HB 523 VA

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Department of Veterans Services; Department of Health Professions; military medical personnel; program; work group; report. Expands the definition of "military medical personnel" for the purposes of the program established by the Department of Veterans Services (the Department), in collaboration with the Department of Health Professions, that allows such military medical personnel to practice and perform certain delegated acts that constitute the practice of medicine or nursing to include other enlisted service members who have successfully completed appropriate technical training and any required certifications and who were discharged or released from such service under conditions other than dishonorable. Under current law, "military medical personnel" means an individual who has recently served as a medic in the United States Army, medical technician in the United States Air Force, medical personnel in the United States Space Force, or corpsman in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard.The bill allows such military medical personnel participating in the program to be supervised by any licensed practitioner, as defined in the bill. Current law allows such personnel to be supervised by a physician or podiatrist. The bill directs the Department of Veterans Services to convene a work group to provide guidance on the implementation and further development of the Military Medics and Corpsmen program and to report its findings to the Chairs of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2026.

• Rodney T. Willett Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102656D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
3. Jan 21, 2026 Assigned sub: Health Professions · lower
4. Feb 10, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Feb 10, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107586D-H1 · lower
8. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
10. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
12. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
13. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
14. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
15. Feb 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB523) · lower
16. Feb 27, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions · upper
17. Mar 5, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) · upper
18. Mar 6, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Mar 6, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Mar 6, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Mar 9, 2026 Read third time · upper
22. Mar 9, 2026 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
23. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled · lower
24. Mar 14, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB523ER) · lower
25. Mar 14, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
26. Mar 14, 2026 Signed by President · upper
27. Mar 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB523) · lower
28. Mar 25, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 · lower
29. Mar 25, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
30. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 625 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
31. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Health and Human Services Substitute · PDF
• Health and Human Services Substitute · HTML
• Health and Human Services Substitute · PDF
• Health and Human Services Substitute · HTML
• Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML