Northern VA Regional Commission
2016 Legislation
Legislative Profiles
Seniors
| Bills | Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 1078 - Boysko - Legal notices; advertisement of by certain towns. | (H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns | (H) Left in Counties, Cities and Towns | 12/01/16 |
| notes: Creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028 for expenses incurred by an individual in caring for an eligible family member, defined in the bill, who requires assistance with one or more activities of daily living, also defined in the bill. The credit equals 50 percent of eligible expenditures incurred by the caregiver up to $1,000. In order to qualify for the credit, the family caregiver must (i) not receive any compensation or reimbursement for the eligible expenditures and (ii) have federal adjusted gross income that is no greater than $100,000 for an individual or $200,000 for married persons. The bill requires the Tax Commissioner to establish guidelines for claiming the credit and provides that any unused credit may be carried forward by the taxpayer for five taxable years following the taxable year for which the credit was issued. | |||
| HB 1455 - Ware - Real property tax; partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial structures. | (H) Committee on Finance (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024) | 02/17/17 |
| notes: Establishes the Virginia Memory Project in the Virginia Center on Aging at Virginia Commonwealth University to collect and analyze data on Alzheimer's disease, related dementias, and other neurodegenerative diseases; provide assistance to individuals with Alzheimer's disease, related dementias, and other neurodegenerative diseases and their families and physicians; and assist in the development of relevant public policy. The bill provides that no publication of information shall be made that identifies any patient by name. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. | |||
| HB 1498 - LeMunyon - School boards; assignment of teachers, class size limits. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Left in Appropriations | 02/08/17 |
| notes: Renames "adult day care centers" as "adult day centers" throughout the Code of Virginia. | |||
| SB 290 - Lewis - Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures pertaining to NASA airfield. | (H) Committee for Courts of Justice (S) Committee on General Laws and Technology | (H) Left in Courts of Justice | 12/01/16 |
| notes: Requires a petitioner to file with a petition for the appointment of a guardian, conservator, or both, a cover sheet on a form prepared by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The bill requires a guardian to file an initial annual report reflecting the first four months of guardianship since qualification within six months of the date of qualification and to file the second and each subsequent annual report for each succeeding 12-month period within four months from the last day of the last 12-month period covered by the previous annual report. The bill also specifies which documents the clerk shall forward to certain entities upon the qualification of a guardian or conservator. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia. | |||
| SB 419 - Vogel - Operation of a child welfare agency without a license; negligence resulting in death or injury. | (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (S) Left in Finance | 12/02/16 |
| notes: Creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028 for expenses incurred by an individual in caring for an eligible family member, defined in the bill, who requires assistance with one or more activities of daily living, also defined in the bill. The credit equals 50 percent of eligible expenditures incurred by the caregiver up to $1,000. In order to qualify for the credit, the family caregiver must (i) not receive any compensation or reimbursement for the eligible expenditures and (ii) have federal adjusted gross income that is no greater than $100,000 for an individual or $200,000 for married persons. | |||
| SB 620 - Stanley - Nurse practitioners; eliminates requirement that they practice as part of patient care team. | (S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Left in Education and Health | 12/02/16 |
| notes: Allows qualified staff of programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) to conduct the required long-term services and supports screening in accordance with requirements established by the Department of Medical Assistance Services. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. | |||
