republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-734.md

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Bill	Residential psychiatric placement and services; SOE, et al., to establish work group.	Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Resources; work group; process for approval of residential psychiatric placement and services; report. Directs the Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Resources to establish a work group, co-chaired by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Director of Medical Assistance Services, to study the current process for approval of residential psychiatric services for children and adolescents and requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century by December 1, 2020.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 734	Virginia SB 734 (2020)	bill		enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	5	33	6	2020-01-08	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/e247d97e-bb77-496f-aa4c-2ca40cc6e57e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB734	ed00acf4e93d700281180405232bff34f72002c0a01741a9819329d23f0836e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 734 (2020) — Residential psychiatric placement and services; SOE, et al., to establish work group.

Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Resources; work group; process for approval of residential psychiatric placement and services; report. Directs the Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Resources to establish a work group, co-chaired by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Director of Medical Assistance Services, to study the current process for approval of residential psychiatric services for children and adolescents and requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century by December 1, 2020.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0737) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB734ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB734E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB734) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (SB734H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104744D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB734)
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Rules with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-02-04 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB734E
• 2020-02-04 Printed as engrossed 20104744D-E
• 2020-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB734E)
• 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108571D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB734H1)
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108571D-H1
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB734H1
• 2020-02-24 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Title replaced 20108571D-H1
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB734ER)
• 2020-03-05 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 737 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e247d97e-bb77-496f-aa4c-2ca40cc6e57e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).