Virginia Senate Bill 970 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Department of Health Professions; applications for licensure, certification, and registration; mental health conditions and impairment; emergency. Directs each health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions to amend its licensure, certification, and registration applications to remove any existing questions pertaining to mental health conditions and impairment and to include the following questions: (i) Do you have any reason to believe that you would pose a risk to the safety or well-being of your patients or clients? and (ii) Are you able to perform the essential functions of a practitioner in your area of practice with or without reasonable accommodation? The bill contains an emergency clause.

Mental health conditions & impairment; health regulatory board w/in DHP to amend its applications.

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-17 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-11 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-16		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)
2023-03-16		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 19 (effective 3/16/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-23	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB970ER)
2023-02-23	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-20	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	House	Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2023-02-17	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2023-02-17	House	Read third time
2023-02-16	House	Read second time
2023-02-14	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
2023-02-09	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2023-02-09	House	Read first time
2023-02-09	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-31	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2023-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
2023-01-17	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
2023-01-11	Senate	Rereferred to Education and Health
2023-01-11	Senate	Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
2023-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2023-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/23 23102876D

HB1573 (Same As) 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)
HB1573 (Same As) 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB970
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB970+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB970ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0019+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106653A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB970AH
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB970AHE
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB970F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB970FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S12V0012+SB0970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0073+SB0970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0133SB0970+SB0970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0155SB0970+SB0970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H12V0197+SB0970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1932+SB0970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0639SB0970+SB0970