Chris Head
- Republican
- Senator
- District 3
Primary
Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; Virginia Health Care Career and Technical Training and Education Fund created; psychological practitioner defined; educational requirements for nursing faculty. Modifies the enabling legislation for the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority by adding four additional ex officio members to the Authority's Board of Directors, adding setting priorities for and managing graduate medical education programs to the duties of the Authority, specifying additional recipients of the Board's biennial report, and authorizing the Authority to partner with other agencies and institutions to obtain and manage health workforce data. The bill establishes the Virginia Health Care Career and Technical Training and Education Fund. The bill directs the Board of Nursing to add or remove certain educational requirements for members of the nursing faculty in specified nursing education programs and establishes a licensing procedure by the Board of Psychology for a psychological practitioner, as defined by the bill. The bill directs the Board of Nursing and the Board of Psychology to adopt regulations to implement relevant provisions of the bill to be effective no later than January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 1499.
Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; Virginia Health Care Career and Technical Training and Education Fund; established. Modifies the enabling legislation for the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority by adding four additional ex officio members to the Authority, directing changes to regulations regarding qualifications for nursing faculty and qualified mental health professionals, establishing a work group to address health workforce shortages, and creating a program for health workforce development. The bill establishes the Virginia Health Care Career and Technical Training and Education Fund. The bill directs the Board of Nursing and the Board of Counseling to adopt emergency regulations to implement relevant provisions of the bill and for the work group to submit its report to the Governor and the relevant committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2025.
Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority.Modifies the enabling legislation for the Virginia Health WorkforceDevelopment Authority by adding four additional ex officio membersto the Authority, directing changes to regulations regarding qualificationsfor nursing faculty and qualified mental health professionals, establishinga work group to address health workforce shortages, and creating aprogram for health workforce development. The bill directs the Boardof Nursing and the Board of Counseling to adopt emergency regulationsto implement relevant provisions of the bill and for the work groupto submit its report to the Governor and the relevant committeesof the General Assembly by October 1, 2025.
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 761 (effective 7/1/24)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Impact statement from DPB (SB155ER)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB155ER)
Enrolled
House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Title replaced 24108081D-H1
Committee substitute agreed to 24108081D-H1
VOTE: Passage (94-Y 2-N)
Passed House with substitute (94-Y 2-N)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB155H1
Read third time
Impact statement from DPB (SB155H1)
Read second time
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 24108081D-H1
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
Assigned sub: Health Professions
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Impact statement from DPB (SB155S2)
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute agreed to 24106642D-S2
Reading of substitute waived
Committee substitute rejected 24105674D-S1
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB155S2
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Committee substitute printed 24106642D-S2
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Impact statement from DPB (SB155S1)
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Committee substitute printed 24105674D-S1
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103715D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103715D | PDF HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 24105674D-S1 | PDF HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 24106642D-S2 | PDF HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 24108081D-H1 | PDF HTML |
| SB155ER | PDF HTML |
| CHAP0761 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB155FER122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB155FH1122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB155FS2122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB155FS1122.PDF |
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