Bill Text: VA HB1972 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Closure of the Southwestern Virginia Training Center and the Southeastern Virginia Training Center.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-08 - Left in Appropriations [HB1972 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HB1972-Prefiled.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 1972
Offered January 11, 2017
Prefiled January 10, 2017
A BILL to prevent the closure of the Southwestern Virginia
Training Center and Southeastern Virginia Training Center.
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Patrons-- O'Quinn and Kilgore
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. That, notwithstanding any plan for the closure of training centers developed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Southwestern Virginia Training Center and the Southeastern Virginia Training Center shall not be subject to closure and shall remain open and continue to accept new admissions of individuals with intellectual disability for whom treatment in a training center is appropriate.
