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New state laws that went into effect Jan. 1 and more Va. headlines [1]

['Staff Report', 'More From Author', '- January']

Date: 2024-01 

• Several new state laws went into effect Jan. 1, including one requiring health insurers to cover doctor-recommended hearing aids for young people and another requiring them to give patients six months’ notice before dropping their doctors from their insurance plan.—Washington Post, WUSA

• State Sen. Dave Marsden, D-Fairfax, is planning to reintroduce legislation during the upcoming General Assembly session that would let Fairfax County hold a referendum on building a casino, a proposal that failed last year.—Associated Press

• A Hanover County judge ruled the county sheriff’s office can withhold the names of hundreds of officers below the rank of captain because they could one day go undercover. The decision followed a similar ruling in Chesterfield.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• A woman is suing Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford, saying its negligence and lack of medical attention led to the death of her infant, whom she delivered while being held in an isolation cell.—VPM News

• U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, is backing federal legislation that aims to ban legacy admissions at colleges and universities. “I think families of kids don’t like the notion that they start off already behind, because maybe they didn’t go to the school or somebody else has more money than them.”—NPR

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