Legislation introduced by Delegate Tyler during the 2018 Session...

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• HB 232 Language development for children who are deaf or hard of hearing; assessment resources.
• HB 1375 Mental health professional, qualified; broadens definition.
• HB 1418 Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act; created.
• HB 1435 Initiation of a civil action; duties of clerk of general district court.
• HJ 31 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• HJ 36 Commending Galilee Baptist Church.
• HJ 367 Commending Angela B. Wilson.
• HJ 532 Commending Olive Branch Baptist Church.
• HJ 533 Commending Lenah Clements.
• HJ 544 Commending Lena Wyche-Clark.
• HR 32 Commending Jackson Owen Combs.
• HR 76 Commending Grant Franklin Hasty.
• HR 126 Commending Preston Battle IV.

HB 1418 Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act: Approved by Governor

Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act. Creates the Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act to establish procedural guarantees for correctional officers when allegations are made against such officers involving matters that may lead to their dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer for punitive reasons.

HB 1375 Mental health professional, qualified; broadens definition.

Definition of qualified mental health professional. Broadens the definition of "qualified mental health professional" to include employees and independent contractors of the Department of Corrections who by education and experience are professionally qualified and registered by the Board of Counseling to provide collaborative mental health services.

HB 232 Language development for children who are deaf or hard of hearing; assessment resources.

Language development for children who are deaf or hard of hearing; assessment resources for parents and educators; advisory committee; report. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in coordination with the Department of Education, to (i) select, with input from an advisory committee that the bill establishes, language development milestones and include such milestones in a resource for use by parents of a child from birth to age five who is identified as deaf or hard of hearing to monitor and track their child's expressive and receptive language acquisition and developmental stages toward English literacy; (ii) disseminate such resource to such parents; (iii) select existing tools or assessments for educators for use in assessing the language and literacy development of children from birth to age five who are deaf or hard of hearing; (iv) disseminate such tools or assessments to local educational agencies and provide materials and training on their use; and (v) annually produce a report that compares the language and literacy development of children from birth to age five who are deaf or hard of hearing with the language and literacy development of their peers who are not deaf or hard of hearing and make such report available to the public on its website.

Legislation introduced by Delegate Tyler during the 2017 Session...

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• HB 1615 Chief Medical Examiner; appointment, terms, and authority of medical examiners. 
  
• HB 2332 Teachers; compensation at rate competitive with national average salary. 
  
• HB 2363 Teachers; compensation at rate competitive with national average salary. 
  
• HB 2423 Golf carts; use on public highways in Town of Jarratt. 
  
• HJ 550 Commending Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church.
• HJ 574 Commending First Baptist Church of Franklin.
• HJ 843 Celebrating the life of Roberta Lee Tyner Naranjo.
• HJ 882 Commending the Mathomank Village Tribe.
• HJ 883 Commending the Wrenn family Fourth of July celebration.
• HR 267 Commending St. Paul's Church of God in Christ.
• HR 288 Commending Piney Grove Baptist Church.
• HR 394 Celebrating the life of Robert C. Williams, Sr.
• HR 402 Commending Noah T. South.
• HR 416 Commending Jonathan Paul.