Bill Text: VA SB1547 | 2019 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Music therapists; Board of Health Professions to evaluate regulation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680) [SB1547 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2019-SB1547-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 1547 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on February 14, 2019) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Vogel) A BILL to direct the Board of Health Professions to evaluate whether music therapists and the practice of music therapy should be regulated and the degree of regulation to be imposed.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Board of Health Professions shall, pursuant to subdivision 2 of §54.1-2510 of the Code of Virginia, evaluate whether music therapists and the practice of music therapy should be regulated and the degree of regulation to be imposed. The Board of Health Professions shall report the results of its evaluation to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by November 1, 2019.