republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-656.md

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Bill	Offender medical & mental health information & records; exchange of information to facility, etc.	Exchange of offender medical and mental health information and records. Provides that a health care provider who has been notified that a person to whom he has provided services within the last two years is committed to a local or regional correctional facility shall, upon request by the local or regional correctional facility, disclose to the local or regional correctional facility where the person is committed any information necessary to ensure the continuity of care of the person committed. The bill also provides protection from civil liability for such health care provider, absent bad faith or malicious intent. This bill incorporates SB 748 and is identical to HB 1328.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 656	Virginia SB 656 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jennifer B. Boysko	5	40	8	2020-01-07	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/0122a9bd-5f53-48a1-9cf7-c032e4b3fd99	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB656	762e599264ad789cc2fb2cb8befa5ec9386cd6e2d05666aacada88309ef31e71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 656 (2020) — Offender medical & mental health information & records; exchange of information to facility, etc.

Exchange of offender medical and mental health information and records. Provides that a health care provider who has been notified that a person to whom he has provided services within the last two years is committed to a local or regional correctional facility shall, upon request by the local or regional correctional facility, disclose to the local or regional correctional facility where the person is committed any information necessary to ensure the continuity of care of the person committed. The bill also provides protection from civil liability for such health care provider, absent bad faith or malicious intent. This bill incorporates SB 748 and is identical to HB 1328.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0837) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB656ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB656S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB656) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (SB656H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103294D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB656)
• 2020-01-24 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Incorporates SB748 (Hanger)
• 2020-01-24 Committee substitute printed 20106615D-S1 substitution
• 2020-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-01-28 Committee substitute agreed to 20106615D-S1
• 2020-01-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB656S1
• 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB656S1)
• 2020-02-14 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Committee substitute printed 20108229D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB656H1)
• 2020-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-19 Motion to refer to committee agreed to
• 2020-02-19 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-23 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2020-02-28 Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20108229D-H1
• 2020-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB656H1
• 2020-03-04 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Title replaced 20108229D-H1
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 2020-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB656ER)
• 2020-03-12 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
• 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 837 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0122a9bd-5f53-48a1-9cf7-c032e4b3fd99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).