Bill Text: VA SB663 | 2014 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Community college mental health services; Virginia Community College System to create pilot program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-06 - Continued to 2015 in Finance (14-Y 0-N) [SB663 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-SB663-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 663 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Finance on February 4, 2014) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Ebbin) A BILL to create a community college mental health services pilot program.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. With such funds as may be appropriated for this purpose, the Virginia Community College System shall create a pilot program whereby it (i) establishes a plan or (ii) contracts with community groups or (iii) both to provide mental health services to uninsured students and such other students as the System may identify at four community college campuses in the Commonwealth, as determined by the System. A central program manager who is a licensed mental health care practitioner shall supervise the program. The central program manager shall issue a report to the General Assembly by October 30, 2015.

2. That the provisions of the first enactment of this act shall expire on June 30, 2016.

3. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless an appropriation effectuating the purposes of this act is included in a general appropriation act passed in 2014 by the General Assembly that becomes law.