Virginia House Bill 659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish a work group to study and make recommendations regarding appropriate investigations of the deaths of individuals who die while receiving services from a licensed program. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) to establish a work group to study and make recommendations regarding appropriate investigations, including recommendations regarding when autopsies may be appropriate, of the deaths of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are residents of the Commonwealth and who die while receiving services from a program licensed by the Department. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2022. Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish a work group to study and make recommendations regarding appropriate investigations of the deaths of individuals who die while receiving services from a licensed program. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) to establish a work group to study and make recommendations regarding appropriate investigations, including recommendations regarding when autopsies may be appropriate, of the deaths of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are residents of the Commonwealth and who die while receiving services from a program licensed by the Department. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2022.

Investigation of death; studying cases when person dies while receiving services from licensed prog.

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

2022-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 568 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-09		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-09	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
2022-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2022-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-02-23	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB659ER)
2022-02-23	House	Enrolled
2022-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2022-02-18	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2022-02-17	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2022-02-01	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2022-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2022-01-31	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2022-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2022-01-28	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB659H1
2022-01-28	House	Committee substitute agreed to 22105108D-H1
2022-01-28	House	Read second time
2022-01-27	House	Read first time
2022-01-25	House	Committee substitute printed 22105108D-H1
2022-01-25	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103957D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB659
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB659+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB659H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB659ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0568+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105108D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB659FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB659FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H12V0018+HB0659
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV0163+HB0659
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S04V0179+HB0659
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0523HB0659+HB0659
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0526HB0659+HB0659