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2008 SESSION

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HB 475 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.

Introduced by: M. Kirkland Cox | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Department of Veterans Services; mental health and rehabilitative services. Requires that the Department of Veterans Services, the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services and the Department of Rehabilitative Services cooperate in establishing a program to monitor and coordinate mental health and rehabilitative services support for Virginia veterans and members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia residents in the Armed Forces Reserves not in active federal service.  HB 1064 incorporated into this bill and this bill is identical to SB 297.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 082519476  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/08  House: Committee substitute printed 081860512-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/21/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 082420476-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/05/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB475ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/18/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/07/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 082519476
• 01/07/08  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/16/08  House: Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
• 02/05/08  House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/08  House: Committee substitute printed 081860512-H1
• 02/05/08  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/06/08  House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood)
• 02/08/08  House: Reported from Appropriations (24-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/08  House: Read first time
• 02/11/08  House: Read second time
• 02/11/08  House: Committee substitute agreed to 081860512-H1
• 02/11/08  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB475H1
• 02/12/08  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/08  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/08  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/13/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/20/08  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 082420476-S1
• 02/22/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/08  Senate: Read third time
• 02/25/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/25/08  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 082420476-S1
• 02/25/08  Senate: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
• 02/25/08  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/27/08  Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/08  Senate: Read third time
• 02/28/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB475S1
• 02/28/08  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/03/08  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 082420476-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/08  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/08  House: Enrolled
• 03/05/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB475ER)
• 03/05/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/06/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/12/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 584 (effective 7/1/08)
• 03/18/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584)