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Bill School-based mental and behavioral health services; DOE to survey local education agencies, report. Department of Education; survey of local education agencies on school-based mental and behavioral health services; report. Requires the Department of Education (the Department) to survey each local education agency (LEA) in the Commonwealth to determine (i) how public schools governed by such LEA currently grant access to local departments of social services and community services boards and other community-based providers of mental and behavioral health services and (ii) what school-based mental and behavioral health services are made available by such LEA. The bill requires the Department to utilize the results of and feedback from the survey to inform the continued development and improvement of guidelines for school professionals to support students and families by connecting them with community resources that provide mental and behavioral health services. The bill requires the Department to report to the Commission on Youth by November 1, 2025, any findings and recommendations that result from the survey. This bill is identical to HB 1947. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 768 Virginia SB 768 (2025)
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Virginia SB 768 (2025) — School-based mental and behavioral health services; DOE to survey local education agencies, report.

Department of Education; survey of local education agencies on school-based mental and behavioral health services; report. Requires the Department of Education (the Department) to survey each local education agency (LEA) in the Commonwealth to determine (i) how public schools governed by such LEA currently grant access to local departments of social services and community services boards and other community-based providers of mental and behavioral health services and (ii) what school-based mental and behavioral health services are made available by such LEA. The bill requires the Department to utilize the results of and feedback from the survey to inform the continued development and improvement of guidelines for school professionals to support students and families by connecting them with community resources that provide mental and behavioral health services. The bill requires the Department to report to the Commission on Youth by November 1, 2025, any findings and recommendations that result from the survey. This bill is identical to HB 1947.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Rules (17-Y 1-N) — 171 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (97-Y 1-N) — 971 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
  • David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-12-17 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101253D filing, introduction
  • 2024-12-17 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-01-16 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-17 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-17 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB768)
  • 2025-02-05 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-05 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
  • 2025-02-17 Reported from Rules (17-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-20 Passed House (97-Y 1-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB768ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB768)
  • 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
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 239 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6bbd08b1-1507-4cef-80dd-a161ccf2a7b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).