Virginia House Bill 606 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Temporary detention order; voluntary admission. Provides that a magistrate shall issue a temporary detention order if a person (i) has a mental illness and there exists a substantial likelihood in the near future that he will cause serious harm to himself or others or suffer serious harm due to his lack of capacity to protect himself or provide for his basic needs and (ii) is in need of hospitalization or treatment, regardless of whether the person is willing and capable of volunteering for hospitalization or treatment. Currently, a temporary detention order cannot be issued if a person volunteers for hospitalization or treatment. If the person accepts voluntary admission, the bill provides that the temporary detention order will be deemed to have expired at that time and no commitment hearing need be held.

Temporary detention order; voluntary admission.

Del. Robert Bell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2016-02-05	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
2016-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100291D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	2	805	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	809	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	817	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	819	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	829	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB606
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB606+hil