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type: "Bill"
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title: "Certified community health workers; establishes requirements for use of the title."
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description: "Community health workers; certification.Requires the Department of Health to approve one or more entitiesto certify community health workers in the Commonwealth and prohibitsa person from using or assuming the title of certified communityhealth worker unless he is certified by a credentialing entity approvedby the Department and submits an application to the Department withevidence of such certification. The bill defines the terms \"certifiedcommunity health worker\" and \"community health worker.\""
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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 688"
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citation: "Virginia HB 688 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ad700bc-dddf-453a-a2d1-b8d9f4604324"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB688"
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source_hash: "55a26bce705d51f4651cdc542893d446cc4697468dd685e2541d5e76e7c79932"
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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 688 (2020) — Certified community health workers; establishes requirements for use of the title.
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Community health workers; certification.Requires the Department of Health to approve one or more entitiesto certify community health workers in the Commonwealth and prohibitsa person from using or assuming the title of certified communityhealth worker unless he is certified by a credentialing entity approvedby the Department and submits an application to the Department withevidence of such certification. The bill defines the terms "certifiedcommunity health worker" and "community health worker."
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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 (CHAP0363)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0363)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB688ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB688ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB688)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB688)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB688H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB688H1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101287D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB688)
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- **2020-01-28** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute printed 20105689D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-28** Incorporates HB474 (Guzman)
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB688H1)
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- **2020-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 20105689D-H1
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- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB688H1
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- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-04** 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 (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB688ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 363 (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/6ad700bc-dddf-453a-a2d1-b8d9f4604324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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