CHAPTER 510
An Act to direct the Department of Health to evaluate the status of certified community health workers in the Commonwealth.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. The Department of Health (the Department) shall evaluate the status of certified community health workers in the Commonwealth and submit a report on its findings to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations and the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget. Such report shall include information on the number of certified community health workers employed by the Department and local health departments; the types of services provided by certified community health workers as well as performance and outcome measures for such services; the need for additional certified community health workers to meet demands for services provided by the Department and local health departments; any nonstate resources used to fund certified community health workers; and descriptions of contracts entered into by localities to provide community health services. Such report shall be submitted by November 1, 2025.