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| Bill | Recovery residences; disclosure to potential residents that residence is certified. | Certified recovery residences. Requires every person who operates a recovery residence to disclose to potential residents whether the recovery residence is a certified recovery residence and that no health care provider or behavioral health service provider who receives public funds or state agency shall refer a person with substance abuse disorder to a recovery residence unless the recovery residence has been certified by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Board). The bill also provides that credentialing agencies by which the Board may require accreditation or in which the Board may require membership shall administer credentialing and certification programs in accordance with standards of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences; requires the Board to adopt regulations requiring each certified recovery residence include one or more resident or nonresident staff persons who is employed by the provider for compensation and who is responsible for oversight or management of the recovery residence; and requires the Department to provide, for each certified recovery residence included on the list maintained on the Department’s website the level of support provided by the certified recovery residence. The bill also provides that certified recovery residences shall constitute residential occupancy by a single family for zoning purposes, regardless of the number of persons residing in the certified recovery residence, and exempts certified recovery residences from the provisions of the Virginia Landlord and Tenant Act. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 622 | Virginia SB 622 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 622 (2022) — Recovery residences; disclosure to potential residents that residence is certified.
Certified recovery residences. Requires every person who operates a recovery residence to disclose to potential residents whether the recovery residence is a certified recovery residence and that no health care provider or behavioral health service provider who receives public funds or state agency shall refer a person with substance abuse disorder to a recovery residence unless the recovery residence has been certified by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Board). The bill also provides that credentialing agencies by which the Board may require accreditation or in which the Board may require membership shall administer credentialing and certification programs in accordance with standards of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences; requires the Board to adopt regulations requiring each certified recovery residence include one or more resident or nonresident staff persons who is employed by the provider for compensation and who is responsible for oversight or management of the recovery residence; and requires the Department to provide, for each certified recovery residence included on the list maintained on the Department’s website the level of support provided by the certified recovery residence. The bill also provides that certified recovery residences shall constitute residential occupancy by a single family for zoning purposes, regardless of the number of persons residing in the certified recovery residence, and exempts certified recovery residences from the provisions of the Virginia Landlord and Tenant Act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0732 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22105949D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22107085D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB622ER (committee substitute) — source
- SB622ER2 (committee substitute) — source
- SB622H2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 2-N) — 97–2 (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — 96–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 22104207D
introduction - 2022-01-14 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
referral-committee - 2022-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB622)
- 2022-02-04 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-04 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-04 Committee substitute printed 22105949D-S1
substitution - 2022-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-08 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-08 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 22105949D-S1
- 2022-02-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB622S1
- 2022-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB622S1)
- 2022-02-09 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-09 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-09 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2022-02-22 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2022-02-24 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-25 Committee substitute printed 22107085D-H1
substitution - 2022-02-25 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB622H1)
- 2022-03-01 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-03-02 Floor substitute printed 22107376D-H2 (Coyner)
- 2022-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-02 Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns substitute rejected 22107085D-H1
- 2022-03-02 Substitute by Delegate Coyner agreed to 22107376D-H2
- 2022-03-02 Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB622H2
- 2022-03-02 Passed by temporarily
- 2022-03-02 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 1-N)
passage - 2022-03-02 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
- 2022-03-04 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-04 Title replaced 22107376D-H2
- 2022-03-09 Enrolled
- 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB622ER)
- 2022-03-10 Signed by President
- 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
- 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 2-N)
- 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 2-N)
- 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (SB622ER2)
- 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 732 (effective 7/1/22)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/518e6ac4-a73b-4765-b334-5474c95c01d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).