Virginia Senate Bill 653 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-29 - Stricken at request of Patron in Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

State psychiatric hospitals; temporary detention orders; delayed admission to determine medical needs. Allows state psychiatric hospitals to delay admission of an individual under a temporary detention order until the state psychiatric hospital has determined that the individual does not have potentially life-threatening medical needs that require immediate evaluation and treatment that the state psychiatric hospital is incapable of providing. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission and the Behavioral Health Commission.

State psychiatric hospitals; temporary detention orders, delayed admission to determine med. needs.

Sen. Tara Durant [R]

2024-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-29	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)
2024-01-15	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-15	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 24103979D

HB808 (Similar To) 2024-02-13 - Failed to pass in House

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	340.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	809.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB653
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB653+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB653F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S13V0060+SB0653