Virginia House Bill 1948 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 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]

Substance abuse treatment upon conviction of a crime; recovery community organization. Authorizes a recovery community organization to provide substance abuse treatment to individuals ordered to such treatment by a court upon conviction or placement on first offender status of such individual for a crime involving controlled substances. The bill defines recovery community organization as a nonprofit organization composed of and governed by representatives of local communities of addiction recovery that offers peer recovery support services for persons with substance abuse and is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services.

Substance abuse treatment upon conviction of a crime; recovery community organization.

Del. Christopher Peace [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2017-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100885D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	251	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	251.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	252	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	254	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	259.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1948
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1948+hil