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2008 SESSION

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SB 297 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.

Introduced by: Linda T. Puller | 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 to 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.  This bill incorporates SB 304 and is identical to HB 475.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084016304  pdf | impact statement
• 01/24/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 084082304-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/08/08  Senate: Printed as engrossed 084082304-ES1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/08  House: Committee substitute printed 082424304-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB297ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/14/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/08/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084016304
• 01/08/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/16/08  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Care
• 01/24/08  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 084082304-S1
• 01/24/08  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/06/08  Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (16-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/08  Senate: Read second time
• 02/08/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/08/08  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 084082304-S1
• 02/08/08  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/08/08  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/08/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB297ES1
• 02/08/08  Senate: Printed as engrossed 084082304-ES1
• 02/08/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/08  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/08  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/13/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/08  House: Read first time
• 02/13/08  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/26/08  House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood)
• 02/27/08  House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (23-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/08  House: Committee substitute printed 082424304-H1
• 02/29/08  House: Read second time
• 03/03/08  House: Read third time
• 03/03/08  House: Committee substitute agreed to 082424304-H1
• 03/03/08  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB297H1
• 03/03/08  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/08  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/08  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/08  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/08/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB297ER)
• 03/08/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/11/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/27/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 754 (effective 7/1/08)
• 04/14/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754)