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2015 SESSION
15103905DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. The Commissioner of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Services (the Commissioner) shall, in conjunction with relevant
stakeholders, including the Virginia Association of Community Services Boards,
the National Alliance on Mental Illness - Virginia, the Psychiatric Society of
Virginia, [ and ] the Virginia College of Emergency
Physicians, [ the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, the Virginia
Academy of Clinical Psychologists, the Medical Society of Virginia, and the
University of Virginia Institute for Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy ] develop
a comprehensive plan to authorize psychiatrists and emergency physicians to
evaluate individuals for involuntary civil admission. Such comprehensive plan
shall be completed by October 1, 2015. The Commissioner, by [ December
1 November 15 ] , 2015 shall [ report
make available ] such comprehensive plan and make recommendations for
related legislation to be considered in the 2016 General Assembly session to
the Joint Subcommittee Studying Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in
the 21st Century, the House Committee on Health, Welfare, and Institutions, and
the Senate Committee on Education and Health.