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Bill Professional counselors, licensed; added to list of providers who can disclose or recommend records. Practice of licensed professional counselors.Adds licensed professional counselors to the list of eligibleproviders who can disclose or recommend the withholding of patientrecords, face a malpractice review panel, and provide recommendationson involuntary temporary detention orders. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 242 Virginia HB 242 (2022)
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3 23 6 2022-01-10 2022-04-11 openstates ocd-bill/ee8e7018-53d6-43f0-98ee-f7839150c568 https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB242 f5a6c6d047b70e7b674ee40b3d3b2754ad34387fdcd40ff9f08d1091cb7ac9c4 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia HB 242 (2022) — Professional counselors, licensed; added to list of providers who can disclose or recommend records.

Practice of licensed professional counselors.Adds licensed professional counselors to the list of eligibleproviders who can disclose or recommend the withholding of patientrecords, face a malpractice review panel, and provide recommendationson involuntary temporary detention orders.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0509 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB242ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102041D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102041D introduction
  • 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2022-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB242)
  • 2022-01-18 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2022-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-01 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2022-02-17 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-21 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-21 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-23 Enrolled
  • 2022-02-23 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-02-23 Signed by President
  • 2022-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB242ER)
  • 2022-03-09 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
  • 2022-03-09 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 509 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee8e7018-53d6-43f0-98ee-f7839150c568. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).