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SJ 97 Study; treatment of offenders with mental illness or sub. abuse.

Introduced by: Stephen H. Martin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Certain mental health needs, training, and treatment issues and information or action by certain Secretaries and state agencies. Continues the study of certain mental health needs, training, and treatment issues, and requests certain Secretaries and state agencies to provide information or commence specific action related to such issues. The Secretariats and state agencies are requested to undertake studies or perform certain actions relating to (i) the evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment services provided to and needed by state responsible offenders, (ii) access to medications and the management of medications for released offenders, (iii) cross-training of law-enforcement officers, judges, jail and detention home staff, and community mental health treatment staff in security and treatment services, (iv) the development of a model court order that addresses mental health services, (v) ways to communicate information to offenders about innovative practices among providers of mental health and substance abuse treatment services, (vi) the accessibility to Medicaid benefits by eligible offenders immediately upon their release, (vii) the design and implementation of uniform mental health screening instrument for juvenile offenders admitted to secure detention facilities and the feasibility of implementing a uniform screening and interview process for pre-dispositional investigations. The resolution is the recommendation of the Committee Studying Treatment Options for Offenders with Mental Illness or Substance Abuse Disorders (SJR 440, 2001). The Joint Commission on Behavioral Health Care and the Virginia Commission on Youth, or their successors, must submit their report to the Governor and the 2004 Session of the General Assembly. This resolution incorporates SJR 83 and SJR 84 (Howell), SJR 95 and SJR 96 (Martin), SJR 100 and SJR 101, as amended, (Houck). This resolution is identical to HJR 142 (Weatherholtz).


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  • 01/09/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 026327464
  • 01/10/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • 01/21/02  Senate: Reported from Rules with amendment by voice vote
  • 01/23/02  Senate: Rules suspended (40-Y 0-N)
  • 01/23/02  Senate: VOTE: SUSPEND THE RULES R (40-Y 0-N)
  • 01/23/02  Senate: Reading waived
  • 01/24/02  Senate: Read second time
  • 01/24/02  Senate: Recommitted to Rules
  • 02/05/02  Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute by voice vote
  • 02/06/02  Senate: Committee substitute printed 020554464-S1
  • 02/07/02  Senate: Read second time
  • 02/07/02  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
  • 02/07/02  Senate: Committee amendment rejected
  • 02/07/02  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/07/02  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 020554464-S1
  • 02/07/02  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute 020554464-S1
  • 02/08/02  Senate: Read third time and agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  • 02/08/02  Senate: Communicated to House
  • 02/13/02  House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/13/02  House: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • 03/01/02  House: Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
  • 03/04/02  House: Committee substitute printed 021916464-H1
  • 03/05/02  House: Taken up
  • 03/05/02  House: Committee substitute agreed to 021916464-H1
  • 03/05/02  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 021916464-H1
  • 03/05/02  House: Agreed to by House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 03/05/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 03/06/02  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  • 03/07/02  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ97ER)