HB 688 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Certified community health workers; establishes requirements for use of the title.

Summary
Community health workers; certification.Requires the Department of Health to approve one or more entitiesto certify community health workers in the Commonwealth and prohibitsa person from using or assuming the title of certified communityhealth worker unless he is certified by a credentialing entity approvedby the Department and submits an application to the Department withevidence of such certification. The bill defines the terms "certifiedcommunity health worker" and "community health worker."
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 6, 2020 Signed Mar 18, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
29
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Mar 18, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 363 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB688H1
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105689D-H1
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Health
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101287D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Lashrecse D. Aird
Lashrecse D. Aird
DDemocratic
VA
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