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2000 SESSION
SB 709 Office for Protection and Advocacy.
Introduced by: Warren E. Barry | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Persons with mental retardation, developmental disabilities, or mental illness. Revises the external human rights system for such persons. The Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities is removed from the executive branch and becomes an independent state agency renamed the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy. The bill creates a governing board for the Office consisting of 11 members who are appointed by the Governor and the General Assembly for staggered terms. This board shall hire the agency director who, in turn, shall retain legal counsel. The Office is given the authority to access facilities and programs and to protect the confidentiality of records. The Office will also monitor compliance with human rights regulations and make the reports available to the public. The bill establishes within the Office an ombudsman program and creates the Protection and Advocacy Fund. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Future Delivery of Publicly Funded Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, HJR 225 (1998). This bill is identical to HB 491.
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/00 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 003956238 pdf
- 03/03/00 House: Committee substitute printed 003662760-H1 pdf
- 03/20/00 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB709ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/24/00 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 003956238
- 01/24/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/02/00 Senate: Pursuant to S. Rule20(j),rereferred by G.L. (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/00 Senate: Rereferred to Education and Health
- 02/13/00 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 4-N 1-A)
- 02/13/00 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/15/00 Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/00 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/15/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/00 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 02/15/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 1-N)
- 02/15/00 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/21/00 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/00 House: Read first time
- 02/21/00 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/22/00 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 4
- 03/02/00 House: Reported from General Laws (25-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/00 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 03/02/00 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (20-Y 1-N)
- 03/03/00 House: Committee substitute printed 003662760-H1
- 03/06/00 House: Read second time
- 03/07/00 House: Read third time
- 03/07/00 House: Committee substitute agreed to 003662760-H1
- 03/07/00 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 003662760-H1
- 03/07/00 House: Passed House with substitute (62-Y 35-N)
- 03/07/00 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (62-Y 35-N)
- 03/09/00 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/09/00 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 03/09/00 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (39-Y 1-N)
- 03/20/00 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB709ER)
- 03/23/00 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/24/00 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/25/00 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/09/00 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/19/00 Senate: Passed in enrolled form (26-Y 11-N)
- 04/19/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE-ENROLLED FORM (26-Y 11-N)
- 04/19/00 Senate: Reconsideration of passage in enrolled form (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/00 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/00 Senate: Passed in enrolled form (27-Y 11-N)
- 04/19/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE-ENROLLED FORM (27-Y 11-N)
- 04/19/00 House: Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (57-Y 39-N)
- 04/19/00 House: VOTE: (57-Y 39-N)
- 04/19/00 House: House sustained Governor's veto