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Senate panel advances bill requiring annual VDH report on community health workers

2128325 · January 17, 2025
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Summary

SB 981 would require the Virginia Department of Health to report annually on the number, services, funding and needs of community health workers employed by VDH and local health departments; the subcommittee recommended the bill to the full committee.

Senator Ghazala Hashmi presented SB 981, a bill implementing a Joint Commission on Health Care (JCHC) recommendation that the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) report annually on community health workers (CHWs) employed by VDH and local health departments.

Hashmi said VDH…

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