VirginiaHealth professionals; mandatory suicide training required.
What it does
Health professionals; mandatory suicide training required. Requires health care professionals to complete training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management. The bill requires counselors, licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners, marriage and family therapists, behavioral health technicians, qualified mental health professionals, occupational therapists, psychologists, and social workers to complete such training at least once every six years and requires other health professionals to complete such training once.
More detail
The bill requires the Commissioner of Health and the Department of Health Professions to develop a model list of training programs in suicide assessment, treatment, and management and update such list at least once every two years.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Feb 12Continued to next session in Health and Human Services (Voice Vote)Latest
- Feb 12Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
- Feb 12House subcommittee offered
- Feb 9Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1223)
- Jan 23Assigned sub: Behavioral HealthMinor
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on Health and Human ServicesMinor
- Jan 14Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102013DIntroduced