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| Bill | Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses, deemed licensure. | Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses; deemed licensure. Provides that when the Board of Health has entered an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing nuisances dangerous to the public health or communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases or other dangers to the public life and health, a practitioner of a profession regulated by the Board of Medicine who is licensed in another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory or possession and who is in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in that state, the District of Columbia, or that United States territory or possession shall not be prevented or prohibited from engaging in the practice of that profession in the Commonwealth with a patient located in the Commonwealth when (i) such practice is for the purpose of providing continuity of care through the use of telemedicine services and (ii) the patient is a current patient of the practitioner with whom the practitioner has previously established a practitioner-patient relationship.The bill also provides that when the Board of Health has entered an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing nuisances dangerous to the public health or communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases or other dangers to the public life and health, individuals licensed or certified to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatry or as a physician assistant, respiratory therapist, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nurse aide by another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory or possession shall be deemed to be licensed or certified to practice in the Commonwealth for a period of 30 days when certain criteria are met. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 264 | Virginia HB 264 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 264 (2022) — Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses, deemed licensure.
Public health emergency; out-of-state licenses; deemed licensure. Provides that when the Board of Health has entered an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing nuisances dangerous to the public health or communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases or other dangers to the public life and health, a practitioner of a profession regulated by the Board of Medicine who is licensed in another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory or possession and who is in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in that state, the District of Columbia, or that United States territory or possession shall not be prevented or prohibited from engaging in the practice of that profession in the Commonwealth with a patient located in the Commonwealth when (i) such practice is for the purpose of providing continuity of care through the use of telemedicine services and (ii) the patient is a current patient of the practitioner with whom the practitioner has previously established a practitioner-patient relationship.The bill also provides that when the Board of Health has entered an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing nuisances dangerous to the public health or communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases or other dangers to the public life and health, individuals licensed or certified to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatry or as a physician assistant, respiratory therapist, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nurse aide by another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory or possession shall be deemed to be licensed or certified to practice in the Commonwealth for a period of 30 days when certain criteria are met.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0753 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22104857D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB264ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB264ER2 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103993D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103993D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2022-01-18 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2022-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB264)
- 2022-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-01 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-01 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-01 Committee substitute printed 22104857D-H1
substitution - 2022-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB264H1)
- 2022-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 22104857D-H1
- 2022-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB264H1
- 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 - 2022-02-24 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-28 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-02 Enrolled
- 2022-03-02 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB264ER)
- 2022-03-03 Signed by President
- 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2022-04-27 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-04-27 Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (HB264ER2)
- 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 753 (effective 4/27/22)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/704c7b52-54fe-40e0-a93b-f465e7d58c6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).