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| Bill | Inpatient/residential subst. use disorder trtmt.; facilities to prepare & record discharge plan. | Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices; facilities licensed to provide inpatient substance usedisorder treatment; certified discharge plans. Directs the Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend its regulationsto require that any facility licensed by the Department to provideinpatient substance use disorder treatment be required to prepareand record a certified discharge plan upon the discharge or withdrawalof any individual from the facility who has received substance usedisorder treatment while admitted to such facility. The bill requiressuch discharge plan to include the provision of funds withheld fromthe individual's prior payments to the facility to assist the individualin the execution of such discharge plan. The bill requires the regulationsto provide that failure by a facility to prepare and record certifieddischarge plans may result in civil penalties, license suspension,or license revocation. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 434 | Virginia HB 434 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 434 (2024) — Inpatient/residential subst. use disorder trtmt.; facilities to prepare & record discharge plan.
Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices; facilities licensed to provide inpatient substance usedisorder treatment; certified discharge plans. Directs the Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend its regulationsto require that any facility licensed by the Department to provideinpatient substance use disorder treatment be required to prepareand record a certified discharge plan upon the discharge or withdrawalof any individual from the facility who has received substance usedisorder treatment while admitted to such facility. The bill requiressuch discharge plan to include the provision of funds withheld fromthe individual's prior payments to the facility to assist the individualin the execution of such discharge plan. The bill requires the regulationsto provide that failure by a facility to prepare and record certifieddischarge plans may result in civil penalties, license suspension,or license revocation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0808 (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's substitute printed 24109313D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB434ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB434ER2 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101627D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 24101627D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (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
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jonathan "Jed" Arnold — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101627D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Behavioral Health
referral-committee - 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 2024-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB434)
- 2024-02-06 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-08 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-09 Committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2024-02-09 Engrossed by House as amended HB434E
- 2024-02-09 Printed as engrossed 24101627D-E
- 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB434E)
- 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-12 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2024-02-19 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health
referral-committee - 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-29 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB434ER)
passage - 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB434ER)
- 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-03 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by House
executive-veto-line-item - 2024-04-08 Governor's substitute printed 24109313D-H1
- 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 2024-04-17 BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted
executive-signature - 2024-04-17 Reenrolled
enrolled - 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB434ER2)
enrolled - 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 808 (effective 7/1/24)
became-law - 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0808)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa1eab55-1857-456d-a85d-6ced91a5d047. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).