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2008 SESSION

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HB 560 Commitment hearing; community services board representative, treating physician, etc. to attend.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Commitment hearing; independent examiner or community services board member attending. Requires the independent examiner and the community services board employee or designee who prepared the prescreening report, or if the hearing occurs in a different jurisdiction, an employee or designee of the local community services board or behavioral health authority serving that jurisdiction, to attend the commitment hearing or, if physical attendance is not practicable, to participate in the hearing through a two-way electronic video and audio or telephonic communication system. The bill also provides that the initial period of involuntary commitment shall be 30 days and allows for a subsequent order authorizing an additional period of 180 days. The bill also sets forth conditions for when a person may be ordered to mandatory outpatient treatment.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081447432  pdf | impact statement
• 01/28/08  House: Committee substitute printed 081471432-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/29/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 080299248-S1  pdf
• 03/04/08  Senate: Floor substitute printed 089659432-S2 (Cuccinelli)  pdf
• 03/07/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB560ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/14/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/07/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081447432
• 01/07/08  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/10/08  House: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
• 01/25/08  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/08  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/28/08  House: Committee substitute printed 081471432-H1
• 01/29/08  House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources (Hamilton)
• 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 081471432-H1
• 02/11/08  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB560H1
• 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 for Courts of Justice
• 02/14/08  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation
• 02/28/08  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 080299248-S1
• 03/03/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/08  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/08  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 03/04/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/04/08  Senate: Committee substitute rejected 080299248-S1
• 03/04/08  Senate: Floor substitute printed 089659432-S2 (Cuccinelli)
• 03/04/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/04/08  Senate: Substitute by Senator Cuccinelli agreed to 089659432-S2
• 03/04/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB560S2
• 03/04/08  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/05/08  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 089659432-S2 (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/08  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/08  House: Enrolled
• 03/07/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB560ER)
• 03/07/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/02/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 780 (effective 7/1/08)
• 04/14/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780)