With almost two weeks of the 2021 session still to go, the disability community can celebrate several significant accomplishments, especially in the area of employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
Category: 2021 Legislative Highlights
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Our View of the Legislature: Crossover and the Special Session
The 2021 General Assembly session is in a very odd posture today. Under their official calendar, on Friday, each house was supposed to have complete work on bills that began in that house.
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Our View of the Legislature: Voting
Here are some of the bills that the General Assembly will work on, to improve the ability for Virginians with disabilities to have full access to the right to vote.
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Our View of the Legislature: COVID Issues and Reporting
In July of 2017, lawmakers passed legislation to allow dLCV to receive serious incident reports from community providers licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) that provide services to individuals with disabilities across the Commonwealth.
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Our View of the Legislature: Employment
There are some important employment related bills that were passed by the House of Delegates and that must be acted on by the Senate.
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Our View of the Legislature: Special Education
This session, both the Senate and the House of Delegates have introduced a number of bills that may affect Virginia schoolchildren with special education needs, which we detail below.
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Our View of the Legislature: Mental Health Services
The General Assembly is considering several proposals to amend the delivery of mental health services in Virginia.
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Our View of the Legislature: Children’s Services Act
dLCV continues to monitor legislation that seeks to allow equity in public and private school education for children and youth with disabilities.
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Our View of the Legislature: Transportation
Transportation is a critically important issue to all persons with disabilities in Virginia. The need for critical infrastructure to enable people with disabilities to participate in all aspects of society is great. While there are no major proposals under consideration that would tackle that enormous problem, there are several smaller budget amendments under consideration, as well as some bills, that establish some transportation related rights.
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Our View of the Legislature: Supported Decision Making
The 2021 session of the General Assembly continues to consider bills and the state budget, and is considering a potentially important bill that could impact individuals with disabilities and their rights to decision-making.