Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; elder abuse crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) financial exploitation of mentally incapacitated persons and (ii) abuse and neglect of incapacitated adults.
Probation, revocation, and suspension of sentence;penalty. Repeals the limitations on the amount of active incarcerationa court can impose as a result of a revocation hearing for a probationviolation or violation of the terms and conditions of a suspendedsentence. Under current law, there are limitations on the amountof active incarceration a court can impose for defined technicalviolations. The bill also removes limitations on the lengths of aperiod of probation and period of suspension of a sentence that maybe fixed by the court. Under current law, a court may fix the period of probation for up to the statutory maximum period for which thedefendant might originally have been sentenced to be imprisoned andany period of supervised probation shall not exceed five years fromthe release of the defendant from any active period of incarceration,with some exceptions. The bill also makes changes to the time periodswithin which a court must issue process to notify the accused ofa revocation hearing.
Commending Jesse Waltz.
Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers; reimbursements to providers. Requires any vertically integrated carrier, upon written request, to offer participation in each requested provider panel or network established for each of the vertically integrated carrier's policies, products, and plans, including all policies, products, and plans offered to individuals, employers, and enrollees in government benefit programs, to the requesting provider under the same terms and conditions that apply to providers under common control with the vertically integrated carrier. The measure requires that the offered participation (i) be without any adverse tiering or other financial incentives that may discourage enrollees from utilizing the services of the provider, (ii) include all sites and services offered by the provider, and (iii) take into account the different characteristics of different providers with regard to the range, nature, cost, and complexity of services offered. The measure prohibits an officer or director of a vertically integrated carrier from simultaneously serving as an officer or director of an entity that owns, operates, manages, or controls an acute care hospital located, in whole or in part, in the Commonwealth. The measure defines "vertically integrated carrier" as a health insurer or other carrier that owns an interest in, is owned by, or is under common ownership or control with an acute care hospital facility, excluding an entity that is under the ultimate control of or under common control with a public hospital.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.
Rabies vaccination; titer test; certification.Directs the Board of Health to develop, by regulation, an exemptionto the rabies vaccination requirement for animals if a licensed veterinariancertifies in writing that the vaccine would endanger the animal basedon an underlying medical factor and a titer test indicates a sufficientlevel of immunity to rabies. The bill provides that such certification is valid for a period of one year and serves as proof of vaccination.
Commending the Honorable Mark Cole.
Commending George Mason University.
Commending Dan Banister.
Death of joint petitioner prior to entry offinal order of adoption. Provides that in cases in which marriedpersons, or persons who were previously married and who are permittedto adopt a child, have jointly petitioned to adopt a child and oneof the petitioners dies before entry of a final order of adoption,the adoption may proceed in the name of both petitioners upon requestof the surviving petitioner. The bill further provides that, uponentry of a final order, the child shall be, for all intents and purposes,the child of both petitioners.
