Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant

Secretary of Health and Human Resources; health care provider credentialing work group; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group of stakeholders to gather information and make recommendations on how the Commonwealth could develop or procure a statewide centralized primary source verification system that can be relied upon by the Commonwealth and its health carriers, health care providers, hospitals, and health systems for health care provider credentialing. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 15, 2020.

Auditor of Public Accounts; duties; Commonwealth Data Point. Updates terminology and changes the level of information provided on the Commonwealth Data Point website in the areas of (i) total fiscal revenues and spending, (ii) population estimates, (iii) student enrollment, and (iv) taxable income. The bill also removes requirements to include information that is outdated or unavailable, including the total number of households in the state and the comparison of revenues computed on a per capita basis and as a percentage of personal income.

Corporal Ryan C. McGhee Memorial Bridge. Designatesthe bridge on Guinea Station Road over Interstate 95 in SpotsylvaniaCounty the Corporal Ryan C. McGhee Memorial Bridge.

Department of Environmental Quality; combinedsewer overflow outfalls; James River watershed. Directs the Departmentof Environmental Quality (DEQ) to identify the owner of any combinedsewer overflow (CSO) outfall east of Charlottesville that dischargesinto the James River watershed and to determine what actions by theowner are necessary to bring such an outfall into compliance withVirginia law, the federal Clean Water Act, and the Presumption Approachdescribed in the CSO Control Policy of the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency. The bill requires any owner of such an outfall to initiateconstruction activities by July 1, 2025, and bring it into complianceby July 1, 2027. Until compliance is achieved, the bill requiresthe outfall owner to annually report its progress to DEQ. The billrequires DEQ to provide all such reports to certain legislative committees,the Virginia delegation to the Chesapeake Bay Commission, the Secretaryof Natural Resources, and the Governor. The bill does not apply to any outfall for which a higher level of control is necessary to complywith a total maximum daily load (TMDL).

Specialty dockets; veterans docket. Providesthat any veterans docket authorized and established as a local specialtydocket in accordance with the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginiashall be deemed a "Veterans Treatment Court Program," as that termis used under federal law or by any other entity, for the purposesof applying for, qualifying for, or receiving any federal grants,other federal money, or money from any other entity designated toassist or fund such state programs. The bill contains an emergencyclause.

Kinship foster care; training and approval processes. Requires local boards of social services to request a waiver of training requirements necessary for the approval of a kinship foster parent upon determining that training requirements are a barrier to placement with the kinship foster parent and that such placement is in the child's best interest. The bill prohibits local boards from requiring that a child be removed from the physical custody of a kinship foster parent during such approval process, provided that placement with the kinship foster parent remains in the child's best interest. The bill requires the Department of Social Services to (i) develop a training program that is tailored to persons seeking approval as a kinship foster parent, (ii) develop a document that provides comprehensive information regarding kinship foster care, and (iii) provide training to local boards regarding the process through which a person may be approved as a kinship foster parent without requiring removal of the child from the physical custody of such person.

Cemeteries, special interments; pets. Allowsthe remains of cremated pets to be interred with human remains.

Commending the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendmentto the Constitution of the United States.

Virtual Virginia. Requires that the Virtual Virginia Program, the statewide electronic classroom established by the Department of Education, be made available to all public schools. Currently, the program is available only to high schools. The bill requires the Department to utilize a learning management system for the purposes of implementing Virtual Virginia. The bill also authorizes the Department to charge a per-student, per-course fee to school divisions for each student enrolled in a full-time Virtual Virginia program beyond an initial allotment of 15 such students per course, per school. The bill prohibits the Department from limiting the total number of such students by school division. The bill requires the Department to annually report on the Virtual Virginia Program to the General Assembly.

Teledentistry. Defines "teledentistry,"establishes requirements for the practice of teledentistry, establishesrequirements for the taking of dental scans for use in teledentistryby dental scan technicians, and clarifies requirements related tothe use of digital work orders for dental appliances in the practiceof teledentistry. The bill also requires the Board of Dentistry toreview all applications for renewal of a license to identify thoseapplicants who are engaged in the practice of teledentistry and reportsuch information annually, by October 1, to the Chairmen of the HouseCommittee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, the Senate Committeeon Education and Health, and the Joint Commission on Health Care.