republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2162.md

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Bill	Substance-exposed infants; study of barriers to treatment in Commonwealth.	Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources (the Secretary) to convene a work group to study barriers to treatment of substance-exposed infants in the Commonwealth. Such work group shall include representatives of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and Health and Social Services and such other stakeholders as the Secretary may deem appropriate and shall (i) review current policies and practices governing the identification and treatment of substance-exposed infants in the Commonwealth; (ii) identify barriers to treatment of substance-exposed infants in the Commonwealth, including barriers related to identification and reporting of such infants, data collection, interagency coordination and collaboration, service planning, service availability, and funding; and (iii) develop legislative, budgetary, and policy recommendations for the elimination of barriers to treatment of substance-exposed infants in the Commonwealth. The Secretary shall report his findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2017. The bill contains an emergency clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2162	Virginia HB 2162 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Emergency Legislation Minors Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Todd E. Pillion	4	19	6	2017-01-11	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/22b6b49d-dedb-494a-ab79-5af0fb0886ef	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2162	9c0abd4d9756c18e39583244d90a2363faf4369d53f70ae023e860bf9cf722e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2162 (2017) — Substance-exposed infants; study of barriers to treatment in Commonwealth.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources (the Secretary) to convene a work group to study barriers to treatment of substance-exposed infants in the Commonwealth. Such work group shall include representatives of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and Health and Social Services and such other stakeholders as the Secretary may deem appropriate and shall (i) review current policies and practices governing the identification and treatment of substance-exposed infants in the Commonwealth; (ii) identify barriers to treatment of substance-exposed infants in the Commonwealth, including barriers related to identification and reporting of such infants, data collection, interagency coordination and collaboration, service planning, service availability, and funding; and (iii) develop legislative, budgetary, and policy recommendations for the elimination of barriers to treatment of substance-exposed infants in the Commonwealth. The Secretary shall report his findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2017. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2162ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100769D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17100769D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rules — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
• Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
• Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — cosponsor (person)
• Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100769D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-01-30 Emergency clause added
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB2162E
• 2017-01-30 Printed as engrossed 17100769D-E
• 2017-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-01 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Enrolled
• 2017-02-16 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
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 197 (effective 2/23/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22b6b49d-dedb-494a-ab79-5af0fb0886ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).