Virginia Senate Bill 84 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-12-02 - Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Voluntary admission for mental health treatment. Provides that a person may be voluntarily admitted to a facility for mental health treatment after issuance of a temporary detention order but before a hearing for involuntary commitment by the person's attending or consulting physician where the physician finds that the person is willing and able to volunteer for treatment and after the person is informed that they will be required to provide 48 hours notice prior to leaving the facility to which they are voluntarily admitted and will be prohibited from owning, possessing, or transporting a firearm. This bill also provides that a hearing for involuntary commitment shall be held no less than 24 hours but no more than 72 hours after execution of a temporary detention order.

Voluntary admission; person admitted to facility for mental health treatment after detention order.

Sen. Janet Howell [D]

2010-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2011 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-12-02		Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
2010-02-08		Senate: Continued to 2011 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2010-01-18		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
2010-01-05		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-05		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100479D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	169.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	176	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	182.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	805	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	809	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	813	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	814	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	819	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB84
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+SB84+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+S03C0099+SB0084