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2018 SESSION

18101554D
SENATE BILL NO. 762
Offered January 10, 2018
Prefiled January 10, 2018
A BILL to require the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend the definition of "licensed mental health professional."
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Patron-- Barker
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall amend regulations governing licensure of providers of behavioral health services to include (i) behavior analysts and (ii) assistant behavior analysts in the definition of "licensed mental health professional."

2. That the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment.