VA HB4017 | 2019 | 1st Special Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-07-09 - Referred by voice vote with letter to Crime Commission
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of State Police; mobile applications; mental health and public safety. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) to develop or obtain a mental health mobile application to facilitate the provision of crisis intervention services by licensed clinicians to individuals in the Commonwealth through calls, texts, and online chat portals. The bill requires the mobile application to be integrated with the crisis intervention phone hotline administered by a third-party provider under contract with the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and requires DMAS to provide the DBHDS with data and other information necessary to ensure such integration. The Secretary of Health

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Title

DBHDS and VSP; mobile applications, mental health and public safety.

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-07-09HouseReferred by voice vote with letter to Crime Commission
2019-07-08HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-07-08HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 07/09/19 19200250D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
372312.3(n/a)See Bill Text

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Bill Comments

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