The companion bills for recovery housing oversight have passed unanimously in both the House and Senate and crossed over for consideration on the other sides. Senate Bill 270 (sponsored by Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg, D-Henrico) and House Bill 931 (sponsored by Delegate Marcus Simon, D-Fairfax County) followed similar amendment paths and emerged from their respective chambers […]
House Bill 931, introduced by Del. Marcus Simon (D-Fairfax County) as the House companion to Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg’s SB 270, will be heard before the House Health and Human Services Subcommittee on Behavioral Health on Thursday, February 12 at 7:30 a.m. in House Committee Room C-206 of the General Assembly Building. As introduced, the bill […]
Language intended to protect patient choice was significantly altered before Senate Bill 270 was heard Friday in committee. As introduced, the bill explicitly prohibited recovery residences from mandating clinical services as a condition of housing: [State regulations] shall require that no recovery residence, or operator, employee, or agent of a recovery residence, require a resident […]
Senate Bill 270, Virginia’s recovery housing bill, is scheduled to be heard in committee this Friday, Feb. 6. Members of the public are able to weigh in, but productive participation might be complicated by a lack of transparency around last-minute changes. Sponsored by Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico), the bill addresses oversight and resident rights in […]
Where the recovery housing workgroup’s final recommendations stopped short of protecting patient choice, a new bill seeks to make residents’ rights unmistakably clear. Continuing to lead efforts on Virginia sober home reform, Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico) has introduced Senate Bill 270, which would require state regulations to prohibit recovery residences from mandating clinical care as […]