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2023 SESSION

23104206D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2192
Offered January 11, 2023
Prefiled January 11, 2023
A BILL to direct the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to transform Catawba Hospital into a facility at which a continuum of substance abuse treatment and recovery services is provided; report.
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Patrons-- Rasoul, McNamara, Adams, D.M., Anderson, Austin, Avoli, Ballard, Campbell, J.L., Carr, Clark, Gooditis, Guzman, Head, Kory, Maldonado, Morefield, Murphy, Shin, Sickles, Simon, Ware, Willett, Williams and Williams Graves; Senators: Edwards and Stanley
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That, in accordance with the analysis conducted by the Secretary of Health and Human Resources in cooperation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department), the Department shall undergo the transformation of the Catawba Hospital campus into a state-of-the-art facility at which a continuum of substance abuse treatment and recovery services, including long-term, short-term, acute, and outpatient services, is provided in addition to the array of behavioral health and other services currently provided to geriatric individuals in need of mental health care. This transformation shall include facilities and programming fostering the growth and development of the Commonwealth's behavioral health workforce.