Peer recovery specialists; VDH & DOC to develop guidelines for hiring.

Removed draft metadata including the 'Engrossed' title, bill number, committee referral notes, and placeholder text used during the legislative process.

Corrected a bracketed placeholder in the text '[ consistent with no more restrictive than ]' to the final decision 'no more restrictive than', clarifying that the new guidelines must be at least as lenient as existing state laws regarding barrier crimes.

Added final enrolled headers, including the official 'Virginia Acts of Assembly' title page and the final bill identifier 'SB608ER'.

The requirement for hiring peer recovery specialists was changed from 'consistent with' the existing barrier crime exceptions to 'no more restrictive than' those exceptions, which could allow for broader hiring eligibility.

The document header was updated from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' and the date was changed from January 14, 2026, to January 27, 2026, reflecting the legislative process timeline.

The patron list was updated to reflect that only Senators Pillion and Mulchi were patrons prior to the engrossment, removing a third patron mentioned in the original version.