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SENATE BILL NO. 178 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 8, 2024 A BILL to direct the Office of the State Inspector General to develop a plan and submit reports regarding investigations of abuse or neglect at state psychiatric hospitals. ---------- Patron-- Favola ---------- Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Office of the State Inspector General (the Office) shall (i) develop a plan to fulfill its statutory obligation to fully investigate all complaints it receives alleging abuse, neglect, or inadequate care at a state psychiatric hospital and (ii) submit such plan to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024. The Office shall also submit an annual report to the General Assembly on or before December 1 of each year that states the number of such complaints received by the Office during the prior fiscal year and the number of such complaints that were fully investigated by the Office.