Virginia House Bill 1480 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Mental health awareness training; law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) to establish and administer a mental health awareness program for training persons in emergency services professions in recognizing potential mental health issues and assisting themselves and each other with mental health issues. The bill requires DBHDS to create and administer a process by which a program not created by DBHDS can be certified as a qualified mental health awareness program. The bill requires law-enforcement officers, emergency medical services personnel, and firefighters other than volunteer firefighters to participate in a mental health awareness program created or certified by DBHDS once every two years.

Mental health awareness training; law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency personnel.

Del. Gordon Helsel [R]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Randall Minchew [R]	Del. Christopher Peace [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2017-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-13	House	Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
2016-12-13	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-12-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100561D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	111.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	312.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	102	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1480
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1480+hil