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2021 SESSION
HB 2230 Supported decision-making agreements; DBHDS to develop and implement a program, etc.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Supported decision-making agreements; report. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) to develop and implement a program to educate individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families, and others regarding the availability of supported decision-making agreements, the process by which an individual with an intellectual or developmental disability may enter into a supported decision-making agreement with a supporter, and the rights and responsibilities of principals and supporters who are parties to a supported decision-making agreement, which shall include specific training opportunities, development of model supported decision-making agreements, and development of information about and protocols for preventing, identifying, and addressing abuse and exploitation of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who enter into supported decision-making agreements. The bill directs the Department to collect data regarding the utilization of supported decision-making agreements in the Commonwealth and report such information, together with recommendations to enhance the utilization of supported decision-making agreements, annually to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1.
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HISTORY
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101478D
- 01/13/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/15/21 House: Assigned HWI sub: Behavioral Health
- 01/26/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/21 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/28/21 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/28/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 01/29/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Read first time
- 02/03/21 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/21 House: Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/21 House: VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)