SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2018 SESSION
HB 886 Mental health treatment; admission regulations, toxicology results.
Introduced by: Christopher P. Stolle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Admissions for mental health treatment; toxicology. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing hospitals a provision that requires every hospital that provides inpatient psychiatric services to establish a protocol that requires, for every refusal to admit a patient for whom there is a question of medical stability or medical appropriateness for admission due to a situation involving results of a toxicology screening, the on-call physician in the psychiatric unit to which the patient is sought to be transferred to participate in direct verbal communication, either in person or via telephone, with a clinical toxicologist or other person who is a Certified Specialist in Poison Information employed by a poison control center that is accredited by the American Association of Poison Control Centers to review the results of the toxicology screen and determine whether a medical reason for refusing admission to the psychiatric unit related to the results of the toxicology screen exists, if requested to do so by the referring physician.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102884D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18102884D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB886ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102884D
- 01/09/18 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/17/18 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/06/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/18 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Read first time
- 02/09/18 House: Read second time
- 02/09/18 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/09/18 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB886E
- 02/09/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18102884D-E
- 02/12/18 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/23/18 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 03/01/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 1-N)
- 03/02/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/18 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/18 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB886ER)
- 03/07/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/15/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018
- 03/15/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 04/06/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 791 (effective 7/1/18)
- 04/06/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)