Department of Health Professions [223]
Secretarial Area: Health and Human Resources
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $0 $33,773,207 $33,773,207
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $0 $34,448,922 $34,448,922
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $0 $35,314,989 $35,314,989
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $0 $36,158,084 $36,158,084
2021-2024 2022 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $0 $37,849,871 $37,849,871
2021-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $0 $38,218,945 $38,218,945
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly $0 $49,966,385 $49,966,385
2024-2026 2025 Previous Legislative Appropriation $0 $49,966,385 $49,966,385
2024-2026 2025 Governor's Amendments $0 $0 $0
2024-2026 2025 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly $0 $51,141,385 $51,141,385
2024-2026 2026 Previous Legislative Appropriation $0 $49,966,385 $49,966,385
2024-2026 2026 Governor's Amendments $0 $575,000 $575,000
2024-2026 2026 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $600,000 $600,000
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 0.00 246.00 246.00
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 0.00 246.00 246.00
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 0.00 259.00 259.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 0.00 276.00 276.00
2021-2024 2022 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 0.00 288.00 288.00
2021-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 0.00 294.00 294.00
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly 0.00 306.00 306.00
2024-2026 2025 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 306.00 306.00
2024-2026 2025 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2025 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly 0.00 306.00 306.00
2024-2026 2026 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 306.00 306.00
2024-2026 2026 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2026 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Provide base appropriation for legal proceeds Decision Package
  Provides base appropriation to reflect legal proceeds and to reduce mid-year administrative transactions.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $575,000
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Add emergency regulatory language for peer recovery specialist-trainees Decision Package
  Adds emergency regulatory language for the Board of Counseling to regulate peer recovery specialist-trainees. This language also allows the Department of Medical Assistance Services to reimburse individuals who are not yet certified but are completing their required supervision in order to become certified as a peer recovery specialist.
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HB 1902: Prescription Monitoring Program Systems Changes (285 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides one-time funding of $600,000 the second year from the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation (COAR) opioid settlement funds to support the cost of systems changes to the Prescription Monitoring Program pursuant to the passage of House Bill 1902 by the 2025 General Assembly, which requires data sharing from the Emergency Department Smartchart with the Prescription Monitoring Program to allow for the display of patient non-fatal overdose information in near real time at the point of prescribing. Language requires the Department of Health Professions to include in its budget submission for the 2026-28 budget any necessary general fund amounts needed to continue the data sharing agreement.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $600,000
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Workforce Data Sharing (285 #3c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment sets out a process for data sharing of workforce information at the Department of Health Professions to the Virginia Health Care Foundation.
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Workgroup on Behavioral Health Medication Management (285 #2c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment strikes language contained in Chapter 2, 2024 Special Session I, which required as a condition of licensure, all practitioners with authority to prescribe behavioral health medications to children and adolescents to provide families with a plan for medication management and access after hours, on weekends, and holidays or in emergencies, a working means of contacting the prescriber either telephonically or electronically, and guidance documents on how to obtain help related to medication management prescription refills or medication overdose after hours. Concerns were raised about the ability of the agency to enforce the requirements of the language. The amendment establishes a workgroup to examine best practices for patient behavioral health medication management, provider availability, and provider-patient communication.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 06-20-2025 19:49:12