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HB 887 Acute care psychiatric and residential beds, etc.

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

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Acute care psychiatric and residential beds; children and adolescents; data collection and reporting. Requires the community policy and management teams, i.e., groups within the structure of the Comprehensive Services Act, to submit to the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services information on children under the age of 14 and adolescents between the ages of 14 to 17 for whom an admission to an acute care psychiatric or residential treatment facility (but not a group home) was sought but was not obtained. This information will be gathered from the family assessment and planning team or participating community agencies. The information to be submitted will include the child's date of birth, date of attempted admission, and the reason the admission could not be obtained. Further, identical information on failure to obtain admissions of children must be reported by the local mental health agencies to the Department. The Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services will also collect and compile data to ascertain (i) the total number of inpatient acute care psychiatric beds for children under the age of 14 and between the ages of 14 and 17, and (ii) the total number of residential treatment beds for children under the age of 14 and between the ages of 14 and 17, exclusive of group homes. The Department will report this data on a quarterly basis to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and the Virginia Commission on Youth. This bill is identical to SB 426.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Data collection regarding psychiatric and residential treatment beds for youths and adolescents. Requires community services board and community policy and management teams to submit to the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (Department) information on children under the age of 14 and adolescents ages 14 through 17 for whom an admission to an acute care psychiatric or residential treatment facility, exclusive of group homes, was sought but was unable to be obtained by the reporting entities. Information to be submitted shall include the patient's date of birth, date admission was attempted, and the reason the patient could not be admitted into the hospital or facility. In addition, the bill requires the Department to collect and compile (i) the total number of licensed and staffed inpatient acute care psychiatric beds for children under the age of 14 and adolescents ages 14 through 17; and (ii) the total number of licensed and staffed residential treatment beds for children under the age of 14 and adolescents ages 14 through 17 in residential facilities, exclusive of group homes. The Department shall report all data on a quarterly basis to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees and the Virginia Commission on Youth.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Acute care psychiatric and residential beds; children and adolescents; data collection and reporting. Mandates the collection, dissemination and reporting of the number of licensed and staffed acute care psychiatric and residential treatment beds for children and adolescents under the age of 18 in public and private facilities. The bill allows any hospital or facility that must report this data to report it directly to the nonprofit organization cited in § 32.1-276.4. The bill requires the nonprofit organization to establish a technical advisory committee to determine the actual demand for these beds. The provisions of this bill and Chapter 7.2 (§ 32.1-276.2 et seq.) of Title 32.1 expire on July 1, 2003.