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House committee reports scores of health-related bills; roll-call outcomes and committee referrals
Summary
The committee reported and referred multiple health, behavioral-health and workforce bills. This roundup lists each bill named in the transcript with the committee vote and next referral, per the committee record.
The committee took roll-call action on a sequence of health-related bills and subcommittee reports. Below are the bills announced in the transcript with their committee outcomes and any recorded referral or next-step notation.
Votes and referrals (as recorded in committee):
- HB 2563 (patron: Delegate Taylor) ' referred to Committee on Courts of Justice. (motion/refer; no roll-call tally recorded in transcript)
- HB 2573 (patron not specified in transcript) ' re-referred to Committee on General Laws (motion/refer; no roll-call tally recorded in transcript)
- HB 2375 (Delegate Sickles) ' reported as amended (adds PSAOs to transparency; exempts flat-fee-only PSAOs) ' passed 19-0.
- HB 1731 (Delegate Delaney) ' makes changes related to services/information for sexual-assault patients and creates a work group on sustainable funding for forensic exams ' reported 19-0.
- HB 1893 (Delegate Seebel) ' adds Medicaid payments for recovery resident services and convenes a work group on economic impact of recovery residences ' reported and referred to Appropriations, passed 20-0.
- HB 1614 ' directs Department of Medical Assistance Services to include postpartum doula care payment in the state plan; reported as amended 19-0.
- HB 1617 ' waives fees for homeless youth to obtain vital records, health records and ID documents; substitute reported and referred to Appropriations, passed 18-0.
- HB 1631 ' requires new luggage for children entering/exiting foster care; reported and referred to Appropriations, passed 18-0.
- HB 1710 ' convene work group to study reimbursement rates for federal early intervention program; reported and referred to Appropriations, passed 19-0.
- HB 1720 ' creates a medical-assistance benefit for violence-prevention services rendered to victims at risk of repeat injury; reported and referred to Appropriations, passed 12-8.
- HB 1723 ' establishes task force on improving access to food assistance programs (recommendation of Virginia Commission to End Hunger) ' reported and referred to Appropriations, passed 19-1.
- HB 1804 ' directs Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek CMS approvals to determine Medicaid Works eligibility; reported and referred to Appropriations, passed 20-0.
- HB 1636 ' expands civil-immunity eligibility for participants in professional programs related to clinician fatigue and wellness; reported 19-0.
- HB 1649 ' requires unconscious-bias and cultural-competency training as part of Board of Medicine license renewal; reported 11-7.
- HB 1675 ' requires unconscious-bias and cultural-competency training in continuing education (Joint Commission recommendation); reported 11-8.
- HB 1860 ' allows nursing schools to apply for waivers to raise faculty-student cap from 10 to 15 (subject to specifications) ' reported 19-0.
- HB 1899 ' removes sunset for program allowing foreign dental program graduates to continue teaching dentistry ' reported 18-0.
- HB 1902 ' expands overdose reporting to include nonfatal overdoses in the prescription-monitoring program; reported and referred to Appropriations, passed 18-1.
- HB 1903 ' establishes the Virginia Nursing Workforce Center under the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority, renames a health workforce fund, increases supplemental payments for qualifying residency slots from $100,000 to $160,000, and directs work groups for long-term workforce planning; reported as amended and referred to Appropriations, passed 19-0.
Committee records in the transcript show motions, substitute motions and amendments introduced and agreed to on multiple bills; in most cases the clerk opened the roll and the committee voted by roll call. When the transcript records a vote tally, that tally is recorded above; if no tally appears in the transcript, the committee's action was a voice or unanimous motion reported without a numeric roll-call in the provided excerpt.
This roundup reflects committee actions as spoken on the record during the meeting; the committee transcript does not include full bill texts or final passage information beyond the committee's report and referral actions recorded here.
