Virginia Commerce and Labor (S02) Committee Docket — 2023-01-16

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Docket for the Virginia Senate Commerce and Labor (S02) Committee dated 2023-01-16 in the 2023 Regular session, listing Richard L. Saslaw as Chair. The docket includes SB828, which would prohibit the State Corporation Commission from approving long-term care insurance annual premium rate increases that exceed six percent of the current rate. It includes SB906, which would expand the workers' compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers to include bladder and thyroid cancer. It also includes SB1416, which would require a registrar to amend a death certificate on an affidavit and supporting evidence filed within 45 days.

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TITLE: Virginia Commerce and Labor (S02) Committee Docket — 2023-01-16
DATE: 2023-01-16T00:00:00
SESSION: 2023 Regular (20231)
CHAMBER: Senate

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
  - Richard L. Saslaw (D) Chair

STAFF: Hobie Lehman, Jasmine VanDyke, Marvi Ali, Thomas Stevens

DOCKET / AGENDA:

[Senate Bill in Committee]
  999. SB828 - Long-term care insurance; premium rate increases.
       Patron(s): Spruill
       Summary: Long-term care insurance; premium rate increases. Prohibits the State Corporation Commission from approving any long-term care insurance annual premium rate increase or premium rate schedule increase that exceeds six percent of the current rate or current rate schedule.
  999. SB840 - Safety & Health Codes Bd. of Dept. of Labor & Industry; regulation regarding cranes & derricks, etc.
       Patron(s): Bell
       Summary: Department of Labor and Industry; Safety and Health Codes Board; Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program; use of cranes and derricks in construction; report. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board of the Department of Labor and Industry to adopt regulations to the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program, regarding cranes and derricks in construction, to allow an active load stabilization mechanism or passive load stabilization mechanism, defined in the bill, to be used if necessary to prevent hazardous rotation of a load as determined by the project manager or safety engine
  999. SB904 - Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers.
       Patron(s): DeSteph
       Summary: Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder; law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder, except in the case of responding to crime scenes for investigation. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the covered individual as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressi
  999. SB906 - Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers.
       Patron(s): Saslaw
       Summary: Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers. Expands the workers' compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include bladder and thyroid cancer. The presumption for these cancers does not apply for any individual diagnosed with such a condition before July 1, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 1408.
  999. SB927 - Health carrier fair business standards; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to evaluate.
       Patron(s): Favola
       Summary: State Corporation Commission; work group; health carrier fair business standards. Directs the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance to convene a work group to develop recommendations for regulatory and legislative changes necessary to improve the process for determining if an insurance carrier has failed to implement minimum fair business standards in the performance of its provider contracts for the prompt payment of claims. The Bureau shall submit a report of the findings and recommendations of the work group by December 1, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 1739.
  999. SB957 - Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Fund; established, drug cost affordability review, etc.
       Patron(s): Petersen
       Summary: Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Fund established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products. The bill directs the Governor to appoint the members and alternate members of the Board and requires the Board to meet in open session at least four times annually, with certain exceptions and requirements enumerated in the bill. Members of the Board are required to disclose any conflic
  999. SB974 - Consumer finance companies; authority of Attorney General to issue civil investigative demand.
       Patron(s): Peake
       Summary: Financial institutions; consumer finance companies; authority of Attorney General to issue civil investigative demand. Authorizes the Attorney General, whenever he has reasonable cause to believe that any person not licensed by the State Corporation Commission has violated any provision relating to consumer finance companies, to issue a civil investigative demand.
  999. SB986 - Corporations; filing and meeting requirements.
       Patron(s): Peake
       Summary: Corporations; filing and meeting requirements. Eliminates the requirement that a document filed with the State Corporation Commission pursuant to the Virginia Stock Corporation Act include the terms, including the preferences, rights, and limitations, of each class or series of shares. The bill changes the timeframe during which a corporation must make available for inspection the shareholders list prepared for a shareholders' meeting from two business days after notice of such shareholders' meeting through such shareholders' meeting to five business days after notice of such shareholders' mee
  999. SB1000 - Insurance agents; definitions, private family leave insurance.
       Patron(s): Favola
       Summary: Insurance agents; definitions; private family leave insurance. Expands the definitions of "health agent" and "property and casualty insurance agent" to include that such agents may sell, solicit, or negotiate private family leave insurance. The bill also clarifies that private family leave insurance is not included in either limited lines life and health insurance or limited lines property and casualty insurance as they relate to the definitions of "limited lines life and health agent" and "limited lines property and casualty agent" respectively. This bill is identical to HB 1886.
  999. SB1011 - Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.
       Patron(s): Edwards
       Summary: Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to submit an annual report summarizing the reductions in premiums related to the elimination of the tobac
  999. SB1018 - Railroad companies; notice of certain action.
       Patron(s): Edwards
       Summary: Railroad companies; notice of certain action. Requires a railroad company operating in the Commonwealth that submits an application to the federal government for consolidation, merger, abandonment, or discontinuance to notify, in addition to the State Corporation Commission and the Governor, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and the Executive Director of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority of such action.
  999. SB1029 - Public utilities; fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads.
       Patron(s): Stanley
       Summary: Public utilities; fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads. Provides that if a broadband service provider, in the construction of its works, deems it necessary to cross the works of a railroad company, the broadband service provider is required to submit an application to the railroad company. The bill requires the application to include (i) a license fee; (ii) engineering design plans, construction plans, bore plans, fraction mitigation plans, dewatering plans, rigging and lifting plans, and any other pertinent plans deemed necessary and prepared by a registered professional engineer; (
  999. SB1037 - Workers' compensation; notice to employees.
       Patron(s): McPike
       Summary: Workers' compensation; notice to employees. Requires each employer subject to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act to provide notice to covered employees of the employees' right to dispute the denial of a claim through the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. The bill specifies the language of such notice. The bill also provides that an employer that fails to provide such notice may be subject to the civil penalty provisions of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
  999. SB1038 - Workers' compensation; presumption for arson and hazardous materials investigators.
       Patron(s): McPike
       Summary: Workers' compensation; Department of State Police; State Police Officers' Retirement System; presumption for arson, bomb, and hazardous materials investigators. Expands the workers' compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include (i) arson investigators or bomb investigators employed by the Department of State Police and (ii) members of the State Police Officers' Retirement System who collect, analyze, or handle hazardous materials, infectious biological sub
  999. SB1039 - Safety & Health Codes Bd. of Dept. of Labor & Industry; regulation regarding cranes & derricks, etc.
       Patron(s): McPike
       Summary: Department of Labor and Industry; Safety and Health Codes Board; Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program; use of cranes and derricks in construction; report. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board (the Board) of the Department of Labor and Industry (the Department) to adopt regulations to the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program (VOSH), regarding cranes and derricks in construction, to allow an active load stabilization mechanism or passive load stabilization mechanism, defined in the bill, to be used if necessary to prevent hazardous rotation of a load as determined by
  999. SB1086 - Living organ donors; unpaid leave, civil penalty.
       Patron(s): Ebbin
       Summary: Living organ donors; unpaid leave; civil penalty. Requires that an employer that employs 50 or more employees provide eligible employees, defined in the bill, with (i) up to 60 business days of unpaid organ donation leave in any 12-month period to serve as an organ donor and (ii) up to 30 business days of unpaid organ donation leave in any 12-month period to serve as a bone marrow donor. The bill requires the employer to restore the employee's position following the leave, to continue to provide coverage for the employee under any health benefit plan during the leave, and to pay the employee a
  999. SB1088 - Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by dispatchers, definitions.
       Patron(s): Ebbin
       Summary: Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by dispatchers. Allows dispatchers, as defined in the bill, to claim workers' compensation benefits relating to post-traumatic stress disorder under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. Currently, only law-enforcement officers and firefighters may claim such benefits.
  999. SB1112 - Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives, definition.
       Patron(s): Hashmi
       Summary: Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage, under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for any prescribed contraceptive drug or contraceptive device. The bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from imposing upon any person receiving contraceptive benefits pursuant to the provisions of the bill any copayment, coinsurance payment, or fee, except in certain circumstances. The provisions of the bill apply to health insurance contracts, policies,
  999. SB1120 - Virginia Employment Commission; Commissioner shall have authority to issue subpoenas, etc.
       Patron(s): Stanley
       Summary: Virginia Employment Commission; attorney authorization; powers. Provides that the Commissioner of the Virginia Employment Commission may authorize any attorney employed by the Commission to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records deemed necessary as evidence in connection with the investigation or adjudication of any disputed claim or the administration of the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act. The bill permits any party to file a motion to quash any such subpoena prior to the date production i
  999. SB1121 - Coal mine methane; options to encourage capture & beneficial use.
       Patron(s): Hackworth
       Summary: Coal mine methane; capture and beneficial use; Department of Energy to evaluate policy options; report. States that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the capture and beneficial use of coal mine methane, defined in the bill. The bill directs the Department of Energy to evaluate policy options to encourage the capture and beneficial use of coal mine methane and submit a report of its findings by November 15, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 1643.
  999. SB1123 - Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases.
       Patron(s): Stanley
       Summary: Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases. Provides that the venue for criminal cases involving false statements, representations, or nondisclosures by an employing unit or an individual with regard to an unemployment claim lies in the county or city wherein the statement, representation, or nondisclosure originates or, alternatively, is received by the Virginia Employment Commission. Under current law, the venue for such cases lies solely in the county or city wherein such statement, representation, or nondisclosure is received by the Commission. This bill is
  999. SB1126 - Commercial delivery services; authorized use for notice to an employer for violation of safety prov.
       Patron(s): Hackworth
       Summary: Department of Labor and Industry; Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; notice of disciplinary action; method of delivery to allow for confirmation of delivery. Authorizes the use of commercial delivery services with signed and dated acknowledgment of delivery by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry when providing notice to an employer of any proposed penalty for a violation of a safety or health provision or of the employer's failure to abate a violation of a safety or health provision. Under current law, the Commissioner is authorized to provide such required notices only
  999. SB1131 - Insurance agents; title insurance and viatical settlement.
       Patron(s): Mason
       Summary: Insurance agents; title insurance and viatical settlement. Removes the requirement that an individual applying to be a title agent provide a sworn statement that the applicant has completed the required pre-licensing course and requires that such an applicant affirm his completion of such pre-licensing course. The bill requires that viatical settlement brokers affirm that they have an anti-fraud plan when submitting an initial application or renewal for a broker's license and that the anti-fraud plan be made available to the State Corporation Commission upon request.
  999. SB1134 - Precision Plastic Manufacturing Grant Fund; created.
       Patron(s): Ruff
       Summary: Precision Plastic Manufacturing Grant Fund; established. Establishes the Precision Plastic Manufacturing Grant Fund to provide up to $56 million in grants between July 1, 2027, and July 1, 2035, to a qualified company that engages in the manufacture and distribution of precision plastic products in an eligible county and that between June 1, 2022, and December 31, 2035, is expected to make a capital investment of at least $1 billion and create at least 1,761 new full-time jobs related to or supportive of its business. This bill is identical to HB 2238.
  999. SB1327 - Comprehensive children's health care coverage program; DMAS shall establish.
       Patron(s): McClellan, Ebbin
       Summary: Comprehensive children's health care coverage program. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to establish a program to provide state-funded comprehensive health care coverage on and after July 1, 2024, for individuals in the Commonwealth who (i) are under 19 years of age, (ii) are not covered under a group health plan or health insurance coverage, and (iii) but for their immigration status would be eligible for medical assistance services through the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services established pursuant to Title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act. The bi
  999. SB1416 - Amendment of death certificates; county and city registrars.
       Patron(s): Pillion
       Summary: Amendment of death certificates; county and city registrars. Requires a county or city registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected information on a death certificate within 45 days of the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence and to forward such affidavit and supporting evidence to the State Registrar.

[Senate Bill in Committee]
  999. SB828 - Long-term care insurance; premium rate increases.
       Patron(s): Spruill
       Summary: Long-term care insurance; premium rate increases. Prohibits the State Corporation Commission from approving any long-term care insurance annual premium rate increase or premium rate schedule increase that exceeds six percent of the current rate or current rate schedule.
  999. SB840 - Safety & Health Codes Bd. of Dept. of Labor & Industry; regulation regarding cranes & derricks, etc.
       Patron(s): Bell
       Summary: Department of Labor and Industry; Safety and Health Codes Board; Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program; use of cranes and derricks in construction; report. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board of the Department of Labor and Industry to adopt regulations to the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program, regarding cranes and derricks in construction, to allow an active load stabilization mechanism or passive load stabilization mechanism, defined in the bill, to be used if necessary to prevent hazardous rotation of a load as determined by the project manager or safety engine
  999. SB904 - Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers.
       Patron(s): DeSteph
       Summary: Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder; law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder, except in the case of responding to crime scenes for investigation. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the covered individual as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressi
  999. SB906 - Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers.
       Patron(s): Saslaw
       Summary: Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers. Expands the workers' compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include bladder and thyroid cancer. The presumption for these cancers does not apply for any individual diagnosed with such a condition before July 1, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 1408.
  999. SB927 - Health carrier fair business standards; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to evaluate.
       Patron(s): Favola
       Summary: State Corporation Commission; work group; health carrier fair business standards. Directs the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance to convene a work group to develop recommendations for regulatory and legislative changes necessary to improve the process for determining if an insurance carrier has failed to implement minimum fair business standards in the performance of its provider contracts for the prompt payment of claims. The Bureau shall submit a report of the findings and recommendations of the work group by December 1, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 1739.
  999. SB957 - Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Fund; established, drug cost affordability review, etc.
       Patron(s): Petersen
       Summary: Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Fund established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products. The bill directs the Governor to appoint the members and alternate members of the Board and requires the Board to meet in open session at least four times annually, with certain exceptions and requirements enumerated in the bill. Members of the Board are required to disclose any conflic
  999. SB974 - Consumer finance companies; authority of Attorney General to issue civil investigative demand.
       Patron(s): Peake
       Summary: Financial institutions; consumer finance companies; authority of Attorney General to issue civil investigative demand. Authorizes the Attorney General, whenever he has reasonable cause to believe that any person not licensed by the State Corporation Commission has violated any provision relating to consumer finance companies, to issue a civil investigative demand.
  999. SB986 - Corporations; filing and meeting requirements.
       Patron(s): Peake
       Summary: Corporations; filing and meeting requirements. Eliminates the requirement that a document filed with the State Corporation Commission pursuant to the Virginia Stock Corporation Act include the terms, including the preferences, rights, and limitations, of each class or series of shares. The bill changes the timeframe during which a corporation must make available for inspection the shareholders list prepared for a shareholders' meeting from two business days after notice of such shareholders' meeting through such shareholders' meeting to five business days after notice of such shareholders' mee
  999. SB1000 - Insurance agents; definitions, private family leave insurance.
       Patron(s): Favola
       Summary: Insurance agents; definitions; private family leave insurance. Expands the definitions of "health agent" and "property and casualty insurance agent" to include that such agents may sell, solicit, or negotiate private family leave insurance. The bill also clarifies that private family leave insurance is not included in either limited lines life and health insurance or limited lines property and casualty insurance as they relate to the definitions of "limited lines life and health agent" and "limited lines property and casualty agent" respectively. This bill is identical to HB 1886.
  999. SB1011 - Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.
       Patron(s): Edwards
       Summary: Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to submit an annual report summarizing the reductions in premiums related to the elimination of the tobac
  999. SB1018 - Railroad companies; notice of certain action.
       Patron(s): Edwards
       Summary: Railroad companies; notice of certain action. Requires a railroad company operating in the Commonwealth that submits an application to the federal government for consolidation, merger, abandonment, or discontinuance to notify, in addition to the State Corporation Commission and the Governor, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and the Executive Director of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority of such action.
  999. SB1029 - Public utilities; fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads.
       Patron(s): Stanley
       Summary: Public utilities; fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads. Provides that if a broadband service provider, in the construction of its works, deems it necessary to cross the works of a railroad company, the broadband service provider is required to submit an application to the railroad company. The bill requires the application to include (i) a license fee; (ii) engineering design plans, construction plans, bore plans, fraction mitigation plans, dewatering plans, rigging and lifting plans, and any other pertinent plans deemed necessary and prepared by a registered professional engineer; (
  999. SB1037 - Workers' compensation; notice to employees.
       Patron(s): McPike
       Summary: Workers' compensation; notice to employees. Requires each employer subject to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act to provide notice to covered employees of the employees' right to dispute the denial of a claim through the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. The bill specifies the language of such notice. The bill also provides that an employer that fails to provide such notice may be subject to the civil penalty provisions of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
  999. SB1038 - Workers' compensation; presumption for arson and hazardous materials investigators.
       Patron(s): McPike
       Summary: Workers' compensation; Department of State Police; State Police Officers' Retirement System; presumption for arson, bomb, and hazardous materials investigators. Expands the workers' compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include (i) arson investigators or bomb investigators employed by the Department of State Police and (ii) members of the State Police Officers' Retirement System who collect, analyze, or handle hazardous materials, infectious biological sub
  999. SB1039 - Safety & Health Codes Bd. of Dept. of Labor & Industry; regulation regarding cranes & derricks, etc.
       Patron(s): McPike
       Summary: Department of Labor and Industry; Safety and Health Codes Board; Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program; use of cranes and derricks in construction; report. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board (the Board) of the Department of Labor and Industry (the Department) to adopt regulations to the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program (VOSH), regarding cranes and derricks in construction, to allow an active load stabilization mechanism or passive load stabilization mechanism, defined in the bill, to be used if necessary to prevent hazardous rotation of a load as determined by
  999. SB1086 - Living organ donors; unpaid leave, civil penalty.
       Patron(s): Ebbin
       Summary: Living organ donors; unpaid leave; civil penalty. Requires that an employer that employs 50 or more employees provide eligible employees, defined in the bill, with (i) up to 60 business days of unpaid organ donation leave in any 12-month period to serve as an organ donor and (ii) up to 30 business days of unpaid organ donation leave in any 12-month period to serve as a bone marrow donor. The bill requires the employer to restore the employee's position following the leave, to continue to provide coverage for the employee under any health benefit plan during the leave, and to pay the employee a
  999. SB1088 - Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by dispatchers, definitions.
       Patron(s): Ebbin
       Summary: Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by dispatchers. Allows dispatchers, as defined in the bill, to claim workers' compensation benefits relating to post-traumatic stress disorder under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. Currently, only law-enforcement officers and firefighters may claim such benefits.
  999. SB1112 - Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives, definition.
       Patron(s): Hashmi
       Summary: Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage, under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for any prescribed contraceptive drug or contraceptive device. The bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from imposing upon any person receiving contraceptive benefits pursuant to the provisions of the bill any copayment, coinsurance payment, or fee, except in certain circumstances. The provisions of the bill apply to health insurance contracts, policies,
  999. SB1120 - Virginia Employment Commission; Commissioner shall have authority to issue subpoenas, etc.
       Patron(s): Stanley
       Summary: Virginia Employment Commission; attorney authorization; powers. Provides that the Commissioner of the Virginia Employment Commission may authorize any attorney employed by the Commission to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records deemed necessary as evidence in connection with the investigation or adjudication of any disputed claim or the administration of the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act. The bill permits any party to file a motion to quash any such subpoena prior to the date production i
  999. SB1121 - Coal mine methane; options to encourage capture & beneficial use.
       Patron(s): Hackworth
       Summary: Coal mine methane; capture and beneficial use; Department of Energy to evaluate policy options; report. States that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the capture and beneficial use of coal mine methane, defined in the bill. The bill directs the Department of Energy to evaluate policy options to encourage the capture and beneficial use of coal mine methane and submit a report of its findings by November 15, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 1643.
  999. SB1123 - Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases.
       Patron(s): Stanley
       Summary: Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases. Provides that the venue for criminal cases involving false statements, representations, or nondisclosures by an employing unit or an individual with regard to an unemployment claim lies in the county or city wherein the statement, representation, or nondisclosure originates or, alternatively, is received by the Virginia Employment Commission. Under current law, the venue for such cases lies solely in the county or city wherein such statement, representation, or nondisclosure is received by the Commission. This bill is
  999. SB1126 - Commercial delivery services; authorized use for notice to an employer for violation of safety prov.
       Patron(s): Hackworth
       Summary: Department of Labor and Industry; Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; notice of disciplinary action; method of delivery to allow for confirmation of delivery. Authorizes the use of commercial delivery services with signed and dated acknowledgment of delivery by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry when providing notice to an employer of any proposed penalty for a violation of a safety or health provision or of the employer's failure to abate a violation of a safety or health provision. Under current law, the Commissioner is authorized to provide such required notices only
  999. SB1131 - Insurance agents; title insurance and viatical settlement.
       Patron(s): Mason
       Summary: Insurance agents; title insurance and viatical settlement. Removes the requirement that an individual applying to be a title agent provide a sworn statement that the applicant has completed the required pre-licensing course and requires that such an applicant affirm his completion of such pre-licensing course. The bill requires that viatical settlement brokers affirm that they have an anti-fraud plan when submitting an initial application or renewal for a broker's license and that the anti-fraud plan be made available to the State Corporation Commission upon request.
  999. SB1134 - Precision Plastic Manufacturing Grant Fund; created.
       Patron(s): Ruff
       Summary: Precision Plastic Manufacturing Grant Fund; established. Establishes the Precision Plastic Manufacturing Grant Fund to provide up to $56 million in grants between July 1, 2027, and July 1, 2035, to a qualified company that engages in the manufacture and distribution of precision plastic products in an eligible county and that between June 1, 2022, and December 31, 2035, is expected to make a capital investment of at least $1 billion and create at least 1,761 new full-time jobs related to or supportive of its business. This bill is identical to HB 2238.
  999. SB1327 - Comprehensive children's health care coverage program; DMAS shall establish.
       Patron(s): McClellan, Ebbin
       Summary: Comprehensive children's health care coverage program. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to establish a program to provide state-funded comprehensive health care coverage on and after July 1, 2024, for individuals in the Commonwealth who (i) are under 19 years of age, (ii) are not covered under a group health plan or health insurance coverage, and (iii) but for their immigration status would be eligible for medical assistance services through the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services established pursuant to Title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act. The bi
  999. SB1416 - Amendment of death certificates; county and city registrars.
       Patron(s): Pillion
       Summary: Amendment of death certificates; county and city registrars. Requires a county or city registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected information on a death certificate within 45 days of the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence and to forward such affidavit and supporting evidence to the State Registrar.

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