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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact §§ 37.2-203, 37.2-304, 54.1-2400.1, 54.1-2400.6, 54.1-3500, 54.1-3505, and 54.1-3506.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to registration of peer recovery specialists and qualified mental health professionals. [S 1020] Approved
1. That §§ 37.2-203, 37.2-304, 54.1-2400.1, 54.1-2400.6, 54.1-3500, 54.1-3505, and 54.1-3506.1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 37.2-203. Powers and duties of Board.
1. To develop and establish programmatic and fiscal policies governing the operation of state hospitals, training centers, community services boards, and behavioral health authorities;
2. To ensure the development of long-range programs and plans for mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services provided by the Department, community services boards, and behavioral health authorities;
3. To review and comment on all budgets and requests for appropriations for the Department prior to their submission to the Governor and on all applications for federal funds;
4. To monitor the activities of the Department and its effectiveness in implementing the policies of the Board;
5. To advise the Governor, Commissioner, and General Assembly on matters relating to mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services;
6. To adopt regulations that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and other laws of the Commonwealth administered by the Commissioner or the Department;
7. To ensure the development of programs to educate citizens about and elicit public support for the activities of the Department, community services boards, and behavioral health authorities;
8. To ensure that the Department assumes the responsibility for providing for education and training of school-age individuals receiving services in state facilities, pursuant to § 37.2-312; and
9. To change the names of state facilities; and
10. To adopt regulations that establish the qualifications, education, and experience for registration of peer recovery specialists by the Board of Counseling.
Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any regulation regarding substance abuse services, the Board shall, in addition to the procedures set forth in the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), present the proposed regulation to the Substance Abuse Services Council, established pursuant to § 2.2-2696, at least 30 days prior to the Board's action for the Council's review and comment.
7. To provide to the Director of the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system, established pursuant to § 51.5-39.13, a written report setting forth the known facts of critical incidents or deaths of individuals receiving services in facilities within 15 working days of the critical incident or death.
11. To certify individuals as peer providers in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board.
12. To establish and maintain the Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program pursuant to § 37.2-312.2.
13. 12. To submit a report for the preceding fiscal year by December 1 of each year to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finances Committees that provides information on the operation of Virginia's publicly funded behavioral health and developmental services system. The report shall include a brief narrative and data on the number of individuals receiving state facility services or community services board services, including purchased inpatient psychiatric services; the types and amounts of services received by these individuals; and state facility and community services board service capacities, staffing, revenues, and expenditures. The annual report shall describe major new initiatives implemented during the past year and shall provide information on the accomplishment of systemic outcome and performance measures during the year.
"Mental health service provider" or "provider" refers to any of the following: (i) a person who provides professional services as a certified substance abuse counselor, clinical psychologist, clinical social worker, licensed substance abuse treatment practitioner, licensed practical nurse, marriage and family therapist, mental health professional, physician, professional counselor, psychologist, qualified mental health professional, registered nurse, registered peer recovery specialist, school psychologist, or social worker; (ii) a professional corporation, all of whose shareholders or members are so licensed; or (iii) a partnership, all of whose partners are so licensed.
"Qualified mental health professional" means a person who by education and experience is professionally qualified and registered by the Board of Counseling to provide collaborative mental health services for adults or children. A qualified mental health professional shall provide such services as an employee or independent contractor of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services or a provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
A. The chief executive officer and the chief of staff of every hospital or other health care institution in the Commonwealth, the director of every licensed home health or hospice organization, the director of every accredited home health organization exempt from licensure, and the administrator of every licensed assisted living facility, and the administrator of every provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in the Commonwealth shall report within 30 days, except as provided in subsection B, to the Director of the Department of Health Professions, or in the case of a director of a home health or hospice organization, to the Office of Licensure and Certification at the Department of Health (the Office), the following information regarding any person (i) licensed, certified, or registered by a health regulatory board or (ii) holding a multistate licensure privilege to practice nursing or an applicant for licensure, certification or registration unless exempted under subsection E:
3. Any disciplinary proceeding begun by the institution, organization, or facility, or provider as a result of conduct involving (i) intentional or negligent conduct that causes or is likely to cause injury to a patient or patients, (ii) professional ethics, (iii) professional incompetence, (iv) moral turpitude, or (v) substance abuse. The report required under this subdivision shall be submitted within 30 days of the date of written communication to the health professional notifying him of the initiation of a disciplinary proceeding.
5. The voluntary resignation from the staff of the health care institution, home health or hospice organization, or assisted living facility, or provider, or voluntary restriction or expiration of privileges at the institution, organization, or facility, or provider, of any health professional while such health professional is under investigation or is the subject of disciplinary proceedings taken or begun by the institution, organization, or facility, or provider or a committee thereof for any reason related to possible intentional or negligent conduct that causes or is likely to cause injury to a patient or patients, medical incompetence, unprofessional conduct, moral turpitude, mental or physical impairment, or substance abuse.
Any report required by this section shall be in writing directed to the Director of the Department of Health Professions or to the Director of the Office of Licensure and Certification at the Department of Health, shall give the name and address of the person who is the subject of the report and shall fully describe the circumstances surrounding the facts required to be reported. The report shall include the names and contact information of individuals with knowledge about the facts required to be reported and the names and contact information of individuals from whom the hospital or health care institution, organization, or facility, or provider sought information to substantiate the facts required to be reported. All relevant medical records shall be attached to the report if patient care or the health professional's health status is at issue. The reporting hospital, health care institution, home health or hospice organization, or assisted living facility, or provider shall also provide notice to the Department or the Office that it has submitted a report to the National Practitioner Data Bank under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (42 U.S.C. § 11101 et seq.). The reporting hospital, health care institution, home health or hospice organization, or assisted living facility, or provider shall give the health professional who is the subject of the report an opportunity to review the report. The health professional may submit a separate report if he disagrees with the substance of the report.
This section shall not be construed to require the hospital, health care institution, home health or hospice organization, or assisted living facility, or provider to submit any proceedings, minutes, records, or reports that are privileged under § 8.01-581.17, except that the provisions of § 8.01-581.17 shall not bar (i) any report required by this section or (ii) any requested medical records that are necessary to investigate unprofessional conduct reported pursuant to this subtitle or unprofessional conduct that should have been reported pursuant to this subtitle. Under no circumstances shall compliance with this section be construed to waive or limit the privilege provided in § 8.01-581.17. No person or entity shall be obligated to report any matter to the Department or the Office if the person or entity has actual notice that the same matter has already been reported to the Department or the Office.
C. The State Health Commissioner or the, Commissioner of the Department of Social Services, and Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall report to the Department any information of which their agencies may become aware in the course of their duties that a health professional may be guilty of fraudulent, unethical, or unprofessional conduct as defined by the pertinent licensing statutes and regulations. However, the State Health Commissioner shall not be required to report information reported to the Director of the Office of Licensure and Certification pursuant to this section to the Department of Health Professions.
F. Any person who fails to make a report to the Department as required by this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 assessed by the Director. The Director shall report the assessment of such civil penalty to the Commissioner of Health or the, Commissioner of Social Services, or Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, as appropriate. Any person assessed a civil penalty pursuant to this section shall not receive a license or certification or renewal of such unless such penalty has been paid pursuant to § 32.1-125.01. The Medical College of Virginia Hospitals and the University of Virginia Hospitals shall not receive certification pursuant to § 32.1-137 or Article 1.1 (§ 32.1-102.1 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 32.1 unless such penalty has been paid.
§ 54.1-3500. Definitions.
"Certified substance abuse counseling assistant" means a person certified by the Board to practice in accordance with the provisions of § 54.1-3507.2.
"Qualified mental health professional" means a person who by education and experience is professionally qualified and registered by the Board to provide collaborative mental health services for adults or children. A qualified mental health professional shall provide such services as an employee or independent contractor of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services or a provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
§ 54.1-3506.1. Client notification.
Any person licensed, certified, or registered by the Board and operating in a nonhospital setting shall post a copy of his license, certification, or registration in a conspicuous place. The posting shall also provide clients with (i) the number of the toll-free complaint line at the Department of Health Professions, (ii) the website address of the Department for the purposes of accessing the licensee's, certificate holder's, or registrant's record, and (iii) notice of the client's right to report to the Department if he believes the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct. If the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant does not operate in a central location at which clients visit, he or his employer shall provide such information on a disclosure form signed by the client and maintained in the client's record.
2. That the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Board of Counseling shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment.
SENATE BILL NO. 1020 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health on January 26, 2017) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Barker) A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 37.2-203, 37.2-304, 54.1-2400.1, 54.1-2400.6, 54.1-3500, 54.1-3505, and 54.1-3506.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to registration of peer recovery specialists and qualified mental health professionals.
SENATE BILL NO. 1020 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled January 4, 2017 A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 37.2-203, 37.2-304, 54.1-2400.1, 54.1-2400.6, 54.1-3500, 54.1-3505, and 54.1-3506.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to registration of peer recovery specialists and qualified mental health professionals.
"Qualified mental health professional" means a person who by education and experience is professionally qualified and registered by the Board of Counseling to provide collaborative mental health services for adults or children. A qualified mental health professional shall provide such services as an employee or independent contractor of a mental health service provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
"Registered peer recovery specialist" means a person who by education and experience is professionally qualified and registered by the Board of Counseling to provide collaborative services to assist individuals in achieving sustained recovery from the effects of addiction or mental illness, or both. A registered peer recovery specialist shall provide such services as an employee or independent contractor of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, a mental health service provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, a practitioner licensed by or holding a permit issued from the Department of Health Professions, or a facility licensed by the Department of Health.
6. In the case of a registered peer recovery specialist, reports immediately to a licensed mental health service provider to take one or more of the actions set forth in this subsection.
"Qualified mental health professional" means a person who by education and experience is professionally qualified and registered by the Board to provide collaborative mental health services for adults or children. A qualified mental health professional shall provide such services as an employee or independent contractor of a mental health service provider, as defined in § 54.1-2400.1, licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
"Registered peer recovery specialist" means a person who by education and experience is professionally qualified and registered by the Board to provide collaborative services to assist individuals in achieving sustained recovery from the effects of addiction or mental illness, or both. A registered peer recovery specialist shall provide such services as an employee or independent contractor of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, a mental health service provider, as defined in § 54.1-2400.1, licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, a practitioner licensed by or holding a permit issued from the Department of Health Professions, or a facility licensed by the Department of Health.
Any person licensed, certified, or registered by the Board and operating in a nonhospital setting shall post a copy of his license, certification, or registration in a conspicuous place. The posting shall also provide clients with (i) the number of the toll-free complaint line at the Department of Health Professions, (ii) the website address of the Department for the purposes of accessing the licensee's, certificate holder's, or registrant's record, and (iii) notice of the client's right to report to the Department if he believes the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct. If the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant does not operate in a central location at which clients visit, he shall provide such information on a disclosure form signed by the client and maintained in the client's record.