Auxiliary grants; independent community living. Allows the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to provide auxiliary grants to eligible recipients residing in independent community living, as defined in the bill, under conditions set forth in the bill. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to, if deemed necessary, amend the state plan for medical assistance services and any waivers thereof to implement the provisions of the bill and limits to no more than 200 the number of auxiliary grant recipients in independent community living. The bill contains a reenactment clause and directs the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to develop and report to the General Assembly an implementation plan for expanding the auxiliary grants program to recipients residing in independent community living. Auxiliary grants; independent community living. Allows the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to provide auxiliary grants to eligible recipients residing in independent community living, as defined in the bill, under conditions set forth in the bill. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to, if deemed necessary, amend the state plan for medical assistance services and any waivers thereof to implement the provisions of the bill and limits to no more than 200 the number of auxiliary grant recipients in independent community living. The bill contains a reenactment clause and directs the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to develop and report to the General Assembly an implementation plan for expanding the auxiliary grants program to recipients residing in independent community living.

Jury duty; allowance increase. Increases the jury duty allowance from $30 to $50 per day.

Taxation of corporations; apportionment; Internet root infrastructure providers. Provides that Internet root infrastructure providers, defined in the bill, that meet certain criteria and choose to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority may use a hybrid sales factor in their income apportionment calculations when filing Virginia corporate income tax returns. The bill is effective for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2023, provided that the provider and the Authority enter into an MOU no later than December 1, 2023.

Office of the Children's Ombudsman; recommendations for establishment of Parents Advocacy Commission; report. Directs the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to convene a work group to study and make recommendations for the establishment of the Parents Advocacy Commission. The bill directs the work group to report such recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee for Courts of Justice by November 1, 2023.

Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. Provides that in the program established by a court to provide an option to any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of community service work, work performed while incarcerated, defined in the bill as work performed for a wage that is less than the Virginia minimum wage, is added as an option for earning such credits during imprisonment at a state, local, or regional correctional facility. The bill makes offering such option for community service work or work performed while incarcerated mandatory. The bill provides that a person who is performing work performed while incarcerated shall be credited at the same rate as the community service work rate less any wages received for such work performed while incarcerated. Under current law, a court is required to establish a program for providing an option for community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs but offering such option is not mandatory.

Worker misclassification; debarment procedures. Revises the procedure under which a contractor may be debarred from public contracts for misclassification of workers. The bill requires the Department of Taxation to notify an employer of a determination that the employer failed to properly classify an individual and allows the employer to apply for judicial or administrative review. Upon a subsequent violation, and once the opportunity for appeals has been exhausted, the Department is required to provide notice to all public bodies that they shall not award a contract to firms associated with the offending employer for specified periods. Under current law, notice to all public bodies is required after the first violation determined by the Department, and debarment is required without reference to the timing of appeals.

Opioid impact reduction. Allows any person to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal other than naloxone in an injectable formulation with a hypodermic needle or syringe in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, provided that certain other conditions enumerated in current law are met. The bill removes training requirements related to the possession and administration of naloxone. The bill directs the Department of Health, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and the Department of Corrections to collaborate to develop a statewide comprehensive plan for the distribution of naloxone throughout the Commonwealth and allows such agencies to begin implementation of the plan to the extent the agencies are able to do so with existing resources. The bill requires the Department of Health to provide a report on the development of the comprehensive statewide naloxone plan, including the resources needed to fully implement the plan, to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by September 1, 2023. The bill directs the Department of Health to begin the development of a Commonwealth opioid impact reduction registry consisting of nonprofit organizations that work to reduce the impact of opioids in the Commonwealth and directs the Department of Corrections to amend its regulations to require that training in the administration of naloxone be provided to every inmate prior to release. Opioid impact reduction. Allows any person to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal other than naloxone in an injectable formulation with a hypodermic needle or syringe in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, provided that certain other conditions enumerated in current law are met. The bill removes training requirements related to the possession and administration of naloxone. The bill directs the Department of Health, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and the Department of Corrections to collaborate to develop a statewide comprehensive plan for the distribution of naloxone throughout the Commonwealth and allows such agencies to begin implementation of the plan to the extent the agencies are able to do so with existing resources. The bill requires the Department of Health to provide a report on the development of the comprehensive statewide naloxone plan, including the resources needed to fully implement the plan, to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by September 1, 2023. The bill directs the Department of Health to begin the development of a Commonwealth opioid impact reduction registry consisting of nonprofit organizations that work to reduce the impact of opioids in the Commonwealth and directs the Department of Corrections to amend its regulations to require that training in the administration of naloxone be provided to every inmate prior to release.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings; local and regional public bodies. Allows, with certain exceptions, local and regional public bodies to convene no more than 50 percent of the meetings held per calendar year rounded up to the next whole number as an all-virtual public meeting. Current law limits all-virtual public meetings to no more than two times per calendar year or 25 percent of the meetings held per calendar year rounded up to the next whole number, whichever is greater, and prohibits any such meeting from being held consecutively with another all-virtual public meeting. Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings; local and regional public bodies. Allows, with certain exceptions, local and regional public bodies to convene no more than 50 percent of the meetings held per calendar year rounded up to the next whole number as an all-virtual public meeting. Current law limits all-virtual public meetings to no more than two times per calendar year or 25 percent of the meetings held per calendar year rounded up to the next whole number, whichever is greater, and prohibits any such meeting from being held consecutively with another all-virtual public meeting.

Public institutions of higher education; degree programs; integration of internship or work-based learning experiences; policies. Directs the governing board of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to adopt policies requiring that participation in an internship or work-based learning experience be integrated into a student's degree program so as not to extend the time to complete the degree. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to convene a work group for the purpose of making recommendations on the development, adoption, and implementation of the policies required pursuant to the bill. The bill requires the work group to submit its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, contingent upon a determination by the work group convened pursuant to the bill that the adoption of such policies is logistically and fiscally viable for each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. Public institutions of higher education; degree programs; integration of internship or work-based learning experiences; policies. Directs the governing board of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to adopt policies requiring that participation in an internship or work-based learning experience be integrated into a student's degree program so as not to extend the time to complete the degree. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to convene a work group for the purpose of making recommendations on the development, adoption, and implementation of the policies required pursuant to the bill. The bill requires the work group to submit its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, contingent upon a determination by the work group convened pursuant to the bill that the adoption of such policies is logistically and fiscally viable for each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; data collection and analysis; claims submitted to managed care organizations; report. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to collect data for each fiscal year from fiscal year 2018 through fiscal year 2022 regarding (i) the number and percentage of claims submitted to managed care organizations that were denied and the reasons for such denials and (ii) the number and percentage of claims submitted to managed care organizations that required resubmission prior to payment and the reasons for such resubmissions and to examine such data and identify barriers that providers encounter when accepting and treating patients enrolled in the state plan for medical assistance services. Under the bill, the Department shall report such data and analysis by November 1, 2023, to the Joint Commission on Health Care and the Joint Subcommittee for Health and Human Resources Oversight. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.

Income tax; rolling conformity; report. Provides that Virginia shall generally conform to federal tax laws on a rolling basis, meaning that Virginia tax laws incorporate changes to federal income tax law as soon as Congress enacts them on or after January 1, 2023. However, the bill provides that Virginia shall not conform to (i) any changes in a single act of Congress with an impact of more than $15 million on revenues in the year in which the amendment was enacted or any of the next four years and (ii) all amendments in a year with a cumulative projected impact of more than $75 million in the year in which the amendments were enacted or any of the next four years. For any amendment enacted on or after January 1, 2024, the $15 million per act impact threshold shall be adjusted annually by the change in the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) for the previous year.

Public benefits; eligibility of certain aliens. Repeals provisions prohibiting persons other than United States citizens or persons who are legally present in the United States from receiving certain public benefits.

Renewal of concealed handgun permit; demonstrated competence. Provides that a person who was previously issued a concealed handgun permit is not required to provide any proof of training or demonstration of competence to be issued a renewal permit.

Death investigations; individuals receiving services in a state hospital or training center. Clarifies that the deaths of individuals who are or who were, immediately prior to admission to another hospital, receiving services in a state hospital or training center operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services must be investigated by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, whether the death of such individual was expected or unexpected. The bill also requires that any report concerning the death of an individual who is receiving services or who, immediately prior to admission to another hospital, received services in a state hospital or training center operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services be delivered to the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and to the State Inspector General. Current law only requires the delivery of autopsy reports. Death investigations; individuals receiving services in a state hospital or training center. Clarifies that the deaths of individuals who are or who were, immediately prior to admission to another hospital, receiving services in a state hospital or training center operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services must be investigated by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, whether the death of such individual was expected or unexpected. The bill also requires that any report concerning the death of an individual who is receiving services or who, immediately prior to admission to another hospital, received services in a state hospital or training center operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services be delivered to the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and to the State Inspector General. Current law only requires the delivery of autopsy reports.

State plan for medical assistance services; durable medical equipment; cranial prostheses. Provides for the payment under the state plan for medical assistance services of medical assistance for cranial prostheses furnished to a patient when the patient's attending physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner certifies in writing the medical necessity of such prostheses as part of a proposed course of rehabilitative treatment.