TITLE: Virginia Commerce and Labor (S02) Committee Docket — 2023-02-06
DATE: 2023-02-06T00:00:00
SESSION: 2023 Regular (20231)
CHAMBER: Senate
SOURCE_API: https://lis.virginia.gov/Calendar/api/GetDocketsByIdAsync?docketID=19279
COMMITTEE_PAGE: https://lis.virginia.gov/committee-details?committeeId=23&sessionCode=20231

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
  - Richard L. Saslaw (D) Chair

STAFF: Hobie Lehman, Jasmine VanDyke, Marvi Ali, Thomas Stevens

DOCKET / AGENDA:

[Senate Bill in Committee]
  999. SB1083 - Shared solar programs; SCC to establish by regulation
       Patron(s): Edwards, Surovell
       Summary: Shared solar programs; Phase I Utility; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation a shared solar program that allows customers of a Phase I Utility to purchase electric power through a subscription in a shared solar facility, defined in the bill as a facility that, among other criteria, generates electricity by means of a solar photovoltaic device with a nameplate capacity that does not exceed 5,000 kilowatts. The bill provides that a customer's net bill for participation in the shared solar program shall not exceed the minimum bill that the Commission is req
  999. SB1217 - Earned wage access services; the Bureau of SCC to conduct stakeholder process.
       Patron(s): Mason
       Summary: Financial institutions; earned wage access services; stakeholder process; report. Directs the Bureau of Financial Institutions of the State Corporation Commission to convene a stakeholder process regarding the provision or offering of earned wage access services that includes representatives from providers of earned wage access services, consumer advocates, and the Office of the Attorney General. The bill requires the Bureau of Financial Institutions to report its findings and recommendations by November 1, 2023.
  999. SB1301 - Managed care health insurance plan licensees; network adequacy for mental health care services.
       Patron(s): Deeds
       Summary: Managed care health insurance plan licensees; network adequacy for mental health care services. Requires each managed care health insurance plan licensee (licensee) to (i) provide a sufficient number and mix of services, specialists, and practice sites to meet covered persons' mental health care needs; (ii) ensure that covered persons have telephone access 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to responsible and knowledgeable mental health care practitioners capable of assessing the covered persons' conditions and, as necessary, providing for appropriate services; and (iii) incorporate strategies
  999. SB1347 - Health insurance; coverage for mobile crisis response services and residential crisis units.
       Patron(s): Cosgrove
       Summary: Health insurance; mental health benefits; coverage for mobile crisis response services and residential crisis stabilization units. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for mobile crisis response services, defined in the bill, and support and stabilization services provided in a residential crisis stabilization unit, defined in the bill, to the extent that such services are covered in other settings or modalities, regardless of any difference in billing codes. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, 
  999. SB1441 - Offshore wind capacity; development, cost recovery.
       Patron(s): Locke
       Summary: Development of offshore wind capacity; cost recovery. Requires the State Corporation Commission, in conducting its review of requests for cost recovery by a Phase II Utility for costs associated with generating facilities utilizing energy derived from offshore wind, to give due consideration to the economic development benefits of the project for the Commonwealth, including capital investments and job creation, arising from project construction and operation and the manufacture of wind turbine generator components and subcomponents. The bill also accelerates the timeline from 2034 to 2032 for 

[Senate Bill in Committee]
  999. SB1083 - Shared solar programs; SCC to establish by regulation
       Patron(s): Edwards, Surovell
       Summary: Shared solar programs; Phase I Utility; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation a shared solar program that allows customers of a Phase I Utility to purchase electric power through a subscription in a shared solar facility, defined in the bill as a facility that, among other criteria, generates electricity by means of a solar photovoltaic device with a nameplate capacity that does not exceed 5,000 kilowatts. The bill provides that a customer's net bill for participation in the shared solar program shall not exceed the minimum bill that the Commission is req
  999. SB1217 - Earned wage access services; the Bureau of SCC to conduct stakeholder process.
       Patron(s): Mason
       Summary: Financial institutions; earned wage access services; stakeholder process; report. Directs the Bureau of Financial Institutions of the State Corporation Commission to convene a stakeholder process regarding the provision or offering of earned wage access services that includes representatives from providers of earned wage access services, consumer advocates, and the Office of the Attorney General. The bill requires the Bureau of Financial Institutions to report its findings and recommendations by November 1, 2023.
  999. SB1301 - Managed care health insurance plan licensees; network adequacy for mental health care services.
       Patron(s): Deeds
       Summary: Managed care health insurance plan licensees; network adequacy for mental health care services. Requires each managed care health insurance plan licensee (licensee) to (i) provide a sufficient number and mix of services, specialists, and practice sites to meet covered persons' mental health care needs; (ii) ensure that covered persons have telephone access 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to responsible and knowledgeable mental health care practitioners capable of assessing the covered persons' conditions and, as necessary, providing for appropriate services; and (iii) incorporate strategies
  999. SB1347 - Health insurance; coverage for mobile crisis response services and residential crisis units.
       Patron(s): Cosgrove
       Summary: Health insurance; mental health benefits; coverage for mobile crisis response services and residential crisis stabilization units. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for mobile crisis response services, defined in the bill, and support and stabilization services provided in a residential crisis stabilization unit, defined in the bill, to the extent that such services are covered in other settings or modalities, regardless of any difference in billing codes. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, 
  999. SB1441 - Offshore wind capacity; development, cost recovery.
       Patron(s): Locke
       Summary: Development of offshore wind capacity; cost recovery. Requires the State Corporation Commission, in conducting its review of requests for cost recovery by a Phase II Utility for costs associated with generating facilities utilizing energy derived from offshore wind, to give due consideration to the economic development benefits of the project for the Commonwealth, including capital investments and job creation, arising from project construction and operation and the manufacture of wind turbine generator components and subcomponents. The bill also accelerates the timeline from 2034 to 2032 for