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type: "Bill"
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title: "Credentialed addiction treatment professionals; definition to include licensed behavior analysts."
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description: "Department of Medical Assistance Services;credentialed addiction treatment professionals; licensed behavioranalysts; definition. Directs the Department of Medical AssistanceServices to amend in its regulations the definition of \"credentialedaddiction treatment professional\" to include licensed behavior analysts."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 503"
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citation: "Virginia HB 503 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Laura Jane Cohen"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63fd2858-ce43-49a1-8758-cd0a7aa266d0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB503"
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source_hash: "7b96c04b12f30ba7a9e2892006cc2b2cc0938285e711d0cf742ad91f7b107a50"
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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 503 (2024) — Credentialed addiction treatment professionals; definition to include licensed behavior analysts.
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Department of Medical Assistance Services;credentialed addiction treatment professionals; licensed behavioranalysts; definition. Directs the Department of Medical AssistanceServices to amend in its regulations the definition of "credentialedaddiction treatment professional" to include licensed behavior analysts.
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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. **CHAP0288** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0288)
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2. **HB503ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB503ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100995D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB503)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100995D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB503)
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- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-06** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB503ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB503ER)
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 288 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288)
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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/63fd2858-ce43-49a1-8758-cd0a7aa266d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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