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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavioral health technicians, etc.; scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications."
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description: "Behavioral health technicians; behavioral health technician assistants; qualified mental health professionals; qualified mental health professional-trainees; scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications. Adds behavioral health technicians and behavioral health technician assistants to the professions governed by the Board of Counseling. The bill also establishes qualification, scope of practice, and supervision requirements for qualified mental health professionals and qualified mental health professional-trainees. The bill directs the Board of Counseling to adopt regulations governing the behavioral health technician, behavioral health technician assistant, qualified mental health professional, and qualified mental health professional-trainee professions by November 1, 2024, and for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Department of Medical Assistance Services to promulgate regulations that align with the regulations adopted by the Board of Counseling in accordance with the bill."
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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: "SB 403"
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citation: "Virginia SB 403 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tara A. Durant"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bec81c12-fb7d-4963-a617-624d19d98a46"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB403"
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source_hash: "ce70855b3ac017d9ad2abdfeeaba74ece2013e01f3df48b0dc59c73c19d546ad"
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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 403 (2024) — Behavioral health technicians, etc.; scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications.
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Behavioral health technicians; behavioral health technician assistants; qualified mental health professionals; qualified mental health professional-trainees; scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications. Adds behavioral health technicians and behavioral health technician assistants to the professions governed by the Board of Counseling. The bill also establishes qualification, scope of practice, and supervision requirements for qualified mental health professionals and qualified mental health professional-trainees. The bill directs the Board of Counseling to adopt regulations governing the behavioral health technician, behavioral health technician assistant, qualified mental health professional, and qualified mental health professional-trainee professions by November 1, 2024, and for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Department of Medical Assistance Services to promulgate regulations that align with the regulations adopted by the Board of Counseling in accordance with the bill.
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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. **CHAP0595** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0595)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106800D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB403S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24107813D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB403H1)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104589D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB403)
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5. **SB403ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB403ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Tara A. Durant — primary (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104589D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-16** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-01** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute printed 24106800D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB403S1)
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- **2024-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-05** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24106800D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB403S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-13** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-27** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Committee substitute printed 24107813D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB403H1)
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- **2024-02-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-01** Committee substitute agreed to 24107813D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB403H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-01** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-03-05** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-05** Title replaced 24107813D-H1
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- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB403ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB403ER)
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 595 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595)
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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/bec81c12-fb7d-4963-a617-624d19d98a46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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