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2000 SESSION
HB 491 Office for Protection and Advocacy.
Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Persons with mental retardation, developmental disabilities, or mental illness. Revises the external human rights system for persons with mental retardation, developmental disabilities, or mental illness. The Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities is removed from the executive branch and becomes an independent state agency renamed the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy. The bill creates a governing board for the Office consisting of 11 members who are appointed by the Governor and the General Assembly for staggered terms. This board shall hire the agency director who, in turn, shall retain legal counsel. The Office is given the authority to access facilities and programs, receive notification of deaths in state facilities and to protect the confidentiality of records. The Office will also monitor compliance with human rights regulations and make the reports available to the public. The bill establishes within the Office an ombudsman program and creates the Protection and Advocacy Fund. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Future Delivery of Publicly Funded Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services. This bill is identical to SB 709.
FULL TEXT
- 01/18/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 003701760 pdf
- 02/09/00 House: Committee substitute printed 003639760-H1 pdf
- 02/11/00 House: Substitute bill reprinted 003639760-H1 pdf
- 03/20/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB491ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/18/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 003701760
- 01/18/00 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/24/00 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
- 01/25/00 House: Reported from H. W. I. (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/00 House: Read first time
- 01/27/00 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 01/27/00 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/08/00 House: Reported from Appropriations with sub (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/09/00 House: Committee substitute printed 003639760-H1
- 02/10/00 House: Read first time
- 02/11/00 House: Read second time
- 02/11/00 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/11/00 House: Substitute bill reprinted 003639760-H1
- 02/12/00 House: Read second time
- 02/12/00 House: Committee substitute agreed to 003639760-H1
- 02/12/00 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 003639760-H1
- 02/14/00 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/15/00 House: Read third time and passed House (69-Y 30-N)
- 02/15/00 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (69-Y 30-N)
- 02/15/00 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/16/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/23/00 Senate: Pursuant to S. Rule20(j),rereferred by G.L. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/00 Senate: Rereferred to Education and Health
- 03/02/00 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/00 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/00 Senate: Read third time
- 03/06/00 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/00 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/00 Senate: Reconsideration of passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/00 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/00 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/07/00 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/07/00 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/07/00 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 1-N)
- 03/07/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 1-N)
- 03/08/00 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/09/00 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (82-Y 14-N)
- 03/09/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (82-Y 14-N)
- 03/20/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB491ER)
- 03/22/00 House: Enrolled
- 03/22/00 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/00 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/09/00 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/19/00 House: Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (57-Y 41-N)
- 04/19/00 House: VOTE: (57-Y 41-N)
- 04/19/00 House: House sustained Governor's veto