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Bill Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; powers and duties, definition. Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority. Modifies the enabling legislation for the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority by adding four additional ex officio members to the Authority's Board of Directors, adding managing primary care graduate medical education programs and managing the Health Workforce Innovation Fund to the duties of the Authority, specifying additional recipients of the Board's biennial report, and authorizing the Authority to partner with other agencies and institutions to obtain and manage health workforce data. The bill establishes the Virginia Health Workforce Innovation Fund to be administered by the Board of the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority. The Board shall use the Fund to provide grants to facilitate regional collaboration on health care innovation and workforce development and, in particular, the formation of regional, employer-led partnerships that prioritize workforce growth and training. The bill provides for the formation across the Commonwealth of regional councils, defined in the bill, consisting of representatives from the government, health care, and education sectors. Under the bill, regional councils may submit applications for collaborative projects in their regions that enhance private-sector growth, competitiveness, and workforce development. A portion of the grant funds will be awarded on a population basis and a portion on a competitive basis. The bill creates a work group to study the pharmacy technician profession, creates a work group to address health workforce shortages, establishes a program for health workforce development, directs the Board of Nursing to add or remove certain educational requirements for members of the nursing faculty in specified nursing education programs, and establishes a licensing procedure by the Board of Psychology for a psychological practitioner, as defined by the bill. The bill directs the Board of Nursing to adopt emergency regulations to implement relevant provisions of the bill, directs the work group to study the pharmacy technician profession to submit its report to the Governor and the relevant committees of the General Assembly by November 1, 2024, and directs the work group to address health workforce shortages to submit its report to the Governor and the relevant committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2025. The bill removes references to qualified mental health professionals with a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 1499 Virginia HB 1499 (2024)
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Virginia HB 1499 (2024) — Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; powers and duties, definition.

Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority. Modifies the enabling legislation for the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority by adding four additional ex officio members to the Authority's Board of Directors, adding managing primary care graduate medical education programs and managing the Health Workforce Innovation Fund to the duties of the Authority, specifying additional recipients of the Board's biennial report, and authorizing the Authority to partner with other agencies and institutions to obtain and manage health workforce data. The bill establishes the Virginia Health Workforce Innovation Fund to be administered by the Board of the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority. The Board shall use the Fund to provide grants to facilitate regional collaboration on health care innovation and workforce development and, in particular, the formation of regional, employer-led partnerships that prioritize workforce growth and training. The bill provides for the formation across the Commonwealth of regional councils, defined in the bill, consisting of representatives from the government, health care, and education sectors. Under the bill, regional councils may submit applications for collaborative projects in their regions that enhance private-sector growth, competitiveness, and workforce development. A portion of the grant funds will be awarded on a population basis and a portion on a competitive basis. The bill creates a work group to study the pharmacy technician profession, creates a work group to address health workforce shortages, establishes a program for health workforce development, directs the Board of Nursing to add or remove certain educational requirements for members of the nursing faculty in specified nursing education programs, and establishes a licensing procedure by the Board of Psychology for a psychological practitioner, as defined by the bill. The bill directs the Board of Nursing to adopt emergency regulations to implement relevant provisions of the bill, directs the work group to study the pharmacy technician profession to submit its report to the Governor and the relevant committees of the General Assembly by November 1, 2024, and directs the work group to address health workforce shortages to submit its report to the Governor and the relevant committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2025. The bill removes references to qualified mental health professionals with a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0754 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24108157D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24108811D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB1499EH1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. HB1499ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
  • M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105332D introduction
  • 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2024-01-23 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2024-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1499)
  • 2024-02-07 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-07 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-08 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24107336D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-08 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-08 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
  • 2024-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB1499H1)
  • 2024-02-09 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-09 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-09 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-12 Committee Health and Human Services substitute agreed to 24107336D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-12 Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1499EH1 substitution
  • 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24107336D-EH1
  • 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB1499EH1)
  • 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2024-02-23 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-29 Committee substitute printed 24108157D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-29 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB1499S1)
  • 2024-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-03-04 Committee substitute printed 24108811D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1499S2)
  • 2024-03-06 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-06 Passed by for the day
  • 2024-03-07 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-07 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-03-07 Education and Health Committee substitute agreed to 24108157D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-07 Substitute from Committee on Finance and Appropriations 24108811D-S2 ruled out of order
  • 2024-03-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1499S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-07 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-07 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108157D-S1 (99-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1499ER) passage
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate reprinted (HB1499ER) passage
  • 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1499ER)
  • 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 754 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/417d5847-6ab7-4740-a5a5-d41a3681d8b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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