Virginia House Bill 1291 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Health Workforce Innovation Fund; established. Establishes the Virginia Health Workforce Innovation Fund to be administered by the Board of the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority. The Board shall use the Fund to provide grants to facilitate regional collaboration on health care innovation and workforce development and, in particular, the formation of regional, employer-led partnerships that prioritize workforce growth and training. The bill provides for the formation across the Commonwealth of regional councils, defined in the bill, consisting of representatives from the government, health care, and education sectors. Under the bill, regional councils may submit applications for collaborative projects in their regions that enhance private-sector growth, competitiveness, and workforce development. A portion of the grant funds will be awarded on a population basis and a portion on a competitive basis.

Virginia Health Workforce Innovation Fund; established.

Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2024-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Appropriations
2024-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2024-01-21	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2024-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2024-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101472D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3711	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	122.7:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	122.7:8	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1291
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1291+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0205V0018+HB1291