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| Bill | Health services; obsolete provisions. | Health services; obsolete provisions. Removesthe requirement that the Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices develop and biennially update a six-year Comprehensive StatePlan for Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Plan).Since the Plan was initially required in 1998, other reporting requirementshave been enacted that have rendered the Plan obsolete. The billalso removes obsolete provisions of the Uniform Act on Adoption andMedical Assistance. This bill is a recommendation of the VirginiaCode Commission. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 479 | Virginia SB 479 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 479 (2022) — Health services; obsolete provisions.
Health services; obsolete provisions. Removesthe requirement that the Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices develop and biennially update a six-year Comprehensive StatePlan for Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Plan).Since the Plan was initially required in 1998, other reporting requirementshave been enacted that have rendered the Plan obsolete. The billalso removes obsolete provisions of the Uniform Act on Adoption andMedical Assistance. This bill is a recommendation of the VirginiaCode Commission.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0264 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101113D (committee substitute) — source
- SB479ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101113D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2022-01-20 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2022-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB479)
- 2022-01-24 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2022-01-25 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-22 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2022-02-24 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-03-01 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-01 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-04 Enrolled
- 2022-03-04 Signed by President
- 2022-03-04 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB479ER)
- 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
- 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 264 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d321168-6838-4cb5-9d0f-7c3f8b2e6032. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).