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2015 SESSION

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HB 1581 Family life education; advance directives related to mental health.

Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Family life education; advance directives related to mental health. Requires the family life education curriculum developed by the Board of Education to include, as a component of instruction in mental health education and awareness, instruction on the availability of advance directives, as set forth in the Health Care Decisions Act (§ 54.1-2981 et seq.), related to mental health that permit an adult declarant to appoint an agent and authorize the agent to seek the hospitalization and evaluation of the declarant if the declarant shows signs of mental illness.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101527D  pdf
• 02/03/15  House: Floor substitute printed 15104566D-H1 (Watts)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/07/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101527D
• 01/07/15  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/16/15  House: Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
• 01/21/15  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 01/26/15  House: Reported from Education (18-Y 4-N)
• 01/27/15  House: Read first time
• 01/28/15  House: Passed by for the day
• 01/29/15  House: Passed by for the day
• 01/30/15  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/02/15  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/03/15  House: Floor substitute printed 15104566D-H1 (Watts)
• 02/03/15  House: Read second time
• 02/03/15  House: Substitute by Delegate Watts agreed to 15104566D-H1
• 02/03/15  House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1581H1
• 02/04/15  House: Read third time and passed House (58-Y 41-N)
• 02/04/15  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (58-Y 41-N)
• 02/05/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/05/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/13/15  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Mental Health
• 02/19/15  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 6-N)