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Persons with Disabilities

Passed

P HB 2269

Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) and Statewide Independent Living Fund. Authorizes the SILC to apply for and accept grants, gifts, donations and bequests on behalf of the Council for deposit in the Fund. This bill is identical to SB 923.
Patron - Ebbin

P HB 2732

Brain and spinal cord injury registry. Specifies that the registry shall include all brain and spinal cord injuries, regardless of severity, and updates the language relating to research on human subjects to be consistent with state and federal law. The bill also exempts physicians from the reporting requirement, and changes the timeline for reporting to within 30 days of identification for spinal cord injuries, to be consistent with the requirement for brain injuries.
Patron - Englin

P SB 923

Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) and Statewide Independent Living Fund. Authorizes the SILC to apply for and accept grants, gifts, donations and bequests on behalf of the Council for deposit in the Fund. This bill is identical to HB 2269.
Patron - Ticer

Failed

F HB 2572

Disabilities served by the Department of Rehabilitative Services; autism. Includes medically diagnosed autism spectrum disorders under the definition of "functional and central nervous system disabilities" for purposes of establishing the Department as the agency to coordinate rehabilitative services and to provide comprehensive assessment of the need for services.
Patron - Shannon

F SB 1216

Economic Development for Virginians with Disabilities Grant Program. Creates a grant fund for distribution to nonprofit organizations that sell donated goods and spend at least 75% of their revenues employing or training people with disabilities or people with a workplace disadvantage. The term "people with a workplace disadvantage" means people who have had felony convictions or past alcohol or substance abuse problems. The grant funds are to assist with capital costs associated with construction of retail stores and other employment facilities. The Secretary of Health and Human Resources shall administer the program. This bill is contingent upon the appropriation of funds.
Patron - Hanger

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