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2000 SESSION

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HB 688 Psychiatric inpatient treatment of minors.

Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Emergency custody orders for minors. Authorizes magistrates to issue emergency custody orders for juveniles. A recent Attorney General opinion states that, under current law, a magistrate lacks authority to issue an emergency custody order under § 37.1-67.01 if the person is a minor. Section 37.1-67.01, regarding emergency custody orders, was added in 1995, and the cross reference was not picked up in the Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act. Thus, this bill is a technical amendment to correct an oversight made when the involuntary commitment statutes were revised in 1995. This bill is identical to Senate Bill 88.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Emergency custody orders for minors. Authorizes magistrates to issue emergency custody orders for juveniles. A recent Attorney General opinion states that, under current law, a magistrate lacks authority to issue an emergency custody order under § 37.1-67.01 if the person is a minor. Section 37.1-67.01 regarding emergency custody orders was added in 1995, and the cross reference was not picked up in the Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act in Title 16.1. Thus, this bill is a technical amendment to correct an oversight made when the involuntary commitment statutes were revised in 1995.