Virginia House Bill 608

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Temporary detention; certified evaluators; report. Authorizes hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department to employ certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioral health treatment. The bill defines psychiatric emergency department as an emergency department of a hospital licensed by the Department of Health that is physically attached to a hospital with adult and adolescent inpatient psychiatric beds and adult detoxification beds licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill requires participating hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments to annually report the number of temporary detention order evaluations completed, the number of temporary detention orders petitioned, the number of individuals evaluated for temporary detention who were determined to not meet the criteria for temporary detention, and the number of individuals under a temporary detention order admitted to a state facility to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, and the Behavioral Health Commission. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2026.

Temporary detention; certified evaluators, report.

Del. Marcia Price [D]

2024-02-09 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - House - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Appropriations
2024-02-09	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
2024-02-08	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2024-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2024-02-08	House	Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2024-02-08	House	Reconsidered by Health and Human Services
2024-02-06	House	Committee substitute printed 24106410D-H1
2024-02-06	House	Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2024-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Rules
2024-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2024-01-17	House	Assigned sub: Behavioral Health
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104584D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	2	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	1104	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	800	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	804.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	808	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	810	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	814	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	816	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	817	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB608
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB608+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB608H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106410D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/24106410D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB608F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB608FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H2403V0009+HB0608
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H24V0103+HB0608
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H24V0131+HB0608
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0205V0036+HB0608