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2020 SESSION
20103288DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. That the Secretaries of Education and Health
and Human Resources shall establish a work group to consist of the Commissioner
of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Superintendent of Public
Education, the Director of Medical Assistance Services, the Commissioner of
Social Services, and the Director of the Office of Children's Services, or
their designees, and representatives of hospitals providing services to
children and adolescents, providers of residential psychiatric services for
children and adolescents, community services boards, and behavioral health
advocacy groups to (i) review the current process for approval of residential
psychiatric placements and barriers to timely approval of residential
psychiatric services for [ adults, ] adolescents [ ,
] and children, (ii) develop recommendations for improving such process and
ensuring timely approval of residential psychiatric placements and services for
[ adults, ] adolescents [ , ] and children,
and (iii) develop recommendations for a process to expedite approval of
requests for residential psychiatric placements and services for [ adults,
] adolescents [ , ] and children who are receiving
acute inpatient psychiatric services [ and for whom residential
psychiatric placement and services are appropriate within seven days of receipt
of such request. . The Commissioner of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Services and the Director of Medical Assistance Services shall
serve as co-chairs of the work group. ] The work group shall report its
findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on
Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the Joint Subcommittee to
Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century by
December 1, 2020.