Virginia House Bill 1351 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-04 - Continued to 2021 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Temporary detention; evaluation; who may perform. Expands the category of individuals who may evaluate a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order to determine whether the person meets the criteria for temporary detention to include any person described in the definition of "mental health professional" in § 54.1-2400.1 who (i) is skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, (ii) has completed a certification program approved by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and (iii) complies with regulations of the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services related to performance of such evaluations.

Temporary detention; expands category of individuals who may evaluate a person.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-04	House	Continued to 2021 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-17	House	Assigned HWI sub: Behavioral Health
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103049D

HB1351 (Carry Over) 2020-02-04 - Continued to 2021 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	2	808	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1351
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1351+hil