Persons with Disabilities

Passed

P HB214

Public entities; rights of persons with disabilities. Adds public entities, including schools, to the list of public places in which persons with disabilities are entitled to the same full and free rights as other persons.
Patron - Cole

P HB853

Service dogs; training. Adds individuals and persons who are part of a three-unit service dog team and who are conducting continuing training of guide dogs, hearing dogs, or service dogs to the list of persons entitled to the right to be accompanied by such dogs in listed public places.
Patron - Ebbin

P SB197

The brain injury registry; the Department of Rehabilitative Services. Eliminates the requirement that hospitals report brain injuries to the brain injury registry maintained by the Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS), but requires the Department of Health to share all information that is obtained through the Virginia Statewide Trauma Registry with DRS. This bill is a recommendation of the JLARC report on brain injuries and a recommendation of the Disability Commission.
Patron - Puller

Failed

F HB1356

State Lottery Department; lottery sales agents. Provides that a private, nongovernmental entity that sells a product, license, or other thing on behalf of an agency of the Commonwealth pursuant to a license or other regulatory process shall not on that basis alone be deemed to be under any program or activity receiving state financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by or on behalf of any state agency for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The bill contains a technical amendment.
Patron - Gear

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