SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2001 SESSION
SB 935 Privileged mental health research data.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Privileged mental health research data. Makes data collected and organized by mental health professionals privileged communications that shall not be disclosed or obtained by legal discovery proceedings and shall be inadmissible in adjudication for any purpose whatsoever. This section shall not alter the duty of confidentiality that a mental health professional has to a patient nor relieve a mental health professional of the duty to obtain a patient's consent to participate in mental health human research.
FULL TEXT
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/01 016101448
- 01/10/01 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/24/01 Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice by voice vote