Bill Text: VA HB585 | 2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Criminal defendant; competency reports for restoration providers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0408) [HB585 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2014-HB585-Enrolled.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §19.2-169.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §19.2-169.2. Disposition when defendant found incompetent. A. Upon finding pursuant to subsection E of §19.2-169.1 that the defendant, including a juvenile transferred pursuant to §16.1-269.1, is incompetent, the court shall order that the defendant receive treatment to restore his competency on an outpatient basis or, if the court specifically finds that the defendant requires inpatient hospital treatment, at a hospital designated by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services as appropriate for treatment of persons under criminal charge. Any psychiatric records and other information that have been deemed relevant and submitted by the attorney for the defendant pursuant to subsection C of §19.2-169.1 and any reports submitted pursuant to subsection D of §19.2-169.1 shall be made available to the director of the community services board or behavioral health authority or his designee or to the director of the treating inpatient facility or his designee within 96 hours of the issuance of the court order requiring treatment to restore the defendant's competency. If the 96-hour period expires on a Saturday, Sunday, or other legal holiday, the 96 hours shall be extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. B. If, at any time after the defendant is ordered to undergo treatment under subsection A of this section, the director of the community services board or behavioral health authority or his designee or the director of the treating inpatient facility or his designee believes the defendant's competency is restored, the director or his designee shall immediately send a report to the court as prescribed in subsection D of §19.2-169.1. The court shall make a ruling on the defendant's competency according to the procedures specified in subsection E of §19.2-169.1. C. The clerk of court shall certify and forward forthwith to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, on a form provided by the Exchange, a copy of an order for treatment issued pursuant to subsection A. |
