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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mental health professional, qualified; broadens definition."
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description: "Broadens the definition of \"qualified mental health professional\" to include employees and independent contractors of the Department of Corrections who by education and experience are professionally qualified and registered by the Board of Counseling to provide collaborative mental health services. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 1375"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1375 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Roslyn C. Tyler"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-12"
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last_action: "2018-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd60b5d4-0bc6-41ad-af8a-3730e187c180"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1375"
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source_hash: "aae4e957e152dd9b3d59c6cfe441cce4b347169e0ed713ee9760b65a6c8e3849"
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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 1375 (2018) — Mental health professional, qualified; broadens definition.
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Broadens the definition of "qualified mental health professional" to include employees and independent contractors of the Department of Corrections who by education and experience are professionally qualified and registered by the Board of Counseling to provide collaborative mental health services. This bill is identical to
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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. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1375ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1375ER)
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2. **House: Presented and ordered printed 18104731D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1375)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 18104731D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-31** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 171 (effective 7/1/18) `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/fd60b5d4-0bc6-41ad-af8a-3730e187c180`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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