State health plan; insulin discount program; health insurance; cost sharing for insulin. Requires the state health plan established by the Department of Human Resource Management to offer an insulin discount program that allows individuals other than state employees to purchase insulin at a discounted, post-rebate price. The bill requires the insulin discount program to (i) allow a participant to purchase insulin at a discounted, post-rebate price; (ii) provide a participant with a card or electronic document that identifies the participant as eligible for the discount; (iii) provide a participant with information about pharmacies that will honor the discount; and (iv) provide a participant with instructions to pursue a reimbursement of the purchase price from the participant's carrier. The bill requires the discount program to charge a price for insulin that allows the program to retain only enough of any rebate for the insulin to make the state risk pool whole for providing discounted insulin to participants. State health plan; insulin discount program; health insurance; cost sharing for insulin. Requires the state health plan established by the Department of Human Resource Management to offer an insulin discount program that allows individuals other than state employees to purchase insulin at a discounted, post-rebate price. The bill requires the insulin discount program to (i) allow a participant to purchase insulin at a discounted, post-rebate price; (ii) provide a participant with a card or electronic document that identifies the participant as eligible for the discount; (iii) provide a participant with information about pharmacies that will honor the discount; and (iv) provide a participant with instructions to pursue a reimbursement of the purchase price from the participant's carrier. The bill requires the discount program to charge a price for insulin that allows the program to retain only enough of any rebate for the insulin to make the state risk pool whole for providing discounted insulin to participants. Additionally, the bill requires health plans offered by a carrier to set the cost-sharing payment that a covered person is required to pay for at least one prescription insulin drug in each therapy category at an amount that does not exceed $30 per 30-day supply of the prescription insulin drug unless the health plan (a) covers at least one prescription insulin drug for the treatment of diabetes in each therapy category under the lowest tier of drugs and does not require cost sharing other than the cost sharing payment before the plan will cover insulin at the lowest tier or (b) guarantees that a covered person is not required to pay more out of pocket for a prescription insulin drug than the covered person would pay to obtain the prescription insulin drug through the insulin discount program and caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for at least one prescription insulin drug in each therapy category at an amount not to exceed $100 per 30-day supply of the prescription insulin drug. Under current law, a health plan is required to set the cost-sharing payment that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription insulin drug at an amount that does not exceed $50 per 30-day supply of the prescription insulin drug, regardless of the amount or type of insulin needed to fill the covered person's prescription. The bill also allows a health plan that provides coverage of a prescription insulin drug with the cost-sharing limits established in the bill to condition the cost-sharing limits on (1) the covered person's participation in a wellness-related activities for diabetes, (2) purchasing the prescription insulin drug at an in-network pharmacy, or (3) choosing a prescription insulin drug from the lowest ties of the health plan' s formulary.

Department of Education; School Construction Fund and Program; Gaming Proceeds Fund revenues. Establishes the School Construction Fund as a special nonreverting fund in the state treasury and requires the Department of Education to establish the School Construction Program for the purpose of providing grants from the Fund, subject to certain conditions, to school boards that leverage federal, state, and local programs and resources to finance the design and construction of new school buildings and facilities or the modernization and maintenance of existing school buildings and facilities. The bill provides that three percent of any fiscal year's budget surplus shall be appropriated to the School Construction Fund and Program. The bill also provides that any remaining revenues not appropriated by the Gaming Proceeds Fund shall be appropriated to the School Construction Fund and Program. Under current law, any remaining revenues in the Gaming Proceeds Fund not appropriated remain in the Fund until appropriated by the General Assembly for programs established to address public school construction, renovations, or upgrades.

Department of Criminal Justice Services; hotels; human trafficking training. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, under the direction of the Criminal Justice Services Board, to develop an online course to train hotel proprietors and their employees, as defined in the bill, to recognize and report instances of suspected human trafficking. The bill provides that such online course shall be provided at no cost to the hotel proprietors and their employees. The bill requires that every hotel proprietor require its employees to complete such human trafficking training course developed by the Department or an alternative online or in-person training course approved by the Department within six months of being employed by a hotel and thereafter at least once every two years, for as long as the employee is employed by the hotel. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. Department of Criminal Justice Services; hotels; human trafficking training. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, under the direction of the Criminal Justice Services Board, to develop an online course to train hotel proprietors and their employees, as defined in the bill, to recognize and report instances of suspected human trafficking. The bill provides that such online course shall be provided at no cost to the hotel proprietors and their employees. The bill requires that every hotel proprietor require its employees to complete such human trafficking training course developed by the Department or an alternative online or in-person training course approved by the Department within six months of being employed by a hotel and thereafter at least once every two years, for as long as the employee is employed by the hotel. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.

School Health Services Committee; report. Establishes the School Health Services Committee in the legislative branch to review and provide advice to the General Assembly and other policy makers regarding proposals that require local school boards to offer certain health services in a school setting. The bill requires the Committee to submit its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor by October 1 of each year. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2025, and is identical to

Cannabis. Replaces the term "marijuana" with the term "cannabis" throughout the Cannabis Control Act. The bill also replaces the terms "botanical cannabis" and "cannabis" with the term "medical cannabis" throughout the sections of the Code of Virginia that govern pharmaceutical processors and the issuance of written certifications for the use of cannabis products and oil.

Human trafficking training for law-enforcement personnel. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards for law-enforcement personnel regarding the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.

Sales and transient occupancy taxes; accommodations intermediaries. Broadens the definition of accommodations intermediary for purposes of collection of sales tax by accommodations intermediaries.

Prepared foods; certified food protection managers. Provides that regulations adopted by the State Board of Health shall not require an establishment that sells only prepared food to have a certified food protection manager on site during all hours of operation. Prepared foods; certified food protection managers. Provides that regulations adopted by the State Board of Health shall not require an establishment that sells only prepared food to have a certified food protection manager on site during all hours of operation.

Emergency laws; powers and duties of Governor; executive orders. Limits the Governor's powers as the Director of Emergency Management by requiring that emergency rules, regulations, and executive orders be objectively necessary and required to control, restrict, allocate, or regulate the use, sale, production, and distribution of food, fuel, clothing and other commodities, materials, goods, services, and resources under any state or federal emergency services programs, rather than necessary in the Governor's judgment. The bill also prohibits an emergency executive order from establishing any moratoriums on the payment of rent to landlords in the Commonwealth unless pursuant to a confirmed order of quarantine or isolation. Finally, the bill limits the duration of any executive order issued by the Governor to no more than 45 days from the date of issuance and provides that if the General Assembly does not take any action on the rule, regulation, or order within the 45 days during which the rule, regulation, or order is effective, the Governor shall thereafter be prohibited from issuing the same or a similar rule, regulation, or order relating to the same emergency. Under current law, once issued, such executive orders are effective until June 30 following the next regular session of the General Assembly.

City of Martinsville; city reversion. Requires approval from the City of Martinsville voters before the city can revert to town status. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2026. City of Martinsville; city reversion. Requires approval from the City of Martinsville voters before the city can revert to town status. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2026.

Voter registration; registration permitted up to and including the day of the election. Repeals a provision that would permit any person who is qualified to register to vote to register to vote in person up to and including the day of the election, notwithstanding any deadline for the close of registration records. The repeal will limit the persons who are entitled to register to vote after the close of registration records to (i) any member of a uniformed service of the United States who is on active duty, (ii) any person residing temporarily outside of the United States, and (iii) the spouse or dependent residing with someone listed in (i) or (ii).

Wrongful death; death of the parent or guardian of a child resulting from driving under the influence; child support. Provides that any action for death by wrongful act where the defendant, as a result of driving a motor vehicle or operating a watercraft under the influence, unintentionally caused the death of another person who was the parent or legal guardian of a child, the person who has custody of such child may petition the court to order that the defendant pay child support.

Absentee voting; annual absentee voter list; absentee ballots; return of ballots. Removes the permanent absentee voter list and provides for an annual absentee voter list by which any eligible voter who annually files an application and is enrolled on the list receives an absentee ballot for any election in which he is eligible to vote in the ensuing calendar year. The application for the annual absentee voter list requires, at a minimum, the voter to provide his printed name, date of birth, and the last four digits of his social security number. The bill makes an absentee voter's failure to have a witness sign the absentee ballot envelope a material omission and renders his ballot void. Current law allows a late absentee ballot to be counted if it is received by the Friday after the election and postmarked on or before the day of the election; the bill modifies this provision, requiring a postmark on or before the Saturday immediately preceding the day of the election. Absentee voting; annual absentee voter list; absentee ballots; return of ballots. Removes the permanent absentee voter list and provides for an annual absentee voter list by which any eligible voter who annually files an application and is enrolled on the list receives an absentee ballot for any election in which he is eligible to vote in the ensuing calendar year. The application for the annual absentee voter list requires, at a minimum, the voter to provide his printed name, date of birth, and the last four digits of his social security number. The bill makes an absentee voter's failure to have a witness sign the absentee ballot envelope a material omission and renders his ballot void. Current law allows a late absentee ballot to be counted if it is received by the Friday after the election and postmarked on or before the day of the election; the bill modifies this provision, requiring a postmark on or before the Saturday immediately preceding the day of the election.

Timing of municipal elections. Narrows the scope of existing provisions that require all municipal elections to be held in November by applying those provisions only to cities with a population greater than 200,000.

Publication of notice by localities. Provides that in any instance in which a locality has submitted a correct and timely notice request to a newspaper published or having general circulation in the locality and such newspaper fails to publish the notice, or publishes the notice incorrectly, such locality shall be deemed to have met the appropriate notice requirements so long as the notice was published in the next available edition of a newspaper having general circulation in the locality. Publication of notice by localities. Provides that in any instance in which a locality has submitted a correct and timely notice request to a newspaper published or having general circulation in the locality and such newspaper fails to publish the notice, or publishes the notice incorrectly, such locality shall be deemed to have met the appropriate notice requirements so long as the notice was published in the next available edition of a newspaper having general circulation in the locality.