This is a listing of emergency medical services related bills that have been filed for the 2012 General Assembly session. Information will be updated weekly through the General Assembly session and the latest up to date information on bills can be found at the Legislative Information Systems website located at http://lis.virginia.gov/. Hyperlink information can be accessed directly to the LIS website by clicking on the bill number, patron name or full text.
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Introduced by: Algie T. Howell, Jr.
Failure to report death of child by parent, guardian, etc.; penalty. Provides that any parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child or a person standing in loco parentis to a child who, with intent to conceal the death, fails to report the death of the child to the local law-enforcement agency, the State Police, or an emergency health care provider within one hour of his discovery of the death is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Introduced by: Tony O. Wilt
Emergency services and disasters; constitutional rights. Provides that nothing in the Emergency Services and Disaster Law shall be interpreted to limit or prohibit the otherwise lawful possession, carrying, transportation, sale, or transfer of firearms. This bill is identical to SB 245.
AMENDMENTS
Introduced by: Robert Tata
Line of Duty Act; certain members of fire companies or departments. Expands the definition of a deceased person under the Act to include members of any fire company or department providing fire protection services for facilities of the Virginia National Guard. This bill is identical to SB 424.
Introduced by: Richard P. Bell
Highway work zones. Requires highway work zones to be clearly marked with warning signs and attached flashing lights, for projects covered by contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2012.
Introduced by: Richard P. Bell
Mandatory report of suspected child abuse; time limit. Reduces the time limit for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect by mandated reporters from 72 hours to 24 hours. In addition, the bill provides that in cases in which the initial report of suspected abuse or neglect is made by a mandated reporter to the person in charge of the institution or department in which the mandated reporter works, as provided in current law, the person who receives the report shall notify the person who made the initial report when the suspected child abuse or neglect is reported to the local department or state hotline and of the name of the individual receiving the report and shall forward any communications or information about action taken regarding the report to the person who made the initial report.
Introduced by: Tony O. Wilt
Driving two abreast in a single lane. Allows two-wheeled motorcycles to drive two abreast in a single lane.
Introduced by: Mark L. Cole
Freedom of Information Act; personal information in constituent correspondence. Provides an exemption from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the names, physical addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses contained in correspondence between an individual and a member of the governing body, school board, or other public body of the locality in which the individual is a resident, unless the correspondence relates to a public matter before such public body. The bill provides that no record that is otherwise open to inspection under FOIA shall be deemed exempt by virtue of the fact that it has been attached to or incorporated within any such correspondence.
Introduced by: Richard P. Bell
Statewide Fire Prevention Code insurance requirements for certain fireworks shows. Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to amend the Statewide Fire Prevention Code so that insurance coverage for permit holders for consumer fireworks shows is capped at $500,000.
Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III
Health records privacy; disclosure to emergency medical services councils. Provides that health care providers shall disclose health information to a regional emergency medical services council when the health information and data will be used for purposes limited to monitoring and improving the quality of emergency medical services.
Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III
Registered nurse or physician assistant; authority to pronounce death. Adds registered nurses employed by and physician assistants working at continuing care retirement communities to the list of individuals who may pronounce death under certain circumstances.
Introduced by: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.
State facilities; reporting of critical incidents involving consumers. Requires the director of each state hospital and training center to notify the authorized representative of a consumer, or other person identified by the consumer, when the consumer is involved in a critical incident, which is defined as serious bodily injury or loss of consciousness requiring medical treatment.
Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller
Suspected child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporting; penalties. Reduces the time allowed for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect by a mandated reporter from 72 hours to 24 hours and provides that failure to report is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor for the first failure and a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Current law imposes a fine of not more than $500 for a first offense and not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense.
Introduced by: Christopher P. Stolle
Local defined contribution retirement plan. Permits any locality or school board to establish a defined contribution retirement plan, in lieu of any other retirement plan, for employees hired after such plan is established.
Introduced by: Mark L. Cole
Regulation of health care providers; prohibited acts. Provides that any person who is licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise subject to the oversight of a health regulatory board who knowingly or intentionally makes any false statement or includes any false information in a patient's medical record shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and that any individual who knowingly or intentionally makes a false statement or provides false information related to the subject of an investigation to investigative personnel of the Department of Health Professions engaged in the investigation of a complaint shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Introduced by: Christopher K. Peace
Definition of surgery. Defines "surgery" and provides that no person shall perform surgery unless he is (i) licensed by the Board of Medicine as a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; (ii) licensed by the Board of Dentistry as a doctor of dentistry; (iii) jointly licensed by the Boards of Medicine and Nursing as a nurse practitioner; (iv) a physician assistant acting under the supervision of a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; (iv) a midwife performing episiotomies during childbirth; or (vi) acting pursuant to the orders and under the appropriate supervision of a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry. The bill is identical to SB 543.
Introduced by: Anne B. Crockett-Stark
Institutions of higher education; crisis and emergency management plans. Increases the Department of Emergency Management's oversight of institutional crisis and emergency management plans by requiring institutions to certify in writing to the Department that the required annual reviews and functional exercises have been conducted. This bill is identical to SB 346.
Introduced by: Tony O. Wilt
Professions and occupations; unlawful procurement of certificate, license, or permit. Clarifies language prohibiting the use, disclosure, or release of questions and answers for examinations for certification or licensure.
Introduced by: John A. Cox
Emergency management plans; victims' rights. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services and the Virginia Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund to be the lead coordinating agencies for individuals determined to be victims during critical events and emergencies under emergency management plans developed by school boards, institutions of higher education, the Board of Health, the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, the Department of Emergency Management, and political subdivisions.
Introduced by: Brenda L. Pogge
Regional emergency services councils; plan requirements related to crime victims. Removes language requiring regional emergency services councils to include a provision requiring that the Department of Criminal Justice Services and the Virginia Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund be contacted immediately to deploy assistance in the event of an emergency when there are victims as defined in the Crime Victim and Witness Rights Act (§ 19.2-11.01 et seq.).
Introduced by: Margaret B. Ransone
Payment for burial expenses; Line of Duty Act. Authorizes the State Comptroller to release payments, advanced from the death benefits due to the beneficiary of a deceased person under the Line of Duty Act, to a funeral service provider for burial and transportation costs.
Introduced by: Luke E. Torian
Use of handheld personal communications devices while driving. Prohibits the use of handheld personal communications devices for any purpose other than to make or receive phone calls.
Introduced by: David L. Bulova
Virginia Retirement System; benefits for local law-enforcement, correctional, and emergency response employees in certain localities. Permits any locality that is exempt from providing all of the special statutory retirement benefits to local law-enforcement, correctional, and emergency response employees because the locality's annual retirement allowance for such employees exceeds the statutory amount to provide all of the other statutory benefits except the statutory annual retirement allowance (i) to all employees eligible for such benefits or (ii) only to eligible employees hired on or after July 1, 2010. The additional costs of providing the benefits would be borne by the locality making the election.
Introduced by: R. Lee Ware, Jr.
Wireless E-911 Fund; distribution. Transfers the administration of the distribution of the Wireless E-911 Fund revenues for public safety answering point operators (PSAPs) to the Department of Taxation. The bill also bases the distribution percentages on the average pro rata distribution for fiscal years 2007-2012, taking into account funding adjustments for overpayments and underpayments. The measure directs that the distribution percentage be recalculated every five years based on cost and call load data of the PSAP, which data shall continue to be received by the E-911 Services Board and then reported to the Department of Taxation.
Introduced by: David B. Albo
Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); attendance by certain members in a closed meeting. Provides that a member of a public body shall be permitted to attend a closed meeting held by any of its committees or subcommittees, provided such member does not participate in any discussions held by the committee or subcommittee conducting the closed meeting. The bill requires that the minutes of the committee or subcommittee to include the identity of such member who attended the closed meeting.
Introduced by: Mark L. Cole
Certain executive branch boards and councils; staggering of terms; membership; name change. Provides for the staggering of terms for the membership of the Modeling and Simulation Advisory Council, the Asian Advisory Board, and the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. The bill also reduces the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Natural History from 25 to 15. The bill also changes the name of the Council on the Status of Women to the Council on Women and adds certain duties. The bill also changes the membership of the Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority and reduces its number from 11 to nine. The bill contains technical amendments.
Introduced by: Rosalyn R. Dance
Failure to report death of child by parent, guardian, etc.; penalty. Provides that any parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child or a person standing in loco parentis to a child who, with intent to conceal the death, fails to report the death of the child to the local law-enforcement agency, the State Police, or an emergency health care provider within one hour of his discovery of the death is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Introduced by: Rosalyn R. Dance
Use of handheld personal communications devices; penalty. Prohibits any use of a handheld personal communications device while operating a motor vehicle, bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped on the highways in the Commonwealth and makes such use a primary offense.
Introduced by: T. Scott Garrett
Definition of surgery. Defines "surgery" and provides that no person other than a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry, a licensed nurse practitioner, or a person who is acting pursuant to the orders and under the appropriate supervision of a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry shall perform surgery.
Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove
Local regulation of helicopter use. Provides that local land use regulation of helicopter use within a locality shall be reasonable and shall not have the effect of prohibiting the landing or taking off of helicopters within the locality.
Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr.
Four-for-Life; substantive review. Requires that a reallocation of moneys set aside from the Four-for-Life fees be made pursuant to legislation that has been reviewed by the House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee and the Senate Committee on Education and Health. The bill includes technical amendments.
Introduced by: Israel D. O'Quinn
Emergency lights. Removes the limit of two warning lights allowed any member of a fire department, rescue squad, ambulance driver, or police chaplain on a vehicle he owns, when answering emergency calls.
Introduced by: Eileen Filler-Corn
Failure to report death of child by parent, guardian, etc.; penalty. Provides that any parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child or a person standing in loco parentis to a child who, with intent to conceal the death, fails to report the death of the child to the local law-enforcement agency, the State Police, or an emergency health care provider within one hour of his discovery of the death is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Introduced by: S. Chris Jones
Line of Duty Act. Allows a political subdivision with employees eligible for coverage under the Line of Duty Act to make an irrevocable election to self-fund the benefits available under the Line of Duty Act.
Introduced by: Joseph R. Yost
Critical incident stress management teams; privileged information. Provides that information communicated to critical incident stress management team members by public safety personnel who are the subjects of peer support services shall not be disclosed. The bill allows the public safety personnel to waive the privilege. This bill is identical to SB 362.
Introduced by: Tony O. Wilt
E-911 Services Board; Commonwealth Interoperability Coordinator to serve as advisor. Establishes that the Commonwealth Interoperability Coordinator serve as an advisor to the E-911 Services Board to ensure that enhanced wireless emergency telecommunications services and technologies are compliant with the statewide interoperability strategic plan.
Introduced by: James M. Scott
Failure to report death of child or of a missing child by parent, guardian, etc.; penalty. Provides that any parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child or a person standing in loco parentis to a child who, (i) with intent to conceal the death, fails to report the death of the child to the local law-enforcement agency, the State Police, or an emergency health care provider within one hour of his discovery of the death or (ii) with intent to conceal the fact, fails to report a missing child within 24 hours of his discovery that the child is missing is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller
Critical incident stress management teams; privileged information; penalty. Creates a Class 2 misdemeanor for a member of a critical incident stress management team to disclose any information communicated to him by certain public safety personnel who are the subjects of peer support services. The bill allows the public safety personnel to waive the privilege.
Introduced by: Thomas A. Greason
Secretary of Public Safety; Virginia Fire Services Board; State Board of Juvenile Justice; powers and duties. Consolidates, eliminates, and alters various powers and duties of the Virginia Fire Services Board and the State Board of Juvenile Justice regarding regulations, reporting, oversight, and the policy-making functions of the boards. The bill abolishes the Interagency Drug Offender Screening and Assessment Committee. The bill contains technical amendments.
Introduced by: Thomas A. Greason
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings. Revises the rules for which meetings of state public bodies may be conducted by audio or video means. The bill provides that (i) at least one member of the public body must be physically assembled at the principal meeting location, (ii) the quorum of the public body is determined by members participating in person or by electronic means in the meeting, (iii) a member of the public shall pay for the documented marginal cost that a public body may incur in expanding public participation to the meeting, and (iv) the number of meetings a public body may conduct through electronic communications means is limited to 50 percent of its regular meetings in any calendar year. The bill contains technical amendments.
Introduced by: Thomas A. Greason
Fees for enforcement and appeals under Statewide Fire Prevention Code and Uniform Statewide Building Code. Defines the term "defray the cost" for purposes of fees authorized to be collected by a locality for costs for enforcement and appeals of the application of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code and the Uniform Statewide Building Code. Under the bill, the cost may include the fair and reasonable costs incurred for such enforcement during normal business hours, but shall not include overtime cotsts, unless conducted outside of the normal working hours established by the locality. The bill provides that it does not prohibit a private entity from conducting the inspections provided the private entity has been approved in accordance with the written policy of the fire official for the locality.
Introduced by: William J. Howell
Virginia Retirement System; defined benefit plan. Modifies several provisions of the defined benefit retirement plan. Beginning January 1, 2013, the bill changes the calculation of average final compensation to cover a period of 60 months rather than 36 months. Under current law, the use of a 60-month period applies only to those employees hired on or after July 1, 2010. However, current employees affected by this change in average final compensation may use the 36-month period of calculation for compensation received prior to January 1, 2013, if it is greater than the 60-month period of calculation.
Effective January 1, 2013, except for employees who are within five years of their unreduced retirement date at that time, the bill (i) restricts cost of living adjustments (COLA) to those employees who reach the age for unreduced retirement benefits and (ii) reduces the COLA to the first two percent of inflation plus one-half of the next two percent, for a maximum total of three percent. Under current law, the COLA is the first three percent of inflation plus one-half of the next four percent, for a maximum total of five percent.
Finally, for state and local employees hired on or after January 1, 2013, other than law-enforcement employees and judges, the bill reduces the multiplier from 1.7 to 1.6.
Introduced by: L. Mark Dudenhefer
Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings by local and regional public bodies. Expands the authority for the conduct of electronic communication meetings to all public bodies. Currently, local public bodies are prohibited from conducting public meetings in this manner, except when the Governor declares a state of emergency. The bill contains technical amendments.
Introduced by: Joseph P. Johnson, Jr.
Fire insurance; coverage for costs of services by volunteer fire departments. Requires fire insurance policies to provide coverage, with limits not less than $250, for the cost charged by a volunteer fire department that is not fully funded by property taxes in certain instances when the fire department is called in to save or protect property insured under the policy. Higher coverage limits may be offered for an additional premium. The amount billed shall not exceed the limit of coverage.
Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III
Storage of health records. Replaces obsolete terminology and cross-references related to storage of health records, currently referred to as medical records or patient records.
Introduced by: Lionell Spruill, Sr.
Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code; grandfathering certain kitchens. Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to adopt regulations to amend the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code for the purpose of allowing certain kitchens located in religious institutions. The bill provides that any kitchen located in a religious institution shall be deemed to comply with the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code so long as it complies with the regulations that were in effect at the time of construction. Any such kitchen that undergoes significant renovation shall comply with the regulations in effect at the time of the renovation.
Introduced by: Lionell Spruill, Sr.
Statewide Fire Prevention Code; local inspection fee. Provides that no fee charged for the inspection of any religious institution shall exceed $50.
Introduced by: Christopher P. Stolle
Study; options for accepting military training and experience as satisfying requirements for licensure, certification, or registration as a health care provider; report. Requests the Department of Health Professions to study options for accepting military training and experience as satisfying requirements for licensure, certification, or registration as a health care provider. In conducting its study, the Department of Health Professions shall review existing state laws governing licensure, certification, and registration of health care providers, compare these requirements to similar Military Occupational Specialties in health care, and develop recommendations for statutory and regulatory changes to allow the Department of Health Professions to accept evidence of military training and experience as satisfying educational and experiential requirements for licensure, certification, or registration as a health care provider in cases in which such training and experience is not currently accepted as satisfying the educational and experiential requirement for licensure, certification, or registration. The Department of Health Professions shall also develop recommendations related to options for increasing awareness among veterans and citizens of the Commonwealth for submitting evidence of military training and experience to satisfy educational and experiential requirements for licensure or certification to practice the arts.
Introduced by: Harry R. Purkey
Study; severe shortage of medical doctors; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the current and impending severe shortage of medical doctors in Virginia. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall: (i) determine whether a shortage of medical doctors exists in the Commonwealth, by specialty and by geographical region; (ii) identify and assess factors that contribute to the shortage of medical doctors, including medical school admissions, the costs of medical education, and the effect of excessive malpractice insurance premiums, malpractice laws and caps, the shortage of nurses, and ancillary regulations such as the Certificate of Public Need; and (iii) identify the medical specialty fields primarily affected by the shortage of doctors and recommend ways to alleviate such problems. The joint subcommittee must submit its preliminary findings and recommendations to the 2013 Session of the General Assembly and its final findings and recommendations to the 2014 Session.
Introduced by: Betsy B. Carr
Governor; Virginia's Public Safety Memorial. Requests the Governor to include in the Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial the names of state and local probation and parole officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter
Study; JLARC to study homeland security planning and preparedness; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the ongoing planning and preparedness efforts throughout the Commonwealth with regard to homeland security and emergency management. The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission must report its final findings and recommendations to the 2014 Session of the General Assembly.
Introduced by: Salvatore R. Iaquinto
Commending the Plaza Volunteer Rescue Squad.
Introduced by: Thomas Davis Rust
Commending Holly Frost.
Introduced by: L. Louise Lucas
Line of Duty Act; fire company personnel of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Air National Guard. Includes under the coverage of the Line of Duty Act individuals employed as fire company personnel for the Virginia Air National Guard or the Virginia National Guard's Fort Pickett Reserve.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards
Line of Duty Act; certain members of fire companies or departments. Expands the definition of a deceased person under the Act to include members of any fire company or department providing fire protection services for facilities of the Virginia National Guard or the Virginia Air National Guard.
Introduced by: John C. Watkins
Line of Duty Act. Allows a political subdivision with employees eligible for coverage under the Line of Duty Act to make an irrevocable election, on or before July 1, 2013, to self-fund the benefits available under the Line of Duty Act. The bill contains a reenactment clause.
Introduced by: Phillip P. Puckett
Fire insurance; coverage for costs of services by volunteer fire departments. Requires fire insurance policies to provide coverage, with limits not less than $250, for the cost charged by a volunteer fire department in certain instances when the fire department is called in to save or protect property insured under the policy. The amount billed shall not exceed the limit of coverage.
Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen
Virginia Retirement System; benefits for local law-enforcement, correctional, and emergency response employees in certain localities. Permits any locality that is exempt from providing all of the special statutory retirement benefits to local law-enforcement, correctional, and emergency response employees because the locality's annual retirement allowance for such employees exceeds the statutory amount to provide all of the other statutory benefits except the statutory annual retirement allowance (i) to all employees eligible for such benefits or (ii) only to eligible employees hired on or after July 1, 2010. The additional costs of providing the benefits would be borne by the locality making the election.
Introduced by: John C. Miller
Freedom of Information Act; exemption for cell phone numbers for EMS personnel and firefighters. Provides an exemption from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act for records of a fire/EMS company or fire/EMS department, to the extent that they disclose the telephone numbers for cellular telephones, pagers, or comparable portable communication devices provided to its personnel for use in the performance of their official duties.
Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart
Suspected child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporting; penalties. Adds individuals associated with or employed by any public organization responsible for the care, custody, or control of children and any person employed by a public or private institution of higher education to the list of individuals required to report suspected child abuse or neglect; reduces the time limit for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect by mandated reporters from 72 hours to 24 hours; increases the penalty for a second or subsequent failure to report from not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 to a fine of not less than $1,000; provides that, in cases evidencing acts of rape, sodomy, or object sexual penetration, a person who knowingly and intentionally fails to make the required report shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor; and provides that no mandatory reporter shall be required to make a report if the person has actual knowledge that the same matter has already been reported to the local department or the Department's toll-free child abuse and neglect hotline. This bill incorporates SB 265, SB 296, SB 303 and SB 622.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain
Emergency services and disasters; constitutional rights. Provides that nothing in the Emergency Services and Disaster Law shall be interpreted to limit or prohibit the possession, carrying, transportation, sale, or transfer of firearms.
Introduced by: Linda T. Puller
Suspected child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporting; penalties. Reduces the time allowed for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect by a mandated reporter from 72 hours to 24 hours and provides that failure to report is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor for the first failure and a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Current law imposes a fine of not more than $500 for a first offense and not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense.
Introduced by: Harry B. Blevins
Four-for-Life; substantive review. Requires that a reallocation of moneys set aside from the Four-for-Life fees be made pursuant to legislation that has been reviewed by the House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee and the Senate Committee on Education and Health. The bill includes technical amendments.
Introduced by: Charles W. Carrico, Sr.
Limitation on administrative actions relating to Firearms Act. Establishes legislative preemption of any administrative action taken by an administrative body that has the direct or indirect effect of governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, storage, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof, unless the administrative body has express statutory authority. Under the bill, any administrative action taken prior to July 1, 2012, having a direct or indirect effect of governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof, other than those expressly authorized by statute, is invalid. The bill also requires administrative bodies to take appropriate action to bring any contrary administrative action into compliance.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds
Infrared traffic light signal changers. Allows local governments by ordinance to permit use of infrared traffic light signal changers by fire-fighting vehicles in nonemergency situations.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds
Critical incident stress management teams; privileged information. Creates a privilege for information communicated by certain emergency medical services and public safety personnel to members of a critical incident stress management team. The bill also creates exemptions for the privilege.
Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr.
Secretary of Public Safety; Virginia Fire Services Board; State Board of Juvenile Justice; powers and duties. Consolidates, eliminates, and alters various powers and duties of the Virginia Fire Services Board and the State Board of Juvenile Justice regarding regulations, reporting, oversight, and the policy-making functions of the boards. The bill abolishes the Interagency Drug Offender Screening and Assessment Committee. The bill contains technical amendments.
Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff, Jr.
Line of Duty Act; fire company personnel of the Virginia National Guard. Includes under the coverage of the Line of Duty Act individual employed as fire company personnel for the Virginia National Guard. This bill incorporates SB 10 and SB 99.
Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke
Freedom of Information Act; exemption for cell phone numbers for EMS personnel and firefighters. Provides an exemption from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act for records of a fire/EMS company or fire/EMS department, to the extent that they disclose the telephone numbers for cellular telephones, pagers, or comparable portable communication devices provided to its personnel for use in the performance of their official duties.
Introduced by: John C. Watkins
Wireless E-911 Fund; distribution. Transfers the administration of the distribution of the Wireless E-911 Fund revenues for public safety answering point operators (PSAPs) to the Department of Taxation. The bill also bases the distribution percentages on the average pro rata distribution for fiscal years 2007-2012, taking into account funding adjustments for overpayments and underpayments. The measure directs that the distribution percentage be recalculated every five years based on cost and call load data of the PSAP, which data shall continue to be received by the Wireless E-911 Board and then reported to the Department of Taxation.
Introduced by: Stephen H. Martin
Definition of surgery. Defines "surgery" and provides that no person other than a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry, a licensed nurse practitioner, a physician assistant, a licensed midwife in certain circumstances, or a person who is acting pursuant to the orders and under the appropriate supervision of a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry shall perform surgery.
Introduced by: Charles J. Colgan
Redirection of forfeited drug assets to construction of Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial. Provides that between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2014, local agencies may direct cash funds and proceeds from forfeited drug assets to the Virginia Public Safety Foundation to support the construction of the Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial. Funding decisions shall be made following an internal analysis that determines contributions will not negatively impact law-enforcement training or operations. This bill incorporates SB 574.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain
Redirection of forfeited drug assets to construction of Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial. Provides that between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2014, state and local agencies may direct cash funds and proceeds from forfeited drug assets to the Virginia Public Safety Foundation to support the construction of the Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial. Funding decisions shall be made following an internal analysis that determines contributions will not negatively impact law-enforcement training or operations. This bill was incorporated into SB 558.