
Celebrating the life of Dr. John E. Thomasson.
Commending Shane Rossini.
Powers of State Health Commissioner in epidemic;vaccine; religious tenets or practices. Allows a parent or guardianto object to the vaccination or immunization of a child on the groundsthat the administration of immunizing agents conflicts with his religioustenets or practices, even if an emergency or epidemic of diseasehas been declared by the State Board of Health, which is not allowedunder current law. The bill also provides that nothing shall precludethe State Health Commissioner from requiring immediate immunizationof all persons in the case of an epidemic of any disease of publichealth importance for which a vaccine exists other than a person,including a parent or guardian on behalf of a child, who objectson the grounds that the administration of the vaccine conflicts withhis religious tenets or practices. Under current law, the only exceptionto the Commissioner's power to require immediate immunization of all persons in case of an epidemic of any disease of public health importancefor which a vaccine exists is for a person to whose health the administrationof a vaccine would be detrimental as certified in writing by a physicianlicensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth.
Board of Counseling; licensure of professionalcounselors without examination. Requires the Board of Counselingto issue a license as a licensed professional counselor without examinationto a person who has applied for such a license and who satisfiesall other education, experience, and fitness to practice requirementsset forth in regulation and who, in the judgment of the Board, isqualified to practice professional counseling.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable MamyeE. BaCote.