Virginia House Bill 1999 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Emergency Management; responsibilities of Department of Emergency Management; responsibilities of political subdivisions; provision of emergency preparedness information to individuals with limited English proficiency, disabilities, or other special needs. Directs the Department of Emergency Management (the Department) to ensure that training programs and programs of public information and education regarding emergency services and disaster preparedness activities established and operated by state agencies be designed to include and reach individuals with limited English proficiency, disabilities, or other special needs. The bill also directs the Department to develop an emergency response plan to (i) address the needs of individuals with limited English proficiency, disabilities, or other special needs in the event of a disaster, including the provisions of competent interpretation services and translated documents, and (ii) assist and coordinate with local agencies in developing a similar emergency response plan for individuals with limited English proficiency, disabilities, or other special needs. The bill requires that every local and interjurisdictional emergency management agency include in its emergency operations plan provisions to ensure that adequate and timely emergency relief assistance, including competent interpretation services and translated documents, is provided to individuals with limited English proficiency, disabilities, or other special needs. The bill requires that the governing body of each locality that is required to establish an alert and warning plan for the dissemination of adequate and timely warning to the public in the event of an emergency or threatened disaster ensure that such alert and warning plan provides adequate and timely warning to individuals with limited English

Emergency Management, Department of; responsibilities of political subdivisions.

Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]
Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Debra Rodman [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2019-01-15	House	Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2019-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102718D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1999
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1999+hil