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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health services; obsolete provisions."
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description: "Health services; obsolete provisions. Removesthe requirement that the Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices develop and biennially update a six-year Comprehensive StatePlan for Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Plan).Since the Plan was initially required in 1998, other reporting requirementshave been enacted that have rendered the Plan obsolete. The billalso removes obsolete provisions of the Uniform Act on Adoption andMedical Assistance. This bill is a recommendation of the VirginiaCode Commission."
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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: "SB 479"
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citation: "Virginia SB 479 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer L. McClellan"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d321168-6838-4cb5-9d0f-7c3f8b2e6032"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB479"
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source_hash: "50577151724f55675c4725ae3e57224f91e3c13afb881948a3bc365ede503eb7"
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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 SB 479 (2022) — Health services; obsolete provisions.
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Health services; obsolete provisions. Removesthe requirement that the Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices develop and biennially update a six-year Comprehensive StatePlan for Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Plan).Since the Plan was initially required in 1998, other reporting requirementshave been enacted that have rendered the Plan obsolete. The billalso removes obsolete provisions of the Uniform Act on Adoption andMedical Assistance. This bill is a recommendation of the VirginiaCode Commission.
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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. **CHAP0264** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0264)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101113D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB479)
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3. **SB479ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB479ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101113D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-20** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB479)
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- **2022-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-04** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-04** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB479ER)
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 264 (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/6d321168-6838-4cb5-9d0f-7c3f8b2e6032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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