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House of Delegates Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

The Health, Welfare, and Institutions Committee deals with policy issues affecting health care facilities, workers, providers, and patients.

Committee Chair: Delegate Robert Orrock

Committee Members: Orrock (Chair), Head (Vice Chair), Bell, Hodges, Edmunds, Robinson, Walker, Fariss, Cherry, Scott, P.A., March, Wachsmann, Sickles, Hope, Price, Hayes, Delaney, Adams, D.M., Guzman, Tran, Willett, Hudson

The following legislation has been reported out of the House Health, Welfare, and Institutions Committee for 2022.

• HB 16 Abuse and neglect of a child; safe haven defense.
• HB 50 Infant relinquishment laws; DSS to establish hotline to make information available to public.
• HB 80 Healthcare Regulatory Sandbox Program; established, report, sunset date.
• HB 81 Statewide Telehealth Plan; Bd. of Health to consult various groups in developing and maintaining.
• HB 84 Out-of-state audiologists; providing free health care to an underserved area in the Commonwealth.
• HB 87 Pandemic response and preparedness; joint subcommittee established to study, report.
• HB 93 Home care organizations; changes the license renewal requirement.
• HB 94 Public Guardianship and Conservator Ombudsman Office; established.
• HB 96 Public guardian and conservator program; decennial review of staff-to-client ratios, report.
• HB 99 Continuing education; approved courses for funeral service licensees, funeral directors, etc.
• HB 102 Prescriptions; off-label use.
• HB 145 Physician assistants; practice.
• HB 156 Health, Department of; certain communication prohibited.
• HB 191 Health Workforce Development; creates position of Special Advisor to the Governor.
• HB 192 Opioids; repeals sunset provisions relating to prescriber requesting information about a patient.
• HB 193 Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to the Act.
• HB 213 Optometrists; allowed to perform laser surgery if certified by Board of Optometry.
• HB 229 Social determinants of health; VDH shall collect & analyze information including demographic data.
• HB 232 Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; recovery of fraudulent payments, report.
• HB 234 Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, etc.; SHHR shall study current oversight/regulation.
• HB 235 Hospitals; protocols for patients receiving rehabilitation services.
• HB 241 Medical assistance services; durable medical equipment, complex rehabilitative technology.
• HB 242 Professional counselors, licensed; added to list of providers who can disclose or recommend records.
• HB 248 Carrier & managed care health insurance plans; VDH to review efficiency & productivity, etc.
• HB 264 Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses, deemed licensure.
• HB 285 Clinical nurse specialist; practice agreements.
• HB 286 Nurse practitioners; declaration of death and cause of death.
• HB 306 Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health, religious exception.
• HB 312 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; annual marketing plan.
• HB 318 Peer Recovery Support Fund; established.
• HB 349 Foster care; housing support for persons between ages 18 and 21.
• HB 360 Health insurance; carrier contracts, carrier provision of certain prescription drug information.
• HB 388 State facilities; video visitation.
• HB 420 Opioid-related emergencies; evidence-based best practices in the emergency department.
• HB 427 Children’s Services Act; community policy and management teams and family assessment, etc.
• HB 481 Hospitals; price transparency.
• HB 484 Virginia Initiative for Education and Work; exemption for postsecondary students.
• HB 494 Human donor milk bank licensing; payment of medical assistance and health insurance coverage.
• HB 537 Telemedicine; out-of-state providers, behavioral health services provided by practitioner.
• HB 555 Health care providers; transfer of patient records in conjunction with closure, etc.
• HB 598 Registered surgical technologist; criteria for registration.
• HB 604 Nursing, Board of; power and duty to prescribe minimum standards, etc., for educational programs.
• HB 624 Behavioral health safety net workforce needs; DBHDS to develop strategy to address, report.
• HB 653 Foster care; DSS to establish and implement a collaborative local board placement program.
• HB 659 Investigation of death; studying cases when person dies while receiving services from licensed prog.
• HB 663 Mandatory outpatient treatment; reorganizes and clarifies provisions governing.
• HB 669 Swimming pools & water recreational facilities; study to determine whether VDH should regulate.
• HB 679 Opioids; providers of treatment for addiction, conditions for initial licensure, location.
• HB 680 Medical assistance services; state plan, case management service, individuals w/severe brain injury.
• HB 690 Assisted living facilities; involuntary discharge of a resident.
• HB 716 Kinship foster care; notice and appeal.
• HB 717 Unaccompanied homeless youths; consent for housing services.
• HB 743 Certificate of public need; conditions related to inpatient psychiatric services and facilities.
• HB 745 Respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure.
• HB 751 Suspected abuse; mandated reporters.
• HB 769 Onsite sewage system pump-out oversight; certain localities.
• HB 800 Medical assistance services; eligibility, individuals confined in state correctional facilities.
• HB 896 Nurse practitioner; patient care team provider.
• HB 900 Public health emergency; hospital or nursing home, addition of beds.
• HB 910 Hospitals; emergency department severity code data reporting, quarterly reports.
• HB 916 Health care providers; health records of minors, available via secure website.
• HB 917 Aging services; allocation of resources, individuals with the greatest economic need.
• HB 919 Maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in water supplies and waterworks; Board of Health regulations.
• HB 933 Pharmaceutical processors; amends the definition of “cannabis oil.”
• HB 939 Necessary drugs, devices, and vaccines; Comm. of Health to authorize administration and dispensing.
• HB 987 Medicaid; program information, accessibility on every state agency website.
• HB 990 Individuals w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities; DMAS to study use of virtual support, etc.
• HB 991 Individuals with developmental disabilities; DMAS to amend waivers providing services, etc.
• HB 1001 Death certificates; State Registrar to amend after receiving corrected information.
• HB 1046 Over-the-counter medications, etc.; DMAS to study plan for a process to allow direct purchase.
• HB 1071 Hospitals; determination of patient eligibility for financial assistance.
• HB 1098 Obesity prevention and other obesity-related services; payment of medical assistance.
• HB 1107 Hospitals; VDH shall develop recommendations for protocols on obstetrical services, report.
• HB 1187 Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice.
• HB 1193 Medical Assistance Services, Department of; coordinated specialty care, work group established.
• HB 1207 DARS; training, powers, and duties of guardian.
• HB 1245 Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement, repeals sunset provision.
• HB 1270 SNAP benefits; waiver to allow inmates of correctional facilities to apply prior to release.
• HB 1305 Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County; investigate feasibility of reopening and alternatives.
• HB 1323 Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines.
• HB 1324 Pharmacy, Board of; pharmacy work environment requirements.
• HB 1329 Sexual assault; pediatric survivors.
• HB 1334 Child abuse and neglect; amends definition, valid complaint.
• HB 1345 Virginia Transplant Council; increases membership.
• HB 1359 Health care; consent to services and disclosure of records.