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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Certificate of public need; process for review & approval of psychiatric & substance abuse services. [HB-269]
Certificate of public need; process for review and approval of psychiatric and substance abuse services. Eliminates the requirement that a Request for Applications be issued before the Commissioner of Health may accept and consider applications for a certificate of public need for establishment of psychiatric or substance abuse treatment beds or services. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0492) on 04/04/2012
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State facilities; reporting requirements of critical incidents involving consumers. [HB-192]
State facilities; reporting of critical incidents involving consumers. Requires the director of each state hospital and training center to notify the authorized representative of a consumer, or other person identified by the consumer, when the consumer is involved in a critical incident, which is defined as serious bodily injury or loss of consciousness requiring medical treatment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0138) on 03/07/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Psychiatric hospital admissions; local inmates. [HB-1280]
Psychiatric hospital admissions; local inmates. Amends the criteria for psychiatric inpatient admission for inmates at local correctional facilities to add mentally ill inmates for whom there exists a substantial likelihood that they will suffer serious harm due to their lack of capacity to protect themselves from harm. Under current law the standard is that the mentally ill inmate will cause serious physical harm to himself or others as evidenced by recent behavior causing, attempting, or threatening harm.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Stolle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0801) on 04/18/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Sexually violent predators; Director of DOC shall develop protocol for assessing prisoner, etc. [HB-1271]
Sexually violent predators; civil commitment. Provides for determination by the Director of the Department of Corrections for referral of certain prisoners for assessment as sexually violent predators if they appear to meet the definition of sexually violent predators and to exclude from referral those who are incapacitated by debilitating illness. The bill also provides that the Director of the Department of Corrections, in coordination with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, shall develop assessment protocols to determine
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Sponsored by: Rep. S. Chris Jones
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0800) on 04/18/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Training center; a consumer shall only be discharged upon consent of consumer or representative. [HB-1221]
Discharge from a training center; consent of parent, guardian, or responsible person required. Provides that a consumer in a training center shall only be discharged upon consent of the consumer or, if the consumer lacks capacity to consent, upon the consent of his legally authorized representative and following disclosure of information regarding the actual availability and accessibility of services sufficient to meet the needs of the consumer in the community.
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline
House: Stricken From Docket By Health, Welfare And Institutions By Voice Vote on 01/31/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Problem Gambling Treatment Fund; established. [HB-1109]
Problem Gambling Treatment Fund established. Establishes the Problem Gambling Treatment Fund for the prevention and treatment of gambling addiction and other problems related to gambling, and for the administration of such programs. The Fund shall receive four-tenths of one percent (0.4%) from the State Lottery Fund, the State Racing Operations Fund (horse racing), and the revenue received by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from charitable gaming permit and registration application fees. The bill also allows advertising
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
House: Left In General Laws on 02/14/2012
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Behavior and assistant behavior analysts; licensure by Board of Medicine. [HB-1106]
Behavior analysts; licensure by Board of Medicine. Gives the Board of Medicine authority to license behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts. The bill also requires the Board to promulgate emergency regulations within 280 days of enactment and contains an emergency clause.
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0003) on 02/07/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Hospital discharge procedures; community services boards to provide information on certain services. [HB-1075]
Hospital discharge; follow-up care. Requires hospitals to educate patients, and in certain circumstances their families, about follow-up care, treatment, and services upon discharge. The bill also requires community services boards to provide information to hospitals about alcohol and substance abuse services available to minors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Hugo
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0180) on 03/08/2012
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Guardian appointment; concurrent commitment hearing. [HB-1010]
Appointment of guardian; concurrent commitment hearing. Provides that, upon the request of a person who petitions for the appointment of a guardian for an incapacitated adult, the court may hold a hearing for the involuntary commitment of such adult at the same time as the hearing on the guardianship petition. The bill also increases from 10 days to 30 days the length of time a guardian can voluntarily admit the incapacitated person to a facility if authorized to do so in the guardianship order.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Albo
House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/14/2012
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Sheriffs & jail superintendents; written reports also to be received by local community boards, etc. [SB-989]
Reports made by sheriffs and jail superintendents. Adds local community services boards and behavioral health authorities to the list of persons and entities that receive written reports made by jail superintendents and sheriffs of local jails showing the number and identity of, and other information about, jailed prisoners and juveniles.
Sponsored by: Sen. Linda Puller
Senate: Stricken At Request Of Patron In Rehabilitation And Social Services (14-y 0-n) on 01/21/2011
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Voluntary admission; person admitted to facility for mental health treatment after detention order. [SB-86]
Voluntary admission for mental health treatment prior to involuntary commitment hearing. Provides that a person may be voluntarily admitted to a facility for mental health treatment after issuance of a temporary detention order but before a hearing for involuntary commitment by the person's attending or consulting physician where the physician finds that the person is will and able to volunteer for treatment and after the person is informed that they will be required to provide 48 hours notice prior to leaving the facility to which they are voluntarily
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Sponsored by: Sen. Janet Howell
Senate: Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/02/2010
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Involuntary temporary detention order; hearing after execution. [SB-85]
Involuntary temporary detention order; hearing to be held no less than 24 and no more than 72 hours after execution. Provides that a hearing for involuntary commitment shall be held no less than 24 hours but no more than 72 hours after execution of a temporary detention order.
Sponsored by: Sen. Janet Howell
Senate: Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/02/2010
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Voluntary admission; person admitted to facility for mental health treatment after detention order. [SB-84]
Voluntary admission for mental health treatment. Provides that a person may be voluntarily admitted to a facility for mental health treatment after issuance of a temporary detention order but before a hearing for involuntary commitment by the person's attending or consulting physician where the physician finds that the person is willing and able to volunteer for treatment and after the person is informed that they will be required to provide 48 hours notice prior to leaving the facility to which they are voluntarily admitted and will be prohibited
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Sponsored by: Sen. Janet Howell
Senate: Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/02/2010
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Mental health courts; any district court or circuit court may establish. [SB-820]
Mental health courts. Provides that any district court or circuit court may establish a mental health court, which is a separate court docket within the existing calendar of a district or circuit court offering judicial monitoring of the treatment and supervision of certain individuals with mental illness who are under the jurisdiction of the criminal court. The court is required to (i) identify eligible individuals; (ii) obtain services from a willing local community services board or behavioral health authority serving the territorial jurisdiction
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/22/2011
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Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; established. [SB-80]
Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. Establishes a mechanism for resolving multistate jurisdictional disputes regarding adult guardianships and conservatorships. Procedures are provided for determining which jurisdiction is the "home state" having primary jurisdiction, transferring a guardianship or conservatorship to another state, registering orders, and addressing emergency situations. The Act has been adopted in 12 states and the District of Columbia.
Sponsored by: Sen. Janet Howell
Senate: Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/02/2010
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Concealed handgun permits; disqualification for residential mental health or subst. abuse treatment. [SB-755]
Concealed handgun permits; disqualification for residential mental health or substance abuse treatment. Allows a person who has received mental health treatment or substance abuse treatment in a residential setting within five years from the application to petition the court for a permit to carry a concealed handgun. Currently, such persons are disqualified from obtaining a permit within five years of receiving residential treatment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roscoe Reynolds
Senate: Stricken At The Request Of Patron In Courts Of Justice (11-y 0-n) on 01/17/2011
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Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; established. [SB-750]
Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. Establishes a mechanism for resolving multistate jurisdictional disputes regarding adult guardianships and conservatorships. Procedures are provided for determining which jurisdiction is the "home state" having primary jurisdiction, transferring a guardianship or conservatorship to another state, registering orders, and addressing emergency situations. The Act has been adopted in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
Sponsored by: Sen. Janet Howell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0518) on 03/25/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Crimes against incapacitated or elder adults; penalty. [SB-556]
Crimes against incapacitated or elder adults; penalty. Provides that any person who commits an offense set forth in Chapter 4 (crimes against the person), Chapter 5 (crimes against property), or Chapter 6 (crimes involving fraud) of Title 18.2, knowing or having reason to know that the victim of the offense is an incapacitated or elder adult is guilty of a separate and distinct Class 1 misdemeanor if the underlying offense is a misdemeanor and a separate and distinct Class 6 felony if the underlying offense is a felony. The bill adds that if the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Herring
Senate: Left In Finance on 12/02/2010
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Community services boards; providing information about substance abuse services. [SB-337]
Community services boards; providing information about substance abuse services. Requires all community services boards to provide information about the full range of substance abuse treatment services, including medication assisted treatment, that are available through the community services board or other service providers in the community, and that are appropriate for the person seeking substance abuse treatment services, to such person.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Senate: Left In Education And Health on 12/02/2010
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Community services boards; access to medication assisted treatment. [SB-336]
Community services boards; access to medication assisted treatment. Requires every community services board to provide access to medication assisted treatment for substance abuse to all persons for whom such treatment is appropriate by (i) employing a person authorized to provide medication assisted treatment, or (ii) entering into a written agreement for the provision of medication assisted treatment for clients of the community service board with a health care practitioner authorized to provide medication assisted treatment. This bill provides
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Senate: Left In Education And Health on 12/02/2010