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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals; screening emergency department patients, etc."
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description: "Hospitals; emergency treatment for substanceuse-related emergencies; services. Requires the Board of Healthto amend regulations governing hospitals to require each hospitalthat provides emergency treatment to an individual experiencing asubstance use-related emergency to (i) complete a comprehensive assessmentto identify appropriate medical interventions necessary for the treatmentof the individual; (ii) complete a comprehensive behavioral healthassessment to determine whether additional treatment may be appropriate;(iii) initiate pharmacotherapy for treatment of drug or alcohol dependence,where appropriate; and (iv) provide the patient with naloxone orother opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal. Such regulationsshall also require each hospital that provides emergency treatment to an individual experiencing a substance use-related emergencyto establish and implement a protocol for connecting such patientsreceiving emergency treatment with appropriate community-based providersof behavioral health services upon discharge."
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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: "SB 903"
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citation: "Virginia SB 903 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jill Holtzman Vogel"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ce2a097-8ed9-4ea2-b204-3da897a6e107"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB903"
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source_hash: "e9180a555fb56cc4137a477e430c74d5022882101770960de4a9b50b64e09e25"
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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 SB 903 (2020) — Hospitals; screening emergency department patients, etc.
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Hospitals; emergency treatment for substanceuse-related emergencies; services. Requires the Board of Healthto amend regulations governing hospitals to require each hospitalthat provides emergency treatment to an individual experiencing asubstance use-related emergency to (i) complete a comprehensive assessmentto identify appropriate medical interventions necessary for the treatmentof the individual; (ii) complete a comprehensive behavioral healthassessment to determine whether additional treatment may be appropriate;(iii) initiate pharmacotherapy for treatment of drug or alcohol dependence,where appropriate; and (iv) provide the patient with naloxone orother opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal. Such regulationsshall also require each hospital that provides emergency treatment to an individual experiencing a substance use-related emergencyto establish and implement a protocol for connecting such patientsreceiving emergency treatment with appropriate community-based providersof behavioral health services upon discharge.
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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 (CHAP0942)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0942)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB903ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB903ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB903)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB903)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB903S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB903S1)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)
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- Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20 — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Presented and ordered printed 20100720D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB903)
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Committee substitute printed 20106163D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB903S1)
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 20106163D-S1
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- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB903S1
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB903ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 942 (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/6ce2a097-8ed9-4ea2-b204-3da897a6e107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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