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SB 1511 Advance directives; admission of person for mental health treatment, capacity determinations.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Advance directives; mental health treatment; capacity determinations. Provides that in cases in which a person has executed an advance directive granting an agent the authority to consent to the person's admission to a facility for mental health treatment and the advance directive so authorizes, the person's agent may exercise such authority after a determination that the person is incapable of making an informed decision regarding such admission has been made by (i) the attending physician, (ii) a psychiatrist or licensed clinical psychologist, (iii) a licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner, (iv) a licensed clinical social worker, or (v) a designee of the local community services board as defined in § 37.2-809. The bill also provides that a person's agent may make a health care decision over the protest of the person if, in addition to other factors, at the time the advance directive was made, a licensed physician, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed physician assistant, licensed nurse practitioner, licensed professional counselor, or licensed clinical social worker who is familiar with the person attested in writing that the person was capable of making an informed decision and understood the consequences of the provision. This bill is identical to HB 1548.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103741D pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103741D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1511ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/19/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103741D
- 01/19/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/30/17 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 02/02/17 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/17 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/06/17 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/06/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1511E
- 02/06/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103741D-E
- 02/08/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/17 House: Read first time
- 02/08/17 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/09/17 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/17 House: Read second time
- 02/13/17 House: Read third time
- 02/13/17 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/13/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/13/17 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/17 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/20/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1511ER)
- 02/20/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- 02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 474 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)