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2002 SESSION
HB 9 Protection and Advocacy, Office for; created.
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. No such appointments shall be members of the General Assembly. This board shall hire the agency director, who shall be an attorney in good standing licensed to practice in Virginia. 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 bill establishes an ombudsman program, within the new office, to become effective July 1, 2004, and creates the Protection and Advocacy Fund.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/02 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/13/01 022506760 pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/02 House: Printed as engrossed 022506760-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/02 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB9ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0572) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/02 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/13/01 022506760
- 01/09/02 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/29/02 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/02 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/06/02 House: Reported from Appropriations with amds (23-Y 2-N)
- 02/08/02 House: Read first time
- 02/09/02 House: Read second time
- 02/09/02 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/09/02 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/09/02 House: Printed as engrossed 022506760-E
- 02/11/02 House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 6-N)
- 02/11/02 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 6-N)
- 02/11/02 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/12/02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/02 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/28/02 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/02 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/02 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/02 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/02 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/04/02 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/04/02 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/04/02 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/02 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/02 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/02 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/02 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/02 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/02 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/06/02 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 3-N)
- 03/06/02 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 3-N)
- 03/09/02 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB9ER)
- 03/18/02 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/02 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/18/02 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/06/02 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 572 (effective - see bill)
- 04/08/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0572)