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Bill School boards; school-based telehealth and mental health teletherapy services, accessibility. School boards; student access to telehealth services; policies. Directs each school board to consider, for the purpose of increasing access to health care services for students, developing and implementing policies for permitting any public school student in the school division to schedule and participate in telehealth services, including mental health teletherapy services pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with a nationally recognized school-based telehealth provider developed in accordance with applicable law, on school property during regular school hours with parental consent. The bill requires any such policies developed and implemented by a school board to (i) require each public elementary and secondary school to designate a location in the school for student use for such telehealth appointments and implement measures to ensure the safety and privacy of any student participating in a telehealth appointment, (ii) prohibit any student from being subject to any disciplinary measure or consequence for participating in a telehealth appointment during regular school hours if such student would not be subject to any disciplinary measure or consequence for an absence for the purpose of receiving any health care services in person during regular school hours, and (iii) include such other requirements as the school board deems necessary and appropriate. Finally, the bill requires any school board that develops and implements any policies for permitting students to schedule and participate in telehealth services pursuant to the bill to provide and post in a publicly accessible location on its website at the beginning of each school year guidance relating to the implementation of such policies for administrative and instructional personnel. This bill incorporates SB 1130 and is identical to HB 1945. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 1037 Virginia SB 1037 (2025)
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Virginia SB 1037 (2025) — School boards; school-based telehealth and mental health teletherapy services, accessibility.

School boards; student access to telehealth services; policies. Directs each school board to consider, for the purpose of increasing access to health care services for students, developing and implementing policies for permitting any public school student in the school division to schedule and participate in telehealth services, including mental health teletherapy services pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with a nationally recognized school-based telehealth provider developed in accordance with applicable law, on school property during regular school hours with parental consent. The bill requires any such policies developed and implemented by a school board to (i) require each public elementary and secondary school to designate a location in the school for student use for such telehealth appointments and implement measures to ensure the safety and privacy of any student participating in a telehealth appointment, (ii) prohibit any student from being subject to any disciplinary measure or consequence for participating in a telehealth appointment during regular school hours if such student would not be subject to any disciplinary measure or consequence for an absence for the purpose of receiving any health care services in person during regular school hours, and (iii) include such other requirements as the school board deems necessary and appropriate. Finally, the bill requires any school board that develops and implements any policies for permitting students to schedule and participate in telehealth services pursuant to the bill to provide and post in a publicly accessible location on its website at the beginning of each school year guidance relating to the implementation of such policies for administrative and instructional personnel. This bill incorporates SB 1130 and is identical to HB 1945.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 139 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (52-Y 46-N) — 5246 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 1-N) — 61 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
  • Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104349D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-01-16 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Incorporates SB1130(Perry)
  • 2025-01-23 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-23 Committee substitute printed 25105458D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
  • 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1037)
  • 2025-01-31 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-01-31 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-31 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 1-N)
  • 2025-02-17 Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Committee substitute printed 25106939D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1037)
  • 2025-02-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-20 Education Substitute rejected
  • 2025-02-20 Passed House (52-Y 46-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1037ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1037)
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 563 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e7fe2ef-417c-4875-8462-3d16e89285cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).