Emergency care; exemption from liability; athletic trainers. Authorizes licensed athletic trainers under contract with a local school division to administer albuterol inhalers and valved holding chambers or nebulized albuterol to students and exempts athletic trainers from liability for such administration. The bill permits prescribers to authorize licensed athletic trainers to possess and administer IV saline for use in emergency situations and subcutaneous lidocaine for wound closure.

Commending the New Kent High School softball team.

Celebrating the life of Adarsh Deepak, PhD.

Income tax; pass-through entities. Makes changes to the elective entity level tax on pass-through entities effective beginning with taxable year 2021. The bill would impose the tax only on the share of income, gain, loss, or deduction attributable to eligible owners as opposed to imposing the tax on the entire entity. The bill defines "eligible owner" as an owner of a pass-through entity that is a natural person, estate, or trust. The bill also removes the requirement that to qualify for the tax election a pass-through entity must be 100 percent owned by natural persons or persons eligible to be shareholders in an S corporation.

Marijuana; advertising restrictions; penalties. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to advertise in or send any advertising matter into the Commonwealth regarding marijuana, marijuana products, or any substance containing a synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol or synthetic derivative of tetrahydrocannabinol other than those that may be legally sold in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that for violations of certain distance and zoning restrictions on outdoor advertising, as set forth in the bill, the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority must give the advertiser written notice to take corrective action and that, if such corrective action is not taken within 30 days, the advertiser is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill establishes numerous restrictions on marijuana advertisements, including provisions that prohibit advertisements from (i) targeting minors; (ii) being placed near schools, playgrounds, and certain other places; (iii) being displayed at a sporting event or on a billboard; (iv) being misleading, deceptive, or false; (v) referencing the intoxicating effects of marijuana; or (vi) promoting overconsumption or consumption by minors.

Celebrating the life of Bettie Lucille Bell.

Public school pupils and parents; access to certain postsecondary information. Prohibits any school board, public elementary or secondary school, including any joint or regional school, or employee or agent of such school board or school, including any division superintendent or school principal, from withholding from any pupil or the pupil's parent any information that is transmitted solely to such school board, school, employee, or agent and that (i) relates to any recognition, award, or postsecondary scholarship eligibility earned by the student, including any such recognition, award, or eligibility earned as the result of the student's achievement on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) examination, or (ii) may affect the student's admission to an institution of higher education. The bill requires all such information to be transmitted to the pupil and the pupil's parent as soon as practicable after receipt of the information.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; deregulation of certain professions. Repeals certain provisions of the Code related to the regulation of landscape architects, interior designers, residential building energy analysts, backflow prevention device workers, auctioneers, and geologists and boxing, wrestling, and martial arts events. The bill contains technical amendments.

Produce Rx Program established; report. Directs the Department of Social Services to establish a Produce Rx Program as a three-year pilot program to incentivize consumption of qualifying fruits and vegetables by eligible individuals for whom increased consumption of fruits and vegetables is recommended by a qualified care provider, as such terms are defined in the bill, and to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1 of each year on the operation of the Program.

Electric utility; offshore wind affiliate. Authorizes Dominion Energy Virginia, in connection with certain offshore wind projects, to establish an offshore wind affiliate, defined in the bill, for the purpose of securing a noncontrolling equity financing partner for the project. Under the bill, such offshore wind affiliate is authorized to operate as a public utility in association with the utility. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission, in acting upon any request for associated cost recovery, to utilize the capital structure and cost of capital of the utility and to disregard the capital structure and cost of capital of any noncontrolling entity's interest in the offshore wind affiliate. If any ownership interest in the offshore wind affiliate is transferred to such a noncontrolling entity, the bill requires the Commission to ensure, in granting any approval for the transfer or for cost recovery, that any gain on the utility's basis is credited to the utility's customers through a rate adjustment clause credit mechanism. The bill provides that such an affiliate is considered an electric supplier for the purposes of tax provisions requiring certain electric suppliers to pay a minimum tax rather than the corporate income tax for any year their minimum tax liability is greater than their corporate income tax liability. Electric utility; offshore wind affiliate. Authorizes Dominion Energy Virginia, in connection with certain offshore wind projects, to establish an offshore wind affiliate, defined in the bill, for the purpose of securing a noncontrolling equity financing partner for the project. Under the bill, such offshore wind affiliate is authorized to operate as a public utility in association with the utility. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission, in acting upon any request for associated cost recovery, to utilize the capital structure and cost of capital of the utility and to disregard the capital structure and cost of capital of any noncontrolling entity's interest in the offshore wind affiliate. If any ownership interest in the offshore wind affiliate is transferred to such a noncontrolling entity, the bill requires the Commission to ensure, in granting any approval for the transfer or for cost recovery, that any gain on the utility's basis is credited to the utility's customers through a rate adjustment clause credit mechanism. The bill provides that such an affiliate is considered an electric supplier for the purposes of tax provisions requiring certain electric suppliers to pay a minimum tax rather than the corporate income tax for any year their minimum tax liability is greater than their corporate income tax liability.

Celebrating the life of Radioman Chief Petty Officer James Delaverson, USN, Ret.

Hospital price transparency; private right of action; patient payment disputes; noncompliance; prohibition of debt collection. Allows patients to bring an action against a hospital that is not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws. Under the bill, if a hospital is not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws on the date that an elective procedure, test, or service is provided to a patient by the hospital, the patient may bring an action, individually or jointly, against the hospital to recover payment of the price of the elective procedure, test, or service. Under the bill, a hospital that is not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws on the date that an elective procedure, test, or service is provided to a patient is liable for the price of the elective procedure, test, or service provided and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages; interest accruing from the date the elective procedure, test, or service was provided; and reasonable attorney fees and costs. The bill requires the court, if it finds that the hospital knowingly was not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws, to award the patient an amount up to triple the amount of the price of the elective procedure, test, or service and reasonable attorney fees and costs. Under the bill, beginning July 1, 2023, whenever a dispute arises between a hospital and a patient over a patient payment amount, the hospital's list of standard charges for all items and services shall be used to determine the correct payment amount and reasonableness of the payment. The bill also prohibits a hospital, defined in the bill, or other person or entity collecting on behalf of the hospital, from initiating or pursuing collection actions against a patient or patient guarantor for debt incurred by the patient on the date or dates of service when the hospital was not in material compliance with federal hospital price transparency laws. Hospital price transparency; private right of action; patient payment disputes; noncompliance; prohibition of debt collection. Allows patients to bring an action against a hospital that is not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws. Under the bill, if a hospital is not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws on the date that an elective procedure, test, or service is provided to a patient by the hospital, the patient may bring an action, individually or jointly, against the hospital to recover payment of the price of the elective procedure, test, or service. Under the bill, a hospital that is not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws on the date that an elective procedure, test, or service is provided to a patient is liable for the price of the elective procedure, test, or service provided and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages; interest accruing from the date the elective procedure, test, or service was provided; and reasonable attorney fees and costs. The bill requires the court, if it finds that the hospital knowingly was not in material compliance with hospital price transparency laws, to award the patient an amount up to triple the amount of the price of the elective procedure, test, or service and reasonable attorney fees and costs. Under the bill, beginning July 1, 2023, whenever a dispute arises between a hospital and a patient over a patient payment amount, the hospital's list of standard charges for all items and services shall be used to determine the correct payment amount and reasonableness of the payment. The bill also prohibits a hospital, defined in the bill, or other person or entity collecting on behalf of the hospital, from initiating or pursuing collection actions against a patient or patient guarantor for debt incurred by the patient on the date or dates of service when the hospital was not in material compliance with federal hospital price transparency laws.

Public school pupils and parents; access to certain postsecondary information. Prohibits any school board, public elementary or secondary school, including any joint or regional school, or employee or agent of such school board or school, including any division superintendent or school principal, from withholding from any pupil or the pupil's parent any information that is transmitted to such school board, school, employee, or agent and that (i) relates to any recognition, award, or postsecondary scholarship eligibility earned by the student, including any such recognition, award, or eligibility earned as the result of the student's achievement on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) examination, or (ii) may affect the student's admission to an institution of higher education. The bill requires all such information to be transmitted to the pupil and the pupil's parent as soon as practicable after receipt of the information. Public school pupils and parents; access to certain postsecondary information. Prohibits any school board, public elementary or secondary school, including any joint or regional school, or employee or agent of such school board or school, including any division superintendent or school principal, from withholding from any pupil or the pupil's parent any information that is transmitted to such school board, school, employee, or agent and that (i) relates to any recognition, award, or postsecondary scholarship eligibility earned by the student, including any such recognition, award, or eligibility earned as the result of the student's achievement on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) examination, or (ii) may affect the student's admission to an institution of higher education. The bill requires all such information to be transmitted to the pupil and the pupil's parent as soon as practicable after receipt of the information.

Income tax credits; Neighborhood Assistance Act; Education Improvement Scholarships. Makes several amendments to expand the availability of the Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit and Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits (EISTC). The bill makes subject to judicial appeal the decisions of the Department of Education and the Department of Social Services regarding the qualification of a scholarship foundation or the awarding of tax credits; currently, such decisions are final. The bill provides that the annual allocation of tax credits among neighborhood organizations shall not rely solely on the amount of credits awarded in the previous year. For the EISTC, the bill allows certified public accountants to receive tax credits for donations of accounting services to scholarship organizations. The bill also authorizes scholarship foundations, which are the sole recipient of funding from the issuance of EISTC, to receive funding for scholastic assistance, defined in the bill as counseling or supportive services. Under current law, scholarship foundations may receive EISTC funding only for the purpose of providing scholarships.

Commending the Richard Bland College of William & Mary's women's volleyball team.