Bill Text: VA HB1453 | 2020 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Acute psychiatric bed registry; DBHDS shall establish work group to evaluate, etc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367) [HB1453 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB1453-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1453 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on February 4, 2020) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Hope) A BILL to direct the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish a work group to evaluate and make recommendations related to the acute psychiatric bed registry.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) shall establish a work group to include representatives of such stakeholders as the Department may deem appropriate (i) to evaluate the role of the acute psychiatric bed registry (the registry) in collecting and disseminating information about the availability of acute psychiatric beds in the Commonwealth and collecting data and information to ensure adequate oversight of the process by which individuals are referred for acute psychiatric services, the structure of the registry, and the types of data required to be reported to the registry and (ii) to make recommendations for statutory, budgetary, or other actions necessary to redefine the purpose of the registry and improve its structure and effectiveness. The work group shall report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, and the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century by November 1, 2020.