VirginiaSchool boards; school-based telehealth and mental health teletherapy services, accessibility.
What it does
School boards; student access to telehealth services; policies. Directs each school board to consider, for the purpose of increasing access to health care services for students, developing and implementing policies for permitting any public school student in the school division to schedule and participate in telehealth services, including mental health teletherapy services pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with a nationally recognized school-based telehealth provider developed in accordance with applicable law, on school property during regular school hours with parental consent. The bill requires any such policies developed and implemented by a school board to (i) require each public elementary and secondary school to designate a location in the school for student use for such telehealth appointments and implement measures to ensure the safety and privacy of any student participating in a telehealth appointment, (ii) prohibit any student from being subject to any disciplinary measure or consequence for participating in a telehealth appointment during regular school hours if such student would not be subject to any disciplinary measure or consequence for an absence for the purpose of receiving any health care services in person during regular school hours, and (iii) include such other requirements as the school board deems necessary and appropriate.
More detail
Finally, the bill requires any school board that develops and implements any policies for permitting students to schedule and participate in telehealth services pursuant to the bill to provide and post in a publicly accessible location on its website at the beginning of each school year guidance relating to the implementation of such policies for administrative and instructional personnel. This bill is identical to SB 1037.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 24Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)Latest
- Mar 24Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 555 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1945)
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1945ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 19Senate substitute agreed to by House (52-Y 43-N)Major
- Vote recorded Senate substitute agreed to by House (52-Y 43-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 18Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- Feb 18Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 18Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1945)
- Feb 18Read third timeMinor
- Feb 17Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 17Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- Feb 17Rules suspended
- Feb 13Committee substitute printed 25107246D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 6Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 3Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 3Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 3Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1945)
- Jan 31Read third time and passed House (52-Y 44-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (52-Y 44-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Printed as engrossed 25104348D-E
- Jan 30Engrossed by House as amended
- Jan 30Education Amendment agreed toMajor
- Jan 30Read second timeMinor
- Jan 29Read first timeMinor
- Jan 27Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 24Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 15Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary EducationMinor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (13-Y 8-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 15Reported from Education with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (13-Y 8-N)Minor
- Jan 14Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 13Assigned Educ sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 6Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 6Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104348DIntroduced