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2019 SESSION

19103999D
SENATE BILL NO. 1608
Offered January 9, 2019
Prefiled January 9, 2019
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 11 of Title 52 a section numbered 52-50, relating to the Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; school safety mobile application.
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Patron-- Dunnavant
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 11 of Title 52 a section numbered 52-50 as follows:

§ 52-50. School safety mobile application.

The Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center (the Center) shall develop or obtain a school safety mobile application to (i) facilitate the provision of real-time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week crisis intervention services by licensed clinicians, including support or crisis counseling, suicide prevention, and referral services to students and youth in the Commonwealth through calls, texts, and online chat portals and (ii) provide to students and youth in the Commonwealth a platform that is capable of receiving text, audio, images, or video to furnish information concerning a suspected, anticipated, or completed criminal violation. The Center shall coordinate with the Department of Medical Assistance Services to contract with a third-party to provide such crisis intervention services.