Virginia House Bill 1548 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-13 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Advance directives; mental health treatment; capacity determinations. Provides that in cases in which a person has executed an advance directive granting an agent the authority to consent to the person's admission to a facility for mental health treatment and the advance directive so authorizes, the person's agent may exercise such authority after a determination that the person is incapable of making an informed decision regarding such admission has been made by (i) the attending physician, (ii) a psychiatrist or licensed clinical psychologist, (iii) a licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner, (iv) a licensed clinical social worker, or (v) a designee of the local community services board as defined in § 37.2-809. The bill also provides that a person's agent may make a health care decision over the protest of the person if, in addition to other factors, at the time the advance directive was made, a licensed physician, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed physician assistant, licensed nurse practitioner, licensed professional counselor, or licensed clinical social worker who is familiar with the person attested in writing that the person was capable of making an informed decision and understood the consequences of the provision. This bill is identical to SB 1511.

Advance directives; admission of person for mental health treatment, capacity determinations.

Del. Peter Farrell [R]

2017-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-13		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456)
2017-03-13		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 456 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-02-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
2017-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-17	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-17	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1548ER)
2017-02-17	House	Enrolled
2017-02-15	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
2017-02-15	House	Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
2017-02-15	House	Placed on Calendar
2017-02-13	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-13	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2017-02-13	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2017-02-13	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2017-02-13	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2017-02-09	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
2017-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2017-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-02-03	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
2017-02-03	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
2017-02-02	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1548H1
2017-02-02	House	Committee substitute agreed to 17103796D-H1
2017-02-02	House	Read second time
2017-02-01	House	Read first time
2017-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 17103796D-H1
2017-01-31	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2017-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
2017-01-12	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
2016-12-29	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2016-12-29	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103471D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2983.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2986.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1548
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1548+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1548H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1548ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0456+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H1202V0008+HB1548
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H12V0121+HB1548
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV1870+HB1548
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S04V0181+HB1548
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0464HB1548+HB1548
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0471HB1548+HB1548
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2366+HB1548