Health and Human Services - Health Professions Subcommittee Agenda
Chair: Price, Marcia S.
Meeting Date & Time: 01/29/2026 Immediately upon adjournment of full committee Add to Calendar
Location: House Committee Room C - 206
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| Bill(s) | Patron | Title |
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| HB156 | Krizek | Electronic death reg. system; requiring certain applicants for licensure to complete training. |
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Summary: An Act to direct the Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing to require certain applicants for licensure and licensure renewal to indicate whether training has been completed on the Electronic Death Registration System. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)Yeas (9): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry Nays (1): Griffin Last actions:
Senate Committee Actions: • 2/20/2026 - Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) • 2/20/2026 - Passed by for the day • 2/23/2026 - Read third time • 2/23/2026 - Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) • 2/25/2026 - Signed by President Related Bills: SB194 (Williams Graves) Health Professions Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N) |
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| HB452 | Willett | Practice of radiologic technology; licensure exceptions, sunset. |
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Summary: An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-2956.8:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to practice of radiologic technology; licensure exceptions. Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N 1-A)Yeas (9): Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry, Griffin Abstaining (1): Price Last actions:
Senate Committee Actions: • 2/27/2026 - Passed by for the day • 3/2/2026 - Read third time • 3/2/2026 - Read third time • 3/2/2026 - Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) • 3/5/2026 - Signed by President Health Professions Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N 1-A) |
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| HB465 | Cohen | Behavior Analysis, Advisory Board on; amends composition. |
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Summary: An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-2957.18 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis; composition. Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)Yeas (10): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry, Griffin Last actions:
Senate Committee Actions: • 2/27/2026 - Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) • 2/27/2026 - Passed by for the day • 3/2/2026 - Read third time • 3/2/2026 - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) • 3/5/2026 - Signed by President Health Professions Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) |
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| HB782 | Hayes | Health care providers; caller identification information, civil penalty. |
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Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-2404.3, relating to health care providers; caller identification information; civil penalty. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 0-N 1-A)Yeas (9): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, Hodges, Cherry, Griffin Abstaining (1): McGuire Last actions:
Health Professions Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 0-N 1-A) |
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| HB815 | Downey | Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; administration of nursing scholarships. |
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Summary: An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-4002, 23.1-614, 32.1-122.6:01, 32.1-122.6:02, 32.1-122.7, 32.1-122.7:2, 32.1-122.20, and 54.1-3011.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; administration of nursing scholarships. Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)Yeas (9): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry Nays (1): Griffin Last actions:
Senate Committee Actions: • 2/19/2026 - Removed from Education and HealthPublic Education docket for Feb 19, 2026 • 2/19/2026 - Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) • 2/19/2026 - Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations • 3/6/2026 - Placed on Finance and Appropriations docket for Mar 06, 2026 • 3/6/2026 - Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) Related Bills: SB405 (Lucas) Health Professions Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) |
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| HB841 | Downey | Practice of athletic training; adds dry needling to definition. |
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Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2900 of the Code of Virginia, relating to professions and occupations; definition of "practice of athletic training"; dry needling. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)Yeas (9): Price, Hayes, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry, Griffin Nays (1): Tran Last actions:
Senate Committee Actions: • 2/19/2026 - Removed from Education and Health docket for Feb 19, 2026 • 2/26/2026 - Removed from Education and HealthPublic Education docket for Feb 26, 2026 • 2/26/2026 - Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) • 3/5/2026 - Placed on Education and Health docket for Mar 05, 2026 • 3/5/2026 - Continued to next session in Education and Health (11-Y 0-N) Related Bills: SB728 (Jones) Health Professions Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N) |
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| HB1116 | Nivar | Publicly accessible nursing home info. portal; reporting of incident involving emerg. med. services. |
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Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 32.1-127.4 and 63.2-1801.1, relating to Department of Health; Department of Social Services; publicly accessible nursing home information portal; publicly accessible assisted living facility information portal; reporting of incidents involving emergency medical services. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)Yeas (9): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry Nays (1): Griffin Last actions:
Health and Human Resources Subcommittee Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N) |
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| HB1139 | Downey | Medicine, Board of; membership, removal of residence requirements. |
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Summary: An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-2911 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Medicine; membership; removal of residence requirements. Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)Yeas (9): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry Nays (1): Griffin Last actions:
Senate Committee Actions: • 2/27/2026 - Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) • 2/27/2026 - Passed by for the day • 3/2/2026 - Read third time • 3/2/2026 - Read third time • 3/2/2026 - Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A) Health Professions Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) |
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| HB1147 | Hayes | Medicine and Nursing, Boards of; continuing education, bias reduction training. |
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Summary: An Act to direct the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to require certain licensees to complete bias reduction training as part of their continuing education and continuing competency requirements for licensure and to amend and reenact § 54.1-3011 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Nursing continuing education requirements. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)Yeas (9): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry Nays (1): Griffin Last actions:
Senate Committee Actions: • 2/23/2026 - Education and Health Substitute agreed to • 2/23/2026 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute • 2/23/2026 - Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 9-N 0-A) • 2/23/2026 - Engrossed by Senate • 3/2/2026 - Signed by President Related Bills: SB22 (Locke) Health Professions Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) |
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| HB1287 | Cohen | Veterinarians; amending applications of licensure, etc. |
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Summary: An Act to direct the Board of Veterinary Medicine to amend its licensure application for veterinarians to include an option for veterinarians to indicate interest in serving as a veterinarian for animal shelters and to maintain a list of veterinarians who indicate such interest. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)Yeas (10): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry, Griffin Last actions:
Senate Committee Actions: • 3/5/2026 - Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) • 3/6/2026 - Rules suspended • 3/6/2026 - Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) • 3/6/2026 - Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) • 3/6/2026 - Passed by for the day Health Professions Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) |
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| HB1332 | Anthony | Regional Care Compacts Pilot Program; established, report. |
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Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 4 of Title 32.1 an article numbered 6.01, consisting of sections numbered 32.1-122.10:0001 through 32.1-122.10:0005, relating to Regional Care Compacts Pilot Program established; workforce development; report. Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)Yeas (10): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry, Griffin Last actions:
Health and Human Resources Subcommittee Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote) |
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| HB1357 | McQuinn | Nursing facilities; comprehensive study of quality of care, etc., and operational practices. |
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Summary: An Act to direct the Joint Commission on Health Care to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the quality of care, resident safety, and operational practices of nursing facilities in the Commonwealth. Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)Yeas (10): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry, Griffin Last actions:
Senate Committee Actions: • 2/20/2026 - Removed from Rehabilitation and Social Services docket for Feb 20, 2026 • 2/20/2026 - Placed on Rehabilitation and Social Services docket for Feb 20, 2026 • 2/20/2026 - Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) • 2/20/2026 - Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations • 3/6/2026 - Placed on Finance and Appropriations docket for Mar 06, 2026 Health and Human Resources Subcommittee Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) |
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