Health and Human Services - Health Professions Subcommittee Agenda

Chair: Price, Marcia S.

Meeting Date & Time: 02/05/2026 Immediately upon adjournment of full committee Add to Calendar

Location: House Committee Room C - 206

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Active item: Meeting Adjourned

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DLS Contact: 804-698-1843 (Brooks)

Health Professions Bills - Chair Price

HB1416 to be stricken from docket at request of Patron

Bill(s) Patron Title
HB1416 Hodges Influenza prophylaxis; pharmacists initiation of treatment.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3303.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to pharmacists; initiation of treatment; influenza prophylaxis.

Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (9-Y 0-N)

Yeas (9): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Griffin

Not Voting (1): Cherry

Last actions:

  • 1/22/2026 - Committee Referral Pending
  • 1/22/2026 - Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
  • 1/27/2026 - Assigned sub: Health Professions
  • 2/4/2026 - Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
  • 2/5/2026 - Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (9-Y 0-N)

Health Professions

Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (9-Y 0-N)

HB413 Guzman High School Certified Nurse Aide Training/Certification Program; established, requirements, report.

Summary: An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-204.4, relating to Board of Education; Board of Nursing; High School Certified Nurse Aide Training and Certification Program established; requirements; report.

Fiscal Impact

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:

  • 1/12/2026 - Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
  • 1/16/2026 - Assigned sub: Health Professions
  • 1/16/2026 - Assigned sub: Health Professions
  • 1/30/2026 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB413)
  • 2/4/2026 - Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda

Health Professions

Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)

HB573 Glass Breast implants; Board of Medicine, et al., to create educational materials for patients.

Summary: An Act to direct the Board of Medicine to convene a work group to create educational materials for patients considering breast implants.

Fiscal Impact

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:

  • 2/17/2026 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB573)
  • 3/6/2026 - Enrolled
  • 3/6/2026 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB573ER)
  • 3/6/2026 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB573)
  • 3/6/2026 - Signed by Speaker

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)

• 3/6/2026 - Signed by President

Health Professions

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)

HB576 Glass Dietitian Licensure Compact; authorizes Virginia to be a signatory to Compact.

Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 27.1 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 2, consisting of sections numbered 54.1-2732 through 54.1-2745, relating to Dietitian Licensure Compact.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (10-Y 0-N)

Yeas (10): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry, Griffin

Last actions:

  • 1/13/2026 - Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
  • 1/21/2026 - Assigned sub: Health Professions
  • 2/4/2026 - Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
  • 2/4/2026 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB576)
  • 2/5/2026 - Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (10-Y 0-N)

Health Professions

Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (10-Y 0-N)

HB577 Glass Social work; applicants for licensure, criminal background check, report.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact § 19.2-389, as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3707.2, relating to social work; licensure; criminal background check.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute 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:

  • 2/13/2026 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  • 2/16/2026 - Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2/16/2026 - Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2/16/2026 - Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2/20/2026 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB577)

Senate Committee Actions:

• 2/17/2026 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

• 3/2/2026 - Placed on Courts of Justice docket for Mar 02, 2026

• 3/2/2026 - Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

• 3/2/2026 - Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

• 3/3/2026 - Committee substitute printed 26108952D-S1

Health Professions

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)

HB970 Price Dental assistants; supragingival scaling and coronal polishing, certification.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-2729.01 of the Code of Virginia, relating to dental assistants; supragingival scaling and coronal polishing; certification.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)

Yeas (9): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Griffin

Not Voting (1): Cherry

Last actions:

  • 2/10/2026 - Committee substitute printed 26107302D-H1
  • 2/12/2026 - Read first time
  • 2/13/2026 - Read second time
  • 2/13/2026 - committee substitute agreed to
  • 2/13/2026 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute

Related Bills:

SB178 (Locke)

Health Professions

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)

HB1026 Walker Foreign-trained chiropractors; licensure by endorsement.

Summary: An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-2936.1, relating to foreign-trained chiropractors; licensure by endorsement.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N)

Yeas (8): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges

Nays (1): Griffin

Not Voting (1): Cherry

Last actions:

  • 2/13/2026 - committee substitute agreed to
  • 2/13/2026 - Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  • 2/16/2026 - Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2/16/2026 - Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2/16/2026 - Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)

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 (8-Y 1-N)

HB1036 Tran Dental hygienist licensure; dentists eligible to practice in a foreign country or jurisdiction.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2722 and 54.1-3408 of the Code of Virginia, relating to dental hygienist licensure; dentists eligible to practice in a foreign country or jurisdiction.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 1-N)

Yeas (8): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges

Nays (1): Griffin

Not Voting (1): Cherry

Last actions:

  • 2/17/2026 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1036)
  • 2/25/2026 - Enrolled
  • 2/25/2026 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1036ER)
  • 2/25/2026 - Signed by Speaker
  • 2/26/2026 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1036)

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:

SB282 (Aird)

Health Professions

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 1-N)

HB1489 Tran Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3705.5 and 32.1-127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers; expansion of reporting requirements.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)

Yeas (9): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Griffin

Not Voting (1): Cherry

Last actions:

  • 2/12/2026 - Read first time
  • 2/13/2026 - Read second time and engrossed
  • 2/16/2026 - Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2/16/2026 - Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2/16/2026 - Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)

Senate Committee Actions:

• 2/27/2026 - Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)

• 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)

Health Professions

Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)

HB1522 McGuire Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; licensure, automated external defibrillators.

Summary: An Act to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-127 and 63.2-1701 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nursing homes and assisted living facilities; licensure; automated external defibrillators.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)

Yeas (9): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire, Hodges, Cherry

Nays (1): Griffin

Last actions:

  • 2/13/2026 - Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2/13/2026 - Printed as engrossed 26105988D-E
  • 2/16/2026 - Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N 0-A)
  • 2/17/2026 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1522)
  • 3/4/2026 - Senate amendment agreed to by House (89-Y 5-N 0-A)

Senate Committee Actions:

• 2/27/2026 - Passed by for the day

• 3/2/2026 - Read third time

• 3/2/2026 - Education and Health Amendment agreed to

• 3/2/2026 - Engrossed by Senate as amended

• 3/2/2026 - Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

Health Professions

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)

HB1523 McGuire Certified violence prevention professional; clarifies definition, requirements for certification.

Summary: An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-15.2, relating to certified violence prevention professionals; certification.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 2-N)

Yeas (7): Price, Hayes, Tran, Cole, J.G., Cole, N.T., Downey, McGuire

Nays (2): Hodges, Griffin

Not Voting (1): Cherry

Last actions:

  • 2/13/2026 - Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2/13/2026 - Printed as engrossed 26103310D-E
  • 2/13/2026 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1523)
  • 2/16/2026 - Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
  • 3/6/2026 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1523)

Senate Committee Actions:

• 3/5/2026 - Committee substitute printed 26109109D-S1

• 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 (7-Y 2-N)