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
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
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $0 $37,849,871 $37,849,871
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $0 $38,218,945 $38,218,945
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly $0 $49,966,385 $49,966,385
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly $0 $51,141,385 $51,141,385
2026-2028 2027 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $0 $53,176,601 $53,176,601
2026-2028 2027 Base Budget $0 $51,141,385 $51,141,385
2026-2028 2027 Governor's Amendments $0 $1,934,166 $1,934,166
2026-2028 2027 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $101,050 $101,050
2026-2028 2028 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $0 $53,176,601 $53,176,601
2026-2028 2028 Base Budget $0 $51,141,385 $51,141,385
2026-2028 2028 Governor's Amendments $0 $1,956,936 $1,956,936
2026-2028 2028 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $78,280 $78,280
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
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
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 0.00 288.00 288.00
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 0.00 294.00 294.00
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly 0.00 306.00 306.00
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly 0.00 306.00 306.00
2026-2028 2027 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 0.00 308.00 308.00
2026-2028 2027 Base Budget 0.00 306.00 306.00
2026-2028 2027 Governor's Amendments 0.00 1.00 1.00
2026-2028 2027 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 1.00 1.00
2026-2028 2028 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 0.00 308.00 308.00
2026-2028 2028 Base Budget 0.00 306.00 306.00
2026-2028 2028 Governor's Amendments 0.00 1.00 1.00
2026-2028 2028 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 1.00 1.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded salary increases for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the salary increases for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 R. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $1,638,264 $1,638,264
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Remove one-time COAR funding for PMP system changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Removes one-time Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation (COAR) funding for Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) system changes originally provided by the General Assembly via HB1902.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($600,000) ($600,000)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to state health insurance premiums Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 G. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $489,600 $489,600
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded retirement rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to contribution rates for state employee retirement plans budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 H. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($113,532) ($113,532)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency information technology costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to information technology and telecommunications usage budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 C. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $66,454 $66,454
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded other post-employment benefit rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to state employee other post-employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 J. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($56,256) ($56,256)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded workers’ compensation premium changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for workers’ compensation premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 O. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($33,464) ($33,464)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency leased space costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for reduced charges to customer agencies for the Department of General Services to perform lease administration services budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 I. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($16,571) ($16,571)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 F. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $11,244 $11,244
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Financials System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Financials System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 E. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($6,983) ($6,983)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded liability insurance premium charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for liability insurance premiums billed by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 J. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $3,084 $3,084
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency vehicle fleet charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for reduced fleet vehicle operational rate charges billed by the Department of General Services budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 H. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($2,487) ($2,487)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded property insurance premium charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for property insurance premiums billed by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 M. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $912 $912
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Performance Budgeting system charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Performance Budgeting system internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 G. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $51 $51
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Provide nongeneral funds for prescription monitoring program system changes Decision Package
  Provides Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation funds for ongoing support and maintenance costs for system changes to the Prescription Monitoring Program. System changes are pursuant to House Bill 1902 passed by the 2025 General Assembly for enhanced data sharing.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $400,000 $400,000
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Establish Virginia Center for the Nursing Workforce Decision Package
  Provides nongeneral funds to establish the Virginia Center for the Nursing Workforce to address nursing shortages.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $153,850 $176,620
Positions 1.00 1.00
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Fund Impact of Legislation on the Dept. of Health Professions (288 #2c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $254,900 in fiscal year 2027 and $254,900 in fiscal year 2028 from nongeneral funds (NGF) and two positions to fund the fiscal impact of legislation passed during the 2026 Session of the General Assembly. Funding of $100,000 NGF annually and one position is provided to implement the provisions of Chapters 439 and 440 (House Bill 970/Senate Bill 178), which provide that any dental assistant or dental assistant II with a minimum amount of clinical experience may obtain certification to provide additional treatment provided they meet certain educational and certification requirements. Funding of $154,900 NGF annually and one position is provided to implement the provisions of Chapters 450 and 451 (House Bill 1147/Senate Bill 22), which direct the Boards of Medicine and Nursing to require all practitioners licensed by the Boards to complete continuing education related to bias reduction in health care as a condition for license renewal.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $254,900 $254,900
Positions 2.00 2.00
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Remove DHP Nursing Center (288 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes $153,850 from nongeneral funds the first year and $176,620 from nongeneral funds the second year and one position, including language establishing the 'Virginia Center for the Nursing Workforce' within the Department of Health Professions. The Virginia Nursing Workforce Center was created by the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority in 2025 and serves this purpose.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($153,850) ($176,620)
Positions (1.00) (1.00)
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Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine (288 #3c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment is a language only amendment directing the Department of Health Professions to convene a stakeholder workgroup to review the structure and purpose of the Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine. The workgroup will report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1, 2026.
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Prescriptive Authority of Clinical Psychologists Workgroup (288 #4c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adds language continuing the workgroup established in Chapter 590 of the 2025 Acts of Assembly and extends the reporting requirement to November 1, 2026. The workgroup requires the Boards of Psychology and Medicine to jointly convene a workgroup to include two representatives of the Board of Psychology who are licensed clinical psychologists, two representatives of the Board of Medicine who are physicians, one representative of the Board of Pharmacy, two licensed clinical psychologists who are faculty at accredited institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, two representatives from departments of psychiatry at schools of medicine located in the Commonwealth, a representative of the Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists, a representative of the Psychiatric Society of Virginia, and other stakeholders as deemed necessary to study the education, training, and qualifications of clinical psychologists licensed in the Commonwealth, including the level of education and training clinical psychologists receive in the area of pharmacology, and assess under what conditions it may be appropriate for clinical psychologists to be granted prescriptive authority. The workgroup will 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.
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Treasury Loan to Minimize Fee Increases (288 #5c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides authority for a Treasury Loan to the Department of Health Professions to cover the increased costs of operating health regulatory boards and minimize the impact of fee increases until a plan to adjust the fee structure of health regulatory boards can be implemented.


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