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Final Update 2/18/03 |
Bill #
Patron
Committee |
Pos |
Description |
Comm Action |
Chamber Action |
Opp/ Chamber Comm |
Comm Action |
Chamber Action |
H.B. 1415
Janis
Gen Laws |
O |
Line of Duty Act; disability benefits.
Deletes the requirement that payments for continued health care
coverage be retroactive to the date that the disability first existed |
Reported Out
22-Y 0-N
Re-referred to
Appropriations |
Tabled In
Appropriations
25-Y 0-N |
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XXXXXX |
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H.B. 1535
Hamiltion
Gen Laws |
S |
State Emergency Medical Services
Advisory Board. Clarifies the membership of the State Emergency
Medical Services Advisory Board, provides that any person appointed to
the Advisory Board must be a member of the organization or group that
he represents, changes the name of the State Fire Chiefs Association
to the Virginia Fire Chief's Association, and makes technical
corrections. |
Reported Out
22-Y 0-N |
Passed House
98-Y 0-N |
Senate
Gen/Laws |
Reported Out
14-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate
40-Y 0-N |
H.B. 1684
McDougle
Gen Laws |
M |
Line of Duty Act; definitions. Extends
coverage of the Line of Duty Act to all employees of the Department of
Emergency Management and employees of any county, city or town who
perform emergency management or emergency services duties |
Reported Out
22-Y 0-N
|
Passed House
99-Y 0-N |
Senate
Gen/Laws |
Reported Out
14-Y 0-N |
Passed after numerous amendments |
H.B. 1756
Amundson
H.W.I |
S |
Health; emergency services. Expands
the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board by 1 member and
adds a representative of the Virginia chapter of the International
Association of Fire Fighters |
Reported out
11 yes - 9 no
2 not voting |
Re-referred
to H.W.I
50-Y 49-N
Reported Out
W/Sub
|
Passed in House
72-Y 28-N |
Reported
Out
15-Y |
Passed Senate
40-Y |
H.B. 1860
O'Bannon
H.W.I
|
M |
Automated external defibrillators;
public-access defibrillation. Eliminates the requirement for
registration of automated external defibrillators and amends existing
immunity provisions to be consistent with this deregulation of
ownership and use of automated external defibrillators. |
Reported Out
22-Y 0-N
|
Passed House
98-Y 0-N |
Senate
Education
Health |
Reported Out
15-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate
40-Y |
H.B. 1877
Amundson
Comm/Labor
|
S |
Workers' compensation; infectious
disease presumption. Eliminates the provision that delays the
application of the presumption that certain diseases causing the death
or disability of a firefighter or certain other employees who have a
documented occupational exposure to blood or body fluids are presumed
to be occupational diseases until 6 months after the employee has
undergone a premployment physical examination. |
Reported Out
W/Amendment
19-Y 3-N |
Passed House
85-Y 14-N
|
Senate
Comm/Labor
|
Reported Out 14-Y |
Passed Senate
40-Y |
H.B. 1964
Carrico
Comm/Labor
|
M |
Workers' compensation; occupational
disease presumption. Provides that a person whose hypertension or
heart disease is presumed to be an occupational disease is eligible
for medical benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act,
notwithstanding that he is not yet totally or partially disabled. The
medical benefits include entitlement to an annual medical examination
to measure the progress, if any, of the hypertension or heart disease,
and to any other prescribed treatment for the condition. |
Passed
by
Indefinitely
21-Y 1-N
|
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XXXXX |
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H.B. 2183
O'Bannon
H.W.I
|
M |
Administering or dispensing of drugs;
disaster or emergency. Permits the Commissioner to authorize
unlicensed persons to administer or dispense drugs or devices in
accordance with protocols established by the Commissioner when (i) the
Governor has declared a disaster or a state of emergency caused by an
act of terrorism or the United States Secretary of Health and Human
Services has issued a declaration of an actual or potential
bioterrorism incident |
Reported Out
with Substitute
20-Y 0-N
|
Passed House
96-Y 0-N |
Senate
Education
Health |
Reported Out
15-Y |
Passed Senate
40-Y |
H.B. 2295
Devolites
Appropriation
|
S |
Retirement; state and local law
enforcement officers and firefighters. Deletes the minimum age
requirement for retirement for state and local law-enforcement
officers and firefighters with 25 or more years of service. |
Tabled
23-Y 1-N |
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H.B. 2296
Devolites
Appropriation |
O |
Retirement; state police officers and
certain local law enforcement officers. Modifies the retirement
allowance paid to firefighters by increasing from 1.7 percent to 2.0
percent the percentage of average final compensation multiplied by the
years of creditable service in such positions, and by deleting the
supplemental allowance currently paid to members upon retirement until
their Social Security retirement age (currently $9,264 annually). This
provision applies to employees who become members of the applicable
retirement system on or after July 1, 2003, and to such current
employees who elect to accept the modifications by October 31, 2003. |
Stricken |
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XXXXXX |
XXXXX |
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H.B. 2300
Devolites
Health/Educ
|
M |
Health; State Emergency Medical Services
Advisory Board. Changes certain references in the composition of
the advisory board to clarify which organizations may appoint a
representative of that organization to the board and those that must
appoint members of the organization to the board. |
Reported Out
22-Y 0-N
|
Passed House
98-Y 0-N |
Senate
Educ/Health |
Reported Out
15-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate
40-Y |
H.B.
2529
Almand
Gen-Laws
|
S |
Uniform Statewide Building Code; installation
of communication equipment for emergency public safety
personnelBuilding Code requiring the installation in all new building
construction of emergency communications equipment for emergency
service personnel to facilitate effective communication between
emergency public safety personnel involved in emergency situations. |
Reported Out
W/Substitute
22-Y 0-N
|
Passed House
100-Y |
Senate
General
Laws |
Reported Out
15-Y |
Passed Senate
37-Y 0-N |
H.B.2573
Darner
C.C.T |
S |
Disability benefits; firefighters. Requires
localities to provide cost of living adjustments to firefighters'
disability allowances |
Stricken
22-Y 0-N |
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H.B.
2660
VanYahres
Comm/Labor |
S |
Fire Programs Fund; assessment on motor
vehicle insurance. Requires insurance companies that write motor
vehicle insurance to pay an assessment of 1 percent of the total
direct gross premium income from such insurance. |
Passed By
Indefinitely
20-Y 2-N
|
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XXXXXX |
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H.B.2728
O'Bannon
Comm/Labor |
S |
Workers' compensation; smallpox vaccine.
Expands the definition of "injury" for workers' compensation
purposes to include any injury, disease or condition resulting from
the administration of the vaccinia vaccine to any employee of a
hospital, as part of federal smallpox countermeasures. |
Reported Out
22-Y 0-N
|
Passed House
98-Y 0-N |
Senate
Commerce
Labor |
Reported Out
14-Y |
Passed Senate
39-Y 1-N |
H.B.2751
Orrock
H.W.I |
M |
Virginia Medevac Authority. Directs
the Board of Health, with input from the State Emergency Services
Advisory Board, to organize the Virginia Medevac Authority to ensure
that all regions of the Commonwealth have access to medevac services.
The Board must hold at least 2 public hearings and receive input of
the Advisory Board before organizing the Authority. The Authority will
be governed by a 15-member organization that consists predominantly of
participants, i.e., public or private entities currently operating
medevac services in Virginia. The Authority is given broad powers,
including contracting, hiring, suing and being sued, and charging
fees, etc., for its services. The revenues raised by the Authority
must be geared to cover the expenses of its operation. The Board of
Health is required to promulgate emergency regulations by a second
enactment |
Passed By
Indefinitely
22-Y 0-N
|
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H.B.2790
Brink
Comm/Labor |
M |
Blood-borne pathogen hazards in the
workplace; needleless systems and engineered sharps injury protection.
Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board to provide an emergency
temporary standard, which must be followed by adoption of a permanent
standard, that establishes protections for occupational exposure to
blood-borne pathogens |
Stricken
22-Y 0-N
|
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XXXXXXX |
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H.B.2816
Bolvin
Pub Safety |
M |
Preparedness and Coordination Program.
Creates a Preparedness and Coordination Program within the Department
of Emergency Management in order to ensure the Commonwealth has the
most up-to-date assessments and preparedness plans to prevent, respond
to and recover from acts of terrorism. Additionally, there is an
annual reporting requirement to report on the status of the Program
throughout the Commonwealth. |
Reported Out
W/Substitute
22-Y 0-N
|
Passed House
100-Y |
Senate
General
Laws |
Reported Out w/amend
15-Y |
Passed Senate
37-Y sent back to House to consider amendment |
H.J.
555
Hamilton
Priv/Elections |
S |
Constitutional amendment (first
resolution); Public Safety Trust Fund. Establishes the Fund to
consist of the revenues generated by doubling the 4.5 percent tax on
retail sales of alcohol, beer, and wine beginning July 1, 2005.
Proceeds from the Fund are to be appropriated only for public safety
purposes and must serve to supplement, but not replace, current
revenues appropriated for public safety purposes. Any reduction in
current revenue appropriations or appropriations from the Fund for
other purposes must be approved by an at least four-fifths majority in
each house. |
Tabled in Committee
22-Y 0-N |
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H.J.
588
Callahan
Rules |
S |
Study; Department of Fire Programs;
report. Directs the Virginia Department of Fire Programs to study
the feasibility of adopting requirements within the Commonwealth that
will ensure that buildings are constructed and equipped in such a way
that will permit emergency public safety personnel to utilize
effective and reliable radio communications while they are within
buildings. The Department of Fire Programs shall complete its work by
December 1, 2003 and shall submit an executive summary and report of
its written findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 2004
Session of the General Assembly. |
Reported Out
17-Y 0-N |
Passed House
97-Y 0-N |
Senate
Rules |
Reported Out |
Passed Senate
40-Y |
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S.B.697
Deeds
Transportation |
S |
Special license plates; professional
emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and firefighters.
Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to professional
emergency medical technicians and paramedics and to persons who are
both professional emergency medical technicians or paramedics and
professional firefighters. Each set of such special license plates
would be subject to payment of a fee of one dollar in addition to the
prescribed cost of state license plates |
Rolled Into
S.B. 1230
13-Y 1-N |
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S.B.759
Wampler
Finance |
S |
Line of Duty Act; definition of disabled
employee. Amends the definition of "disabled employee"
to include any person who has become mentally or physically
incapacitated on or after April 8, 1972, as a direct or proximate
result of the performance of his duty. |
Reported Out
with Substitute
15-Y 0-N |
Passed
Senate
38-Y 0-N |
House
General
Laws |
Reported Out 22-Y
sent to Appropriations |
Tabled in Appropriations
24-Y 1-N |
S.B.822
Norment
Gen Laws |
M |
Line of Duty Act; definitions. Extends
coverage of the Line of Duty Act to employees of any county, city or
town who perform emergency management or emergency services duties. |
Reported Out
15-Y 0-N |
Passed
Senate
w/Amendment
38-Y 0-N |
House
Gen/Laws |
Reported Out
w/amend
22-Y |
Passed House
100-Y |
S.B.
1130
Norment
Comm/Labor |
O |
Workers' compensation; permanent loss and
disfigurement. Postpones the awarding of compensation for
permanent loss and disfigurement until maximum medical improvement has
been reached. Maximum medical improvement is reached when (i) the
anatomical effects of injury or illness are permanent and (ii) all
reasonable and necessary medical interventions, including but not
limited to the implantation of artificial devices, have occurred. |
Stricken
15-Y |
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XXXXXX |
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S.B.
1166
Puckett
Comm/Labor
|
S |
Fire Programs Fund; assessment on motor
vehicle insurance. Requires insurance companies that write motor
vehicle insurance to pay an assessment of 1 percent of the total
direct gross premium income from such insurance. The assessments will
be paid into the Fire Programs Fund, which is administered by the
Department of Fire Programs under policies established by the Virginia
Fire Services Board. |
Reported Out
7-Y 5-N |
Passed
Senate
24-Y 16-N |
House
Commerce
Labor |
Left in Committee |
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S.B.1207
Newman
Finance |
M |
Retirement Incentive Program Act of 2003.
Creates a voluntary retirement incentive program for state employees.
A state employee who is at least 50 years of age and who has at least
27 years of creditable service, if a member of the Virginia Retirement
System, or 23 years of creditable service, if a member of the State
Police Officers' Retirement System or the Virginia Law Officers'
Retirement System, is eligible to participate. An employee must apply
to participate in the program by September 15, 2003, and the
employee's employer must approve the application. |
Left in Committee |
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S.B.1224
Williams
Ed/Health |
S |
Emergency medical services technician (EMTs)
authorization to possess and administer epinephrine. Requires the
Board of Health's regulations on certification of emergency medical
services technicians to authorize all levels of EMTs to possess and
administer intramuscular epinephrine in emergency cases of
anaphylactic shock. Clarifying amendments are added to the Good
Samaritan law and to the Drug Control Act to reinforce this
authorization. |
Reported Out
w/Amendment
14-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate
38-Y 0-N |
Health/Welfare
Institutions |
Reported Out W/Amend
22-Y 0-N |
Passed House
99-Y |
S.B.1250
Quayle
Ed/Health |
M |
Prehospital patient care reports;
disclosure. Authorizes licensed emergency medical services
agencies to disclose prehospital patient care reports to
law-enforcement officials (i) when the patient is the victim of a
crime or (ii) when the patient has been arrested and has received
emergency medical services or has refused emergency medical services.
The disclosures must be in compliance with the federal Department of
Health and Human Services regulations relating to the electronic
transmission of data and patient privacy promulgated as required by
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42
U.S.C. § 1320d et seq.). This provision also includes technical
amendments. |
Reported Out
w/Amendment
14-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate
38-Y 0-N |
Health/Welfare
Institutions |
Reported Out w/amend
22-Y |
Passed House
100-Y |
