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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professional counselors, licensed; added to list of providers who can disclose or recommend records."
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description: "Practice of licensed professional counselors.Adds licensed professional counselors to the list of eligibleproviders who can disclose or recommend the withholding of patientrecords, face a malpractice review panel, and provide recommendationson involuntary temporary detention orders."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 242"
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citation: "Virginia HB 242 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dawn M. Adams"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-10"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee8e7018-53d6-43f0-98ee-f7839150c568"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB242"
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source_hash: "f5a6c6d047b70e7b674ee40b3d3b2754ad34387fdcd40ff9f08d1091cb7ac9c4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 242 (2022) — Professional counselors, licensed; added to list of providers who can disclose or recommend records.
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Practice of licensed professional counselors.Adds licensed professional counselors to the list of eligibleproviders who can disclose or recommend the withholding of patientrecords, face a malpractice review panel, and provide recommendationson involuntary temporary detention orders.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0509** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0509)
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2. **HB242ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB242ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102041D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB242)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102041D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB242)
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- **2022-01-18** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-01** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-23** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2022-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB242ER)
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- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
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- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 509 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee8e7018-53d6-43f0-98ee-f7839150c568`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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