republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-540.md

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Bill	Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.	Health professionals; unprofessional conduct; reporting. Requires the chief executive officer and the chief of staff of every hospital or other health care institution in the Commonwealth, the director of every licensed home health or hospice organization, the director of every accredited home health organization exempt from licensure, the administrator of every licensed assisted living facility, and the administrator of every provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in the Commonwealth to report to the Department of Health Professions any information of which he may become aware in his professional capacity that indicates a reasonable belief that a health care provider is in need of treatment or has been admitted as a patient for treatment of substance abuse or psychiatric illness that may render the health professional a danger to himself, the public, or his patients, or that he determines, following review and any necessary investigation or consultation with the appropriate internal boards or committees authorized to impose disciplinary action on a health professional, indicates that there is a reasonable probability that such health professional may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct. Current law requires information to be reported if the information indicates, after reasonable investigation and consultation with the appropriate internal boards or committees authorized to impose disciplinary action on a health professional, a reasonable probability that such health professional may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct. This bill is identical to HB 471.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 540	Virginia SB 540 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jill Holtzman Vogel	4	28	5	2020-01-07	2020-03-10	openstates	ocd-bill/3b4cf684-984a-4931-aff2-2537a9d2c2b6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB540	82a7582efde4cf9a69334fcac517dfe2bfd319d2487f7ac38b2f64e7128279c2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 540 (2020) — Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.

Health professionals; unprofessional conduct; reporting. Requires the chief executive officer and the chief of staff of every hospital or other health care institution in the Commonwealth, the director of every licensed home health or hospice organization, the director of every accredited home health organization exempt from licensure, the administrator of every licensed assisted living facility, and the administrator of every provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in the Commonwealth to report to the Department of Health Professions any information of which he may become aware in his professional capacity that indicates a reasonable belief that a health care provider is in need of treatment or has been admitted as a patient for treatment of substance abuse or psychiatric illness that may render the health professional a danger to himself, the public, or his patients, or that he determines, following review and any necessary investigation or consultation with the appropriate internal boards or committees authorized to impose disciplinary action on a health professional, indicates that there is a reasonable probability that such health professional may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct. Current law requires information to be reported if the information indicates, after reasonable investigation and consultation with the appropriate internal boards or committees authorized to impose disciplinary action on a health professional, a reasonable probability that such health professional may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct. This bill is identical to HB 471.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB540ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB540E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB540) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)
• Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105063D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB540)
• 2020-01-30 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-03 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB540E
• 2020-02-03 Printed as engrossed 20105063D-E
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB540E)
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB540ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
• 2020-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 230 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b4cf684-984a-4931-aff2-2537a9d2c2b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).