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2000 SESSION
SB 555 Persons with mental retardation, developmental disabilities, etc.
Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Persons with mental retardation, developmental disabilities or mental illness. Provides for notification to the Director of the Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities (DRVD) by the directors of state facilities of critical incidents or deaths in state mental health and mental retardation facilities within 48 hours of their occurrence. The Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services shall provide a follow-up written report of the known facts within 15 working days of the critical incident or death. Such notification promotes DRVD's ability to carry out its federal mandate to monitor and investigate incidents of abuse and neglect. This bill is identical to HB 1350.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Persons with mental retardation, developmental disabilities or mental illness. Provides for notification to the Director of the Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities (DRVD) by the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services of critical incidents or deaths in state mental health and mental retardation facilities within 48 hours of their occurrence. Such notification promotes DRVD's ability to carry out its federal mandate to monitor and investigate incidents of abuse and neglect.