republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1370.md

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Bill	Service providers; regulations for providers to individuals with developmental disabilities.	Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; regulations; service providers; emergency medical simulations; cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Directs the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to adopt regulations requiring certain providers to (i) conduct regular emergency medical simulations and train employees that regularly engage with people receiving services to prepare such employees to recognize and respond to situations where individuals receiving services require emergency medical treatment and (ii) require at least one employee trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to be on duty at each location where services are delivered.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1370	Virginia HB 1370 (2026)	bill		enacted	Leslie Chambers Mehta	5	35	7	2026-01-20	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/b044227b-c479-42dd-86cc-d773fc188503	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1370	9f4ec31f6313ed30eea5c99efb44904a3adbc8f8ed4b76254fe743a8aab26ee6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1370 (2026) — Service providers; regulations for providers to individuals with developmental disabilities.

Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; regulations; service providers; emergency medical simulations; cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Directs the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to adopt regulations requiring certain providers to (i) conduct regular emergency medical simulations and train employees that regularly engage with people receiving services to prepare such employees to recognize and respond to situations where individuals receiving services require emergency medical treatment and (ii) require at least one employee trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to be on duty at each location where services are delivered.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Health and Human Services Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Education and Health — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 93–5 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 94–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Leslie Chambers Mehta — primary (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 26104895D introduction
• 2026-01-20 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Assigned sub: Behavioral Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1370)
• 2026-02-05 House committee offered
• 2026-02-05 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-10 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-10 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1370)
• 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 Senate committee offered
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Committee substitute printed 26109273D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Senate substitute agreed to by House (94-Y 4-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1370)
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1370ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1370)
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 836 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b044227b-c479-42dd-86cc-d773fc188503. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).