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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prenatal and postnatal depression, etc.; importance of screening patients."
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description: "Health care providers; screening of patientsfor prenatal and postpartum depression; training. Directs theBoards of Medicine and Nursing to adopt regulations requiring licenseeswho provide primary, maternity, obstetrical, or gynecological healthcare services to complete a training program on prenatal and postnatal depression in women. Such training program shall include informationon risk factors for and signs and symptoms of prenatal and postnatal depression, resources for the treatment and management of prenataland postnatal depression, and steps the practitioner can take tolink patients to such resources. The bill also requires the Boardof Medicine to adopt regulations requiring licensees who provide primary,maternity, obstetrical, or gynecological health care services toscreen all patients who are pregnant or who have been pregnant withinthe previous five years for prenatal or postnatal depression or other depression, as appropriate."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 42"
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citation: "Virginia HB 42 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ibraheem S. Samirah"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2019-11-19"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0d068f-b0e1-443d-938e-ed33dfeb237a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB42"
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source_hash: "a0ac5ae5684eef54c5a5245faf9751782af29382d7cbf071d5ae911b9a605db3"
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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 42 (2020) — Prenatal and postnatal depression, etc.; importance of screening patients.
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Health care providers; screening of patientsfor prenatal and postpartum depression; training. Directs theBoards of Medicine and Nursing to adopt regulations requiring licenseeswho provide primary, maternity, obstetrical, or gynecological healthcare services to complete a training program on prenatal and postnatal depression in women. Such training program shall include informationon risk factors for and signs and symptoms of prenatal and postnatal depression, resources for the treatment and management of prenataland postnatal depression, and steps the practitioner can take tolink patients to such resources. The bill also requires the Boardof Medicine to adopt regulations requiring licensees who provide primary,maternity, obstetrical, or gynecological health care services toscreen all patients who are pregnant or who have been pregnant withinthe previous five years for prenatal or postnatal depression or other depression, as appropriate.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0709)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB42ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB42ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB42H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB42H1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB42)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB42)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N) — **29–11** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (30-Y 10-N) — **30–10** (pass) · upper
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- Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 96-N) — **3–95** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — primary (person)
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- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100344D `introduction`
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- **2019-11-19** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB42)
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- **2020-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-29** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute printed 20107179D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-04** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 20107179D-H1
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- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB42H1
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- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB42H1)
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-12** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-02-25** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-25** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-02-25** Passed Senate with amendment (30-Y 10-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-27** Senate amendment rejected by House (3-Y 96-N)
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- **2020-02-27** VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 96-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2020-03-03** House acceded to request
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- **2020-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2020-03-05** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2020-03-05** Amended by conference committee
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- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by House (Y-98 0-N)
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- **2020-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N)
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- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB42ER)
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- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
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- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 709 (effective 7/1/20) `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/da0d068f-b0e1-443d-938e-ed33dfeb237a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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