Virginia · Senate Bill 404 · 2025 Regular Session

Certificate of public need; hospitals licensed by DBHDS psychiatric beds.

SB 404 Sponsored by Tara A. Durant Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 9, 2024
  2. In committee Jan 9, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House of Delegates  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Certificate of public need; hospitals licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; psychiatric beds. Excludes from the list of medical care facilities for which a certificate of public need is required hospitals licensed as a provider by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill excludes the following from the list of projects for which a certificate of…

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Certificate of public need; hospitals licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; psychiatric beds. Excludes from the list of medical care facilities for which a certificate of public need is required hospitals licensed as a provider by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill excludes the following from the list of projects for which a certificate of public need is required for certain medical care facilities: (i) an increase or relocation of psychiatric beds licensed by the Department, (ii) the introduction of any psychiatric service when such medical care facility has not provided such service in the previous 12 months, and (iii) the conversion of beds to psychiatric beds. The bill also modifies the list of projects for which a certificate of public need is required for certain medical care facilities by requiring a certificate for the conversion of any psychiatric inpatient beds to nonpsychiatric inpatient beds. Under current law, a certificate is required for the conversion of a psychiatric bed to a nonpsychiatric bed only when the psychiatric bed was approved pursuant to a Request for Applications (RFA).

Every action

6 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104611D
  2. CommitteeReferred to Committee on Education and Health · Senate Education and Health
  3. CommitteeAssigned Education and Health Sub: Health · Senate Education and Health: Subcommittee 2
  4. SenateImpact statement from DPB (SB404)
  5. CommitteeContinued to 2025 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) · Senate Education and Health
  6. CommitteeLeft in Education and Health · Senate Education and Health

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Virginia's official records (lis.blob.core.windows.net), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.