Celebrating the life of Major General HenryJervey, Jr., USA, Ret.
Celebrating the life of Brigadier General JamesPostell Jervey, USA, Ret.
Board of Medicine; implicit bias and culturalcompetency. Requires all practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine to complete two hours of continuing education in each bienniumon topics related to implicit bias and cultural competency.
Public hospitals; medical debt collection practices. Requires the University of Virginia Medical Center (the Medical Center) and the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority (the Authority) to make payment plans available to each person who incurs a debt related to medical treatment. The bill (i) requires that such payment plans be provided in writing and cap monthly payments at no more than five percent of the person's household income, (ii) provides that the first payment under such payment plan shall not be due until a date that is at least 90 days after the date on which treatment was provided or the date on which the person discharged, and (iii) provides that a person who has made at least 10 payments pursuant to the payment plan in a 12-month period shall be deemed to be in compliance with the payment plan. The bill also prohibits the Medical Center and the Authority from charging interest or late fees for medical debt, requires the Medical Center and Authority to make information available in writing in languages other than English spoken in the service area and via oral translation service for other languages, prohibits the Medical Center and the Authority from selling medical debt to any person other than an organization that purchases medical debt for the purpose of paying such debt in full, and requires the Medical Center and the Authority to establish a Financial Assistance Ombudsman Office to assist patients and other persons with issues related to financial assistance, payment plans, and debt collection. This bill was incorporated into SB 201.
Celebrating the life of Jameel Jalal Abed.
Board of Medicine; implicit bias and culturalcompetency. Requires all practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine to complete two hours of continuing education in each bienniumon topics related to implicit bias and cultural competency.
Teacher Training Corps; report. Establishesthe Teacher Training Corps for the purpose of attracting and retainingpublic elementary and secondary school teachers in school divisions in the Commonwealth by awarding scholarships to students who obtainteaching degrees and certifications at participating institutionsand requiring such students to fill teacher positions for specifiedperiods of time at high-needs schools, as defined in the bill, andmeet other requirements. The bill also establishes the Teacher TrainingCorps Scholarship Fund and Program for the purpose of funding suchscholarships at the participating institutions of Longwood University,Norfolk State University, Radford University, and Virginia CommonwealthUniversity. Finally, the bill establishes the 12-member Teacher TrainingCorps Commission to administer the Teacher Training Corps ScholarshipProgram and directs the Commission to begin meeting on or after September1, 2022, establish the parameters for the Program, and award thefirst scholarships pursuant to the Program prior to the beginningof the 2023-2024 academic year.
Possession of psilocybin; civil penalty. Provides that any person 21 years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally possesses psilocybin or psilocyn shall be punished by a civil penalty of no more than $100 and such civil penalties shall be deposited into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund. Under current law, a person who knowingly or intentionally possesses psilocybin or psilocyn is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
Commending Lynwood Butner.
Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs;definition. Provides that energy efficiency programs may includeelectrification, including measures that electrify space heating,water heating, cooling, drying, cooking, industrial processes, andother building and industrial end uses that would otherwise be servedby on-site combustion of fossil fuels provided that the electrificationmeasures reduce total on-site energy consumption.
