Legislative Update for CA Human Services
Wednesday January 4, 2023

Bill	Patron	Title	Synopsis	Status
HB 1426	Anne Ferrell Tata	Human Trafficking; Practitioners Regulated By Dept. Of Health Professions, Etc., Required Training.	Department of Health Professions and Boards of Medicine and Nursing; continued competency; human trafficking training required. Requires all practitioners regulated by the Department of Health Professions, practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine, and practitioners licensed by the Board of Nursing to complete training on topics related to human trafficking, including strategies for identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking. The bill requires training standards to be approved by the Director of the Department of Health Professions; a list of approved training courses shall be posted on the Department of Health Professions website and shall include at least one course that is available without charge. The successful completion of this training shall be a condition of renewals of registration, certification, licensure, permit, and the issuance of a multistate licensure privilege.	H Committee Referral Pending (12/14)
HB 1450	Robert D. Orrock, Sr.	Individuals With Disabilities; Terminology.	Individuals with disabilities; terminology. Replaces various instances of the terms "handicap," "handicapped," and similar variations throughout the Code of Virginia with alternative terms, as appropriate in the statutory context, such as "disability" and "impairment." The bill contains technical amendments. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Disability Commission.	H Committee Referral Pending (12/21)
HB 1461	Bill Wiley	Students; Department Of Education To Establish Uniform System Of Discipline For Disruptive Behavior.	Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior. Requires the Department of Education to establish, within its regulations governing student conduct, and each school board to adhere to, a uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior and the removal of a student from a class that includes, among other things, (i) criteria for teachers to remove disruptive students from their classes, including a requirement for a teacher to remove a disruptive student from a class if the disruptive behavior is violent and a requirement to implement a three-strike system for nonviolent disruptive behavior whereby a teacher is required to remove a student from a class if the student repeats or continues the nonviolent disruptive behavior after the teacher provides two warnings to the student and (ii) a prohibition against holding a teacher liable for taking reasonable actions or utilizing reasonable methods to control a physically disruptive or violently disruptive student.	H Committee Referral Pending (12/23)
HJ 471	Terry G. Kilgore	General Assembly; 2023 Session Schedule.	General Assembly; 2023 Session schedule. Establishes a schedule for the conduct of business coming before the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.	H Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103644D (12/30)
HJ 472	Terry G. Kilgore	General Assembly; 2024 Session Prefiling Schedule.	General Assembly; 2024 Session prefiling schedule. Establishes a schedule for the prefiling period for the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.	H Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103645D (12/30)
SB 798	Ghazala F. Hashmi	Individuals With Disabilities; Terminology.	Individuals with disabilities; terminology. Replaces various instances of the terms "handicap," "handicapped," and similar variations throughout the Code of Virginia with alternative terms, as appropriate in the statutory context, such as "disability" and "impairment." The bill contains technical amendments. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Disability Commission.	S Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services (12/2)
SB 830	Barbara A. Favola	Students With Disabilities; Dbhds To Develop Best Practice Standard Related To Transition Of Record.	Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of Education; best practice standards related to the transition of records and transfer of services for students with disabilities. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in coordination with the Department of Education and relevant stakeholders, to develop and disseminate best practice standards for the transition of services and transfer of records for students with disabilities who reach the age of majority.	S Referred to Committee on Rules (12/22)