---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-state health care practitioners; temp. authorization to practice in assisted living fac."
description: "Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice; assisted living facilities. Adds assisted living facilities to the list of eligible health care employers for which a health care practitioner licensed, certified, or registered in another state or the District of Columbia may temporarily practice for one 90-day period, provided that the practitioner is contracted by or has received an offer of employment in the Commonwealth from the health care employer and certain other conditions are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 511"
citation: "Virginia HB 511 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Jane Cohen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a772413-c691-41e5-871b-11fdc7aeafee"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB511"
source_hash: "636a7433bbe3056a7b1970f1e5ed23a6609bf80b522c6a1afcd6be8d98d96641"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 511 (2024) — Out-of-state health care practitioners; temp. authorization to practice in assisted living fac.

Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice; assisted living facilities. Adds assisted living facilities to the list of eligible health care employers for which a health care practitioner licensed, certified, or registered in another state or the District of Columbia may temporarily practice for one 90-day period, provided that the practitioner is contracted by or has received an offer of employment in the Commonwealth from the health care employer and certain other conditions are met.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0390** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0390)
2. **HB511ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB511ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103923D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB511)

## Votes

- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103923D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB511)
- **2024-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB511ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB511ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 390 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0390)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a772413-c691-41e5-871b-11fdc7aeafee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).