republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2652.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation of licensed providers; Board of BHDS to require disclosure of certain information."
description: "Directs the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend regulations governing licensed providers to require every licensed provider to provide a statement regarding the character, ability, and fitness for employment of a current or past employee or other individual currently or previously associated with the provider in a capacity that requires a criminal history background check to any other licensed provider with which the current or past employee has applied for employment or to fill a role that requires a criminal history background check upon receipt of a request for such information from the other licensed provider and written consent to the disclosure of such information executed by the current or past employee or other individual currently or previously associated with the provider in a capacity that requires a criminal history background check."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2652"
citation: "Virginia HB 2652 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6439364-5c31-47cd-873b-199ee0184618"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2652"
source_hash: "e2c32f13128d72bd81cf8ac1c13a9383d60596e1a5b497fbc8763c86e19cceaa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2652 (2019) — Regulation of licensed providers; Board of BHDS to require disclosure of certain information.

Directs the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend regulations governing licensed providers to require every licensed provider to provide a statement regarding the character, ability, and fitness for employment of a current or past employee or other individual currently or previously associated with the provider in a capacity that requires a criminal history background check to any other licensed provider with which the current or past employee has applied for employment or to fill a role that requires a criminal history background check upon receipt of a request for such information from the other licensed provider and written consent to the disclosure of such information executed by the current or past employee or other individual currently or previously associated with the provider in a capacity that requires a criminal history background check.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0776)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0776)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2652AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2652)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2652ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2652ER)
5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19102852D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2652)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19102852D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2652E)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 19102852D `introduction`
- **2019-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-04** Amendment by Delegate Hope agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2652E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19102852D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 776 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6439364-5c31-47cd-873b-199ee0184618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).