VA HB919 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
School boards; model memorandum of understanding; partnerships with certain mental health services providers; provision and expansion of virtual mental health services. Directs the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Department of Medical Assistance Services, to develop, adopt, and distribute to each school board a model memorandum of understanding between a school board and a nationally recognized school-based telehealth provider that sets forth the parameters for the provision of mental health teletherapy by such provider to public school students enrolled in the local school division. Current law only requires the development, adoption, and distribution of a model memorandum of understanding between a school board and a public or private community mental health services provider. The bill also permits each school board to adopt policies and procedures to increase the accessibility of school-based mental health services for students enrolled in each school division who may not have access to mental health services otherwise by providing or expanding virtual mental health resources and establishing or expanding a partnership with (i) a public or private community mental health services provider that offers school-based teletherapy to students or (ii) a nationally recognized school-based telehealth provider that provides mental health teletherapy to students. School boards; model memorandum of understanding; partnerships with certain mental health services providers; provision and expansion of virtual mental health services. Directs the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Department of Medical Assistance Services, to develop, adopt, and distribute to each school board a model memorandum of understanding between a school board and a nationally recognized school-based telehealth provider that sets forth the parameters for the provision of mental health teletherapy by such provider to public school students enrolled in the local school division. Current law only requires the development, adoption, and distribution of a model memorandum of understanding between a school board and a public or private community mental health services provider. The bill also permits each school board to adopt policies and procedures to increase the accessibility of school-based mental health services for students enrolled in each school division who may not have access to mental health services otherwise by providing or expanding virtual mental health resources and establishing or expanding a partnership with (i) a public or private community mental health services provider that offers school-based teletherapy to students or (ii) a nationally recognized school-based telehealth provider that provides mental health teletherapy to students.
Title
School boards; model memorandum of understanding, partnerships with certain mental health services.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) (Y: 88 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N) (Y: 17 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) (Y: 88 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N) (Y: 17 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-05 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534) | |
| 2024-04-05 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 534 (effective 7/1/24) | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-03 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-02-29 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-02-29 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB919ER) |
| 2024-02-29 | House | Enrolled |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2024-02-23 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-22 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2024-02-06 | House | VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) |
| 2024-02-06 | House | Read third time and passed House (88-Y 11-N) |
| 2024-02-05 | House | Printed as engrossed 24103336D-E |
| 2024-02-05 | House | Engrossed by House as amended HB919E |
| 2024-02-05 | House | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 2024-02-05 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-02 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Reported from Education with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N) |
| 2024-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) |
| 2024-01-26 | House | Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| 2024-01-09 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2024-01-09 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103336D |
