Virginia Senate Bill 275 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-02-13 - Senate: Continued to 2009 in Finance (16-Y 0-N)

Mentally ill defendants; treatment. Adds a provision that a defendant in a criminal matter may be hospitalized if so seriously mentally ill as to be unable to care for himself. Under current law the standard is "imminently dangerous to himself or others." The provision applies to pretrial, after conviction but before sentencing and after sentencing. The bill specifies that the evaluation must be done in person by an employee of the community services board or its designee who is skilled in the assessment and treatment of mental illness and has completed a certification program approved by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services.

Inmates; emergency psychiatric treatment.

Sen. George Barker [D]

Sen. Kenneth Cuccinelli [R]

Sen. Patricia Ticer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-02-13		Senate: Continued to 2009 in Finance (16-Y 0-N)
2008-01-28		Senate: Rereferred to Finance
2008-01-28		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
2008-01-28		Senate: Committee substitute printed 080859216-S1
2008-01-21		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation
2008-01-08		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-08		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080744216

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB275