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| Bill | BHDS, Board of; regulations governing licensure of providers. | Requires the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend regulations to include (i) occupational therapists in the definitions of "Qualified Mental Health Professional - Adult," "Qualified Mental Health Professional - Child," and "Qualified Mental Retardation Professional" and (ii) occupational therapy assistants in the definition of "Qualified Paraprofessional in Mental Health." In amending these definitions, the Board shall require educational and clinical experience for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants that is substantially equivalent to comparable professionals listed in the current regulations. The bill requires the Board to enact regulations to be effective within 280 days. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2017 | HB 1483 | Virginia HB 1483 (2017) |
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Virginia HB 1483 (2017) — BHDS, Board of; regulations governing licensure of providers.
Requires the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend regulations to include (i) occupational therapists in the definitions of "Qualified Mental Health Professional - Adult," "Qualified Mental Health Professional - Child," and "Qualified Mental Retardation Professional" and (ii) occupational therapy assistants in the definition of "Qualified Paraprofessional in Mental Health." In amending these definitions, the Board shall require educational and clinical experience for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants that is substantially equivalent to comparable professionals listed in the current regulations. The bill requires the Board to enact regulations to be effective within 280 days.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1483ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Committee substitute printed 17104809D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102023D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2016-12-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102023D
introduction - 2016-12-13 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2017-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2017-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2017-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 17104809D-H1
- 2017-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1483H1
- 2017-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2017-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2017-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2017-02-13 Read third time
reading-3 - 2017-02-15 Enrolled
- 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
- 2017-02-17 Signed by President
- 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- 2017-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 7/1/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d643c70-b65e-4ef8-bf29-d2dc592b6f36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).