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type: "Bill"
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title: "Substance-exposed infants; study of barriers to treatment in Commonwealth."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2162"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2162 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Emergency Legislation", "Minors", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22b6b49d-dedb-494a-ab79-5af0fb0886ef"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2162"
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source_hash: "9c0abd4d9756c18e39583244d90a2363faf4369d53f70ae023e860bf9cf722e2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2162 (2017) — Substance-exposed infants; study of barriers to treatment in Commonwealth.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0197)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2162ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2162ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100769D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2162)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100769D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2162E)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Rules — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
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- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
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- N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100769D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-01-30** Emergency clause added
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- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB2162E
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- **2017-01-30** Printed as engrossed 17100769D-E
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- **2017-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 197 (effective 2/23/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22b6b49d-dedb-494a-ab79-5af0fb0886ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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