Virginia Senate Bill 177 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 7 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-02-13 - Senate: Continued to 2009 in Finance (16-Y 0-N)

Mental health; assisted outpatient treatment. Establishes a program of assisted outpatient treatment for the severely mentally ill. The bill authorizes assisted outpatient treatment for persons previously hospitalized due to noncompliance with prescribed psychiatric treatment, who would be likely to meet the criteria for inpatient commitment without treatment. The bill requires that a specific written treatment plan be prepared by the community services board that gives consideration to the treatment preferences of the individual and explicitly bars the forcible administration of medication. The bill also authorizes a magistrate to issue a temporary detention order for an individual who fails to comply with an outpatient treatment order without good cause. The bill limits the duration of the court order to 180 days or less, and provides the person with procedural protections, including the right to an adversary hearing, the right to counsel, the right to an appeal, and the right to a jury trial on appeal.

Assisted outpatient treatment program; established for severely mentally ill.

Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]

Sen. Henry Marsh [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-02-13		Senate: Continued to 2009 in Finance (16-Y 0-N)
2008-01-28		Senate: Rereferred to Finance
2008-01-28		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
2008-01-21		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation
2008-01-07		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-07		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 072705264

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB177