Virginia House Bill 134 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Involuntary commitment; release of person before expiration of order. Provides that no person who is the subject of an order for involuntary commitment shall be released from a state hospital or licensed hospital and that no community services board shall petition for rescission of a mandatory outpatient treatment order or order authorizing discharge to mandatory outpatient treatment following inpatient treatment during the 96-hour period immediately following entry of the order, unless in the opinion of (i) the psychiatrist or clinical psychologist treating the person, based on an evaluation conducted by the psychiatrist or clinical psychologist, and (ii) a second psychiatrist or clinical psychologist who has evaluated the person, the person will not meet the criteria for involuntary commitment if released.

Involuntary commitment; release of person before expiration of order.

Del. Mike Cherry [R]

2022-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2022-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2022-01-22	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102272D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	2	837	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	838	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	839	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB134
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB134+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22104715A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB134F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0801V0015+HB0134