Sen. Bill DeSteph

Celebrating the life of the Honorable GeraldL. Baliles.

Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids and related services for children 18 years of age or younger when a licensed audiologist prescribes such hearing aids and related services. The coverage includes one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,500, every 24 months. The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2021.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Eva MaeFleming Scott.

Commending the Frank W. Cox High School fieldhockey team.

Commending the Virginia Wing, Civil Air Patrol.

Commending Christopher M. Calkins.

Commending the Frank W. Cox High School boys'volleyball team.

Constitutional amendment (first resolution);immunity of legislators. Limits the immunity of legislators byallowing the arrest of a member of the General Assembly during thesessions of the respective houses upon issuance of process for arrestby a judge with authorization of the attorney for the Commonwealthor the law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the offense.

Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; regulatory boards; expungement of disciplinary records.Authorizes any regulatory board within the Department of Professionaland Occupational Regulation to expunge the disciplinary record ofa regulant, provided that (i) the regulant's written applicationfor expungement is made at least five years from the date of finaldisposition of the disciplinary record, (ii) the disciplinary recordis the only disciplinary record that the regulant has with a regulatory board, (iii) the regulant is not the subject of an active investigationrelated to professional or occupational conduct, (iv) the regulantis not in a current disciplinary status and any fees or fines assessedhave been paid in full, and (v) the regulant has not had a disciplinaryrecord previously expunged by the regulatory board. The bill defines"expungement" as the removal of a disciplinary record by (a) permanentlysealing the affected record from public access, (b) deeming the proceedingsto which the affected record refers as not having occurred, and (c)affording the affected party the right to represent that no recordexists regarding the subject matter of the affected record. Underthe bill, a regulatory board may use a previous discipline for any regulatory purpose or release records of a previous discipline uponrequest from law enforcement or any other governmental body as permittedby law.

Public institutions of higher education; six-yearplans; pricing structure and tuition discounting strategies. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to include in each six-year plan for the institution adetailed explanation of the institution's pricing structure and tuitiondiscounting strategies, including pricing by student income level and the use of tuition revenue for financial aid.