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Health panel streamlines
operations
The House Committee on
Health, Welfare and Institutions will streamline its subcommittees
for the 2000 legislative session, panel members decided when they
met briefly Tuesday in a crowded room. [Full
coverage by April Duran]
Democrats support patients'
rights
Democrats in both chambers
of the General Assembly promised to support legislation that would
allow Virginia patients to sue HMOs for denying necessary medical
treatments, according to the Richmond
Times-Dispatch. The legislation also would help patients pay for
prescription drugs and allow them to choose their doctors. Sen. John
S. Edwards, D-Roanoke, asked Republicans to go along with Texas Gov.
George W. Bush, who has already signed a similar measure into law.
Funding for the proposals would come from the state's share of the
national tobacco settlement, said Delegate R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath.
Senator wants 'Web casts'
of meetings
If Sen. Steve Newman, R-Lynchburg,
gets his way, state government meetings will be broadcast over the
Internet to allow Virginians far from Richmond to follow meetings
held by commissions and legislative agencies, according to The
Roanoke Times. He wants to establish a joint subcommittee that
would come up with guidelines for "Web casting." He said he has the
support of his fellow members on the Joint Commission on Technology
and Science.
Bill to set up teacher
reviews
Proposed legislation would
enable local school boards to set up review panels for teachers seeking
permanent employment in their districts, according to The
Virginian-Pilot. Such teachers would have a three-year tryout,
during which the principal could hire or fire them. The bill, proposed
by Sen. Emily Couric, D-Charlottesville, calls for citizens, supervisors,
principals and teachers to sit on committees that would review a teacher's
performance based upon student achievement, lesson plans and professional
credentials. Teachers hired for a fourth year would be granted a permanent
position under "continuing contract status."
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