Virginia House Bill 1573 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)
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.

Del. Wendell Walker [R]

2023-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: Passage Emergency (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-19 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-16		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)
2023-03-16		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (effective 3/16/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-16	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-16	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-16	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1573ER)
2023-02-16	House	Enrolled
2023-02-13	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-09	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-01-31	House	VOTE: Passage Emergency (98-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
2023-01-30	House	Printed as engrossed 23103067D-E
2023-01-30	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1573E
2023-01-30	House	Amendments by Delegate Walker agreed to
2023-01-30	House	Read second time
2023-01-27	House	Passed by for the day
2023-01-26	House	Read first time
2023-01-24	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
2023-01-19	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
2023-01-16	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
2023-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2023-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/23 23103067D

SB970 (Same As) 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)
SB970 (Same As) 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1573
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1573+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1573E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1573ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0018+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105773A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1573AH
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1573F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1573FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1573FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1203V0006+HB1573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H12V0047+HB1573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1237+HB1573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0263+HB1573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0418HB1573+HB1573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0423HB1573+HB1573