Ghazala Hashmi
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 15
Primary
Department of Health Professions; Counseling Compact review; report. Directs the Department of Health Professions to review the merits of the Commonwealth entering into the Counseling Compact, an interstate compact to facilitate the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors. The bill requires the Department to report its findings to the General Assembly no later than September 1, 2022.
Licensure of professional counselors; CounselingCompact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the CounselingCompact. The Compact permits eligible licensed professional counselorsto practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensedin at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective dateof January 1, 2023, and directs the Board of Counseling to adoptemergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. TheCompact takes effect when it is enacted by a tenth member state.
Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
Passed by for the day
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (SB257S1)
Reading of substitute waived
Read second time
Committee substitute agreed to 22105277D-S1
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB257S1
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 22105277D-S1
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (SB257)
Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N)
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100616D
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100616D | PDF HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 22105277D-S1 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB257FS1122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB257F122.PDF |
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