Virginia Senate Bill 1007 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-02 - Passed by indefinitely in Rules (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Study; Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and Medical Assistance Services to study use of the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund; report. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in cooperation with the Department of Medical Assistance Services, to study the use of the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund, including (i) the potential use of the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund to fund both involuntary temporary detention and voluntary treatment in a health care facility for the treatment of mental illness to reduce the use of involuntary treatment in the Commonwealth, (ii) the potential benefits of transferring management of the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund from the Department of Medical Assistance Services to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and (iii) any other strategies for improving use of the funds in the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund to improve access to mental health services in the Commonwealth. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall report its findings to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century by November 1, 2017.

Study; Dept of Behavioral Health and Medical Assist Serv. Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund.

Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-02	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Rules (14-Y 0-N)
2017-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2017-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101415D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1007
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1007+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S10V0011+SB1007