SB270
Recovery residences; regulations.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Schuyler VanValkenburg (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Recovery residences; regulations.
Establishes certain requirements for recovery residences and directs the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Board) to promulgate regulations to establish minimum certification standards for recovery residences. The bill also requires that the regulations promulgated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) related ... (More) to the certification of recovery residences require that no recovery residence, or operator, employee, or agent of a recovery residence, require a resident to participate in medical or psychological services, including clinical substance use treatment, that such recovery residence receives financial benefit from, either directly or indirectly, as a condition of entering or continuing residence at such recovery residence. The bill requires the Department to monitor credentialing agencies providing credentials to recovery residences to ensure criteria related to certification complies with regulations and specifies that no such credentialing agency shall provide credentials to a recovery residence that is owned or operated by an individual who is employed by or in a position of authority at such credentialing agency, or an immediate family member of any such individual. The bill also requires that referrals to recovery residences made by the Department, any agency of the Commonwealth, or by a court may only be made to recovery residences that are certified. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/12/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104739D
- 01/12/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107432D-S1
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107884D-S2
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute rejected
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270)
- 02/19/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/19/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 02/23/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/24/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/24/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108534D-H1
- 02/26/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270)
- 02/27/2026 - House: Read third time
- 02/27/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/27/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/27/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- 03/04/2026 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/04/2026 - House: House requested conference committee
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Senate Conferees: VanValkenburg, Favola, Reeves
- 03/11/2026 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/11/2026 - House: House Conferees:Simon, Willett, Scott, P.A.
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 26109767D-S3
- 03/12/2026 - Conference Report released
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/13/2026 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/16/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB270ER)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/31/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270)
- 03/31/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/31/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
- 03/31/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
