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| Bill | Telemedicine; out-of-state providers, behavioral health services provided by practitioner. | Telemedicine; out of state providers; behavioral health services. Allows certain practitioners of professions regulated by the Boards of Medicine, Counseling, Psychology, and Social Work who provide behavioral health services and who are licensed in another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory or possession and in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency to engage 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 practitioner has previously established a practitioner-patient relationship with the patient. The bill provides that a practitioner who provides behavioral health services to a patient located in the Commonwealth through use of telemedicine services may provide such services for a period of no more than one year from the date on which the practitioner began providing such services to such patient. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 537 | Virginia HB 537 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 537 (2022) — Telemedicine; out-of-state providers, behavioral health services provided by practitioner.
Telemedicine; out of state providers; behavioral health services. Allows certain practitioners of professions regulated by the Boards of Medicine, Counseling, Psychology, and Social Work who provide behavioral health services and who are licensed in another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory or possession and in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency to engage 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 practitioner has previously established a practitioner-patient relationship with the patient. The bill provides that a practitioner who provides behavioral health services to a patient located in the Commonwealth through use of telemedicine services may provide such services for a period of no more than one year from the date on which the practitioner began providing such services to such patient.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0275 (committee substitute) — source
- HB537ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103670D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 22103670D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Amanda E. Batten — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103670D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2022-01-21 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2022-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB537)
- 2022-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-03 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-07 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-08 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-08 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2022-02-08 Engrossed by House as amended HB537E
- 2022-02-08 Printed as engrossed 22103670D-E
- 2022-02-09 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB537E)
- 2022-02-09 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2022-02-23 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2022-03-03 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-04 Passed by for the day
- 2022-03-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-08 Passed by for the day
- 2022-03-09 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-09 Passed by for the day
- 2022-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-10 Passed by temporarily
- 2022-03-10 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-21 Enrolled
- 2022-03-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB537ER)
- 2022-03-21 Signed by President
- 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b94e0dd2-c418-475b-8096-22fae90197b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).