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| Bill | Physical therapy; extends time allowed for a therapist to evaluate and treat patients. | Department of Health Professions; practice ofphysical therapy. Extends from 30 days to 60 days the time allowedfor a physical therapist who has completed a doctor of physical therapyprogram approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Physical TherapyEducation or who has obtained a certificate of authorization to evaluate and treat patients after an initial evaluation without areferral under certain circumstances. The bill also provides thatafter discharging a patient a physical therapist shall not performan initial evaluation of a patient without a referral if the physicaltherapist has performed an initial evaluation of the patient forthe same condition within the immediately preceding 60 days. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1187 | Virginia SB 1187 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1187 (2021) — Physical therapy; extends time allowed for a therapist to evaluate and treat patients.
Department of Health Professions; practice ofphysical therapy. Extends from 30 days to 60 days the time allowedfor a physical therapist who has completed a doctor of physical therapyprogram approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Physical TherapyEducation or who has obtained a certificate of authorization to evaluate and treat patients after an initial evaluation without areferral under certain circumstances. The bill also provides thatafter discharging a patient a physical therapist shall not performan initial evaluation of a patient without a referral if the physicaltherapist has performed an initial evaluation of the patient forthe same condition within the immediately preceding 60 days.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0481 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101168D (committee substitute) — source
- SB1187ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101168D
introduction - 2021-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2021-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB1187)
- 2021-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2021-01-21 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-25 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-26 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 2021-02-11 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-15 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-16 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-16 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-16 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-19 Enrolled
- 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1187ER)
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-22 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 481 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02486e15-559e-4b11-afc5-77162ba4eb1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).