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  • HB 1420 Certificate of public need; repeals certain requirement involving psychiatric beds, etc.
  • HB 1426 Emergency custody or involuntary admission process; alternative transportation model.
  • HB 1480 Mental health awareness training; law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency personnel.
  • HB 1483 BHDS, Board of; regulations governing licensure of providers.
  • HB 1491 Background checks; exceptions, sponsored living and shared residential service providers.
  • HB 1508 Critical incident reports; DBHDS to provide written report.
  • HB 1522 Death penalty; severe mental illness.
  • HB 1548 Advance directives; admission of person for mental health treatment, capacity determinations.
  • HB 1549 Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided, report.
  • HB 1550 Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund; DBHDS, et al., to study use of Fund.
  • HB 1551 Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information.
  • HB 1583 Southwestern Virginia Training Center; delay closure.
  • HB 1775 Persons with developmental disabilities; terminology.
  • HB 1777 Hospitals providing psychiatric services; denials of admission.
  • HB 1783 Prisoners; mental health screening upon admission to a local correctional facility.
  • HB 1784 Forensic discharge planning services; local and regional correctional facilities.
  • HB 1910 Definition of mental health service provider.
  • HB 1911 Higher educational institutions, public; resident assistants training in mental health.
  • HB 1918 Acute psychiatric patient registry; DBHDS to develop and administer.
  • HB 1944 Administrative Process Act; certain regulations for licensed providers by DMAS and DBHDS.
  • HB 1972 Closure of the Southwestern Virginia Training Center and the Southeastern Virginia Training Center.
  • HB 1975 Temporary detention; minimum time period.
  • HB 1996 Incompetent defendants; psychiatric treatment.
  • HB 2095 Peer recovery specialists and qualified mental health professionals; registration.
  • HB 2184 Inmates; inpatient psychiatric hospital admission.
  • HB 2258 Suicide; task force to raise public awareness, etc.
  • HB 2330 Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent.
  • HB 2331 Community services boards; preadmission screening for regional jail inmates.
  • HB 2429 Firearms; purchase, possession, or transportation.
  • HJ 637 Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century; Joint Subcommittee to study.
  • HJ 720 Study; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; placement of group homes.
  • HJ 779 Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Impact of requiring community services boards.
  • SB 894 Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Srvcs; reports of critical incidents or death.
  • SB 895 Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent.
  • SB 933 DCJS training; jail officers; mental health first aid.
  • SB 935 Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent.
  • SB 940 Mental health screening of prisoners at local correctional facilities.
  • SB 941 Forensic discharge planning services; local and regional correctional facilities.
  • SB 975 Community services boards; preadmission screening for regional jail inmates.
  • SB 1005 Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided, report.
  • SB 1006 Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information.
  • SB 1007 Study; Dept of Behavioral Health and Medical Assist Serv. Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund.
  • SB 1008 Barrier crimes; clarifies individual crimes, criminal history records checks.
  • SB 1010 Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties.
  • SB 1011 Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties.
  • SB 1020 Peer recovery specialists and qualified mental health professionals; registration.
  • SB 1062 Definition of mental health service provider.
  • SB 1064 Mental health awareness training; law enforcement officers, firefighters, etc.
  • SB 1078 Catawba Hospital; DBHDS to develop a plan to expand, report.
  • SB 1117 School counselors; licensure.
  • SB 1141 Certificate of public need; psychiatric beds and services.
  • SB 1221 Emergency custody or involuntary admission process; alternative transportation model.
  • SB 1222 Acute psychiatric patient registry; DBHDS to develop and administer.
  • SB 1233 Temporary detention; certified evaluators.
  • SB 1348 Death penalty; severe mental illness.
  • SB 1373 Group homes; written notice prior to issuance of license.
  • SB 1419 Temporary detention order; minimum time period for person to be held.
  • SB 1430 Higher educational institutions; student-death-related crisis.
  • SB 1442 Prisoners; mental health screening at local correctional facilities.
  • SB 1511 Advance directives; admission of person for mental health treatment, capacity determinations.
  • SB 1551 Central Virginia Training Center; closure prohibited without General Assembly authorization.
  • SJ 279 Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century.