Prescriptions; telemedicine; refusal to fill prescription from telemedicine provider; prohibition. Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to fill prescriptions solely on the basis of a prescriber's use of a telemedicine platform to provide services. The bill also prohibits pharmacists from prioritizing dispensing prescriptions from a prescriber who does not use telemedicine over prescriptions from a prescriber who does use telemedicine based solely on the prescriber's use of a telemedicine platform to provide services. Prescriptions; telemedicine; refusal to fill prescription from telemedicine provider; prohibition. Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to fill prescriptions solely on the basis of a prescriber's use of a telemedicine platform to provide services. The bill also prohibits pharmacists from prioritizing dispensing prescriptions from a prescriber who does not use telemedicine over prescriptions from a prescriber who does use telemedicine based solely on the prescriber's use of a telemedicine platform to provide services.

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; personal reproductive or sexual health information. Adds obtaining, disclosing, selling, or disseminating certain enumerated personal reproductive or sexual health information without the consent of the consumer as a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

Celebrating the life of Earl Murray Tebault.

Celebrating the life of F. Woodrow Harris. Celebrating the life of F. Woodrow Harris.

Medical marijuana program; dispensaries. Removes the requirement that a cannabis dispensing facility be owned, at least in part, by a pharmaceutical processor and increases from five to 12 the number of cannabis dispensing facility permits the Board of Pharmacy may issue per year in each health service area.

Commending Beth Lovain.

Celebrating the life of Captain William F. Span, USN, Ret.

Public school teachers; licensure; recruitment and retention; provision of temporary funding. Directs temporary funding to be provided to local school divisions identified as having experienced increased teacher turnover or teacher staffing shortages for the purpose of providing recruitment and retention bonuses to encourage teachers to attain employment and remain employed in such school divisions and teacher tuition assistance to support provisionally licensed teachers in such school divisions in attaining full licensure.

Replacement of concealed handgun permits; biometric changes. Provides that if a valid concealed handgun permit holder presents a written notice of a change of name, height, weight, or gender on a form provided by the Department of State Police to the clerk of the court who issued such permit, then such clerk shall issue a replacement permit specifying the permit holder's new information.

Celebrating the life of Buddy Rogers Arrington.

Marijuana; search and seizure; driving or operating a motor vehicle, etc., while intoxicated; marijuana presumption; saliva drug screening. Removes certain offenses, described in the bill, from the prohibition of searches without a search warrant for the odor of marijuana and establishes a presumption of intoxication if a person has a blood concentration equal to or greater than 0.003 milligrams of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per liter of blood. The bill establishes a process for preliminary analysis of a person's saliva to screen for the presence of drugs in the saliva, similar to the process utilized for a person's blood alcohol content.

Virginia Highway Safety Improvement Program; surplus funds. Provides that for any fiscal year, beginning in fiscal year 2024, in which there is a surplus, the Governor shall include in his proposed budget an appropriation of 10 percent of such surplus for the Virginia Highway Safety Improvement Program for the purpose of funding projects consistent with the objectives of the Program.

Department of Social Services; SNAP applications; information. Directs the Department of Social Services to provide information, resources, and education to food banks regarding providing assistance to individuals completing a SNAP application, including the process for organizations to enter into a contract with the Department to provide this assistance. Department of Social Services; SNAP applications; information. Directs the Department of Social Services to provide information, resources, and education to food banks regarding providing assistance to individuals completing a SNAP application, including the process for organizations to enter into a contract with the Department to provide this assistance.

Guardianship and conservatorship; identifying information and evaluation report; separate confidential addendum. Requires that any petition, pleading, motion, order, or report filed pursuant to a guardianship or conservatorship proceeding not contain any financial information of a respondent to such a proceeding but such information shall be included in a separate confidential addendum. The bill provides that such confidential addendum shall be made available only to the parties, their attorneys, a guardian ad litem appointed to represent the respondent, the commissioner of accounts or assistant commissioner of accounts for the circuit court that has jurisdiction over the guardianship or conservatorship, and such other persons as the court in its discretion may allow for good cause shown. The bill provides that an evaluation report shall also be filed with the court in a separate confidential addendum. Guardianship and conservatorship; identifying information and evaluation report; separate confidential addendum. Requires that any petition, pleading, motion, order, or report filed pursuant to a guardianship or conservatorship proceeding not contain any financial information of a respondent to such a proceeding but such information shall be included in a separate confidential addendum. The bill provides that such confidential addendum shall be made available only to the parties, their attorneys, a guardian ad litem appointed to represent the respondent, the commissioner of accounts or assistant commissioner of accounts for the circuit court that has jurisdiction over the guardianship or conservatorship, and such other persons as the court in its discretion may allow for good cause shown. The bill provides that an evaluation report shall also be filed with the court in a separate confidential addendum.

Virginia Retirement System; return to work. Reduces from 12 to six the number of months for the required break in service for a teacher, bus driver, school administrator, or school security officer to return to work full time and continue to receive his pension under the Virginia Retirement System (VRS). The bill adds specialized student support positions to the list of employees who may return to work with a six-month break in service and specifies that the employer shall include such employees' compensation in membership payroll for purposes of the employer contributions to VRS. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028, for the reduction of the required break in service period for all classes of employees. Finally, the bill requires VRS to submit a report regarding options for employing certain enumerated positions part-time during the required six-month break in service period. Virginia Retirement System; return to work. Reduces from 12 to six the number of months for the required break in service for a teacher, bus driver, school administrator, or school security officer to return to work full time and continue to receive his pension under the Virginia Retirement System (VRS). The bill adds specialized student support positions to the list of employees who may return to work with a six-month break in service and specifies that the employer shall include such employees' compensation in membership payroll for purposes of the employer contributions to VRS. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028, for the reduction of the required break in service period for all classes of employees. Finally, the bill requires VRS to submit a report regarding options for employing certain enumerated positions part-time during the required six-month break in service period.