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Department of Health; Department of Corrections; peer recovery specialists. Directs the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Department of Corrections to develop agency guidelines for hiring peer recovery specialists with previous criminal convictions for compensated employment. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to SB 608.
Introduced
Jan 7, 2026
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 2 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB209ER)
Enrolled
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
Signed by President
Read third time
Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House as amended
committee amendment agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
Assigned sub: Health Professions
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102528D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Marcia S. "Cia" Price