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VAHB224VetoPublic schools; teachers and other relevant personnel; mental health awareness training. Requires each teacher and other relevant personnel, as determined by the applicable school board, employed on a full-time basis to complete mental health awarene...
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2024-05-17
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
VAHB861VetoWeapons; possession or transportation; hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly possess in or transport into the building of any hospital that provide...
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2024-05-17
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
VASB515VetoWeapons; possession or transportation; hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly possess in or transport into the building of any hospital that provide...
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2024-05-17
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
VASB34PassTemporary detention; certified evaluators; report. Authorizes hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department located in the City of Hampton to employ certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criter...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780)
VAHB125PassSpecial justices and independent evaluator fees; emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions. Increases the fee that a special justice receives for presiding over emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions f...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0802)
VAHB267VetoAssault and battery; affirmative defense; penalty. Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for assault or assault and battery of certain specified individuals for which the enhanced Class 6 felony and six month mandatory minim...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB603PassPublic elementary and secondary schools; health instruction, certain topics relating to mental health. Requires health instruction provided to elementary and secondary school students to include certain topics relating to mental health that are enume...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0812)
VAHB434PassDepartment of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; facilities licensed to provide inpatient substance use disorder treatment; valid discharge plans. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend its regulati...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0808)
VASB569PassState Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; regulations; crisis receiving centers; appropriate and safe use of seclusion; work group; report. Directs the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend its regula...
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2024-04-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0795)
VASB357VetoAssault and battery; affirmative defense; penalty. Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for assault or assault and battery of certain specified individuals for which the enhanced Class 6 felony and six month mandatory minim...
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2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto
VAHB313PassOffice of the State Inspector General; investigations of abuse or neglect at state psychiatric hospitals; report. Directs the Office of the State Inspector General to (i) develop a plan to fulfill its statutory obligation to fully investigate all com...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0638)
VAHB327PassCommissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; inclusive housing plan; individuals with disabilities. Directs the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Commissioner) to work with stakeholders to develop a pl...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0721)
VASB178PassOffice of the State Inspector General; investigations of abuse or neglect at state psychiatric hospitals; report. Directs the Office of the State Inspector General to (i) develop a plan to fulfill its statutory obligation to fully investigate all com...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664)
VAHB1269PassBarrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services; exception. Permits the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, providers of substance abuse or mental health services to adults, and community services boards and b...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0651)
VASB626PassBarrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services; exception. Permits the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, providers of substance abuse or mental health services to adults, and community services boards and b...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)
VAHB888PassCivil commitments and temporary detention orders; definition of mental illness; neurocognitive disorders and neurodevelopmental disabilities; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to evaluate placements for certain individuals; report. Specifies th...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0696)
VASB460PassParental admission of minors for inpatient treatment. Clarifies that for the purposes of admission of a minor to a willing mental health facility for inpatient treatment, the finding required to be made by a qualified evaluator that the minor appears...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710)
VAHB772PassParental admission of minors for inpatient treatment. Clarifies that for the purposes of admission of a minor to a willing mental health facility for inpatient treatment, the finding required to be made by a qualified evaluator that the minor appears...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695)
VAHB823PassTemporary detention order; alternative transportation. Provides that when a magistrate is determining whether an alternative transportation provider is available for the purposes of designating a transportation provider for the transportation of a pe...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643)
VASB497PassTemporary detention order; alternative transportation. Provides that when a magistrate is determining whether an alternative transportation provider is available for the purposes of designating a transportation provider for the transportation of a pe...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680)
VAHB909PassDepartment of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments; program rule modifications. Directs the Department of Medical As...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0646)
VASB546PassEmergency custody and temporary detention orders; evaluations; presence of others. Requires (i) the evaluator conducting the evaluation of an individual to determine whether such individual meets the criteria for temporary detention or (ii) the hospi...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)
VAHB1242PassEmergency custody and temporary detention orders; evaluations; presence of others. Requires (i) the evaluator conducting the evaluation of an individual to determine whether such individual meets the criteria for temporary detention or (ii) the hospi...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649)
VASB488PassDepartment of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments; program rule modifications. Directs the Department of Medical As...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679)
VASB87PassHealth insurance provider panels; incentives for mental health services. Allows a provider panel contract between a carrier and a primary care provider to include provisions that promote comprehensive screening using evidence-based tools for mental ...
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2024-04-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0575)
VASB176PassCivil commitments and temporary detention orders; definition of mental illness; neurocognitive disorders and neurodevelopmental disabilities; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to evaluate placements for certain individuals; report. Specifies th...
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2024-04-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579)
VAHB919PassSchool boards; model memorandum of understanding; partnerships with certain mental health services providers; provision and expansion of virtual mental health services. Directs the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Behav...
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2024-04-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)
VASB403PassBehavioral health technicians; behavioral health technician assistants; qualified mental health professionals; qualified mental health professional-trainees; scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications. Adds behavioral health technicians and b...
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2024-04-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595)
VASB574PassBehavioral Health Commission; behavioral health and crisis response services; civil admissions laws and processes; work group; report. Directs the Behavioral Health Commission to convene a work group to study how to effectively align current civil ad...
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2024-04-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0601)
VASB125PassBehavioral Health Commission; membership. Changes the composition of the Behavioral Health Commission by increasing from two to three the number of House appointees who are required to be members of the House Committee on Appropriations.
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2024-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0496)
VAHB807PassBehavioral Health Commission; membership. Changes the composition of the Behavioral Health Commission by increasing from two to three the number of House appointees who are required to be members of the House Committee on Appropriations.
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2024-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456)
VASB568PassCrisis stabilization services; facilities licensed by Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; nursing homes; dispensing and administration of drugs; emergency. Permits facilities licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and...
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2024-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0513)
VAHB980PassInstitutions of higher education; students who report act of hazing or bullying experienced as result of report of act of hazing; on-campus mental and behavioral health support. Requires each public institution of higher education and nonprofit priva...
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2024-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0405)
VAHB314PassState hospitals; discharge planning; report. Provides that (i) when an individual is to be discharged from Central State Hospital, Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute, or Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute in 30 days or less after ad...
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2024-04-02
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0279)
VAHB806PassDepartment of Human Resource Management; employee designation and payment policies; nursing staff at state psychiatric hospitals. Directs the Department of Human Resource Management to amend its policies to authorize the Department of Behavioral Heal...
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2024-04-02
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0304)
VASB177PassDepartment of Human Resource Management; employee designation and payment policies; nursing staff at state psychiatric hospitals. Directs the Department of Human Resource Management to amend its policies to authorize the Department of Behavioral Heal...
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2024-04-02
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0342)
VAHB515PassDepartment of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; discharge pilot program; report. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to develop and implement a pilot program relating to the discharge of individuals at o...
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2024-04-02
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290)
VASB179PassState hospitals; discharge planning; report. Provides that (i) when an individual is to be discharged from Central State Hospital, Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute, or Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute in 30 days or less after ad...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0153)
VAHB577PassDepartment of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waivers; sunset. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Beha...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103)
VASB610PassDepartment of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waivers; sunset. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Beha...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0125)
VASB19PassRecovery residences; death and serious injury reports. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to promulgate regulations that require recovery residences to report to the Department any death or serious injury that occ...
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2024-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030)
VAHB1336PassCrisis stabilization services; facilities licensed by Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; nursing homes; dispensing and administration of drugs; emergency. Permits facilities licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and...
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2024-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0063)
VASB575Engross

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Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools. Provides that, prior to the discharge of any minor admitted to inpatient treatment (i) who is a student at a public elementary or secondary school and (ii) for whom the facility deem...
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2024-02-28
To House Education Committee
VASB636Engross

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment; pilot program. Directs the Department of Veterans Services to establish a pilot program with two locations to make electroencephalogram (EEG) combined transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment available ...
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2024-02-28
To House Appropriations Committee
VASB575Engross

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Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools. Provides that, prior to the discharge of any minor admitted to inpatient treatment (i) who is a student at a public elementary or secondary school and (ii) for whom the facility deem...
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2024-02-28
To House Education Committee
VASB636Engross

Prefile
Transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment; pilot program. Directs the Department of Veterans Services to establish a pilot program with two locations to make electroencephalogram (EEG) combined transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment available ...
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2024-02-28
To House Appropriations Committee
VASB590Engross

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Community services boards; core of services. Adds to the list of the core services to be provided by community services boards (i) crisis services for individuals with a mental illness or substance use disorder, (ii) outpatient mental health and subs...
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2024-02-26
To House Appropriations Committee
VASB590Engross

Prefile
Community services boards; core of services. Adds to the list of the core services to be provided by community services boards (i) crisis services for individuals with a mental illness or substance use disorder, (ii) outpatient mental health and subs...
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2024-02-26
To House Appropriations Committee
VAHB37Intro

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Loan repayment programs; mental health professionals. Creates a loan repayment program for persons who have worked as mental health professionals in the Commonwealth for at least five years.
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2024-02-13
To House Appropriations Committee
VAHB127Intro

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Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments; program rule modifications. Directs the Department of Medical As...
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2024-02-13
To House Health and Human Services Committee
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