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Mental Health Legislation

HB 293; Temporary detention, determining facility for individual
Delegate Robert B. Bell (R – Charlottesville)

HB 323; Temporary detention order, transportation
Delegate John O’Bannon (R – Richmond)

HB 478; Emergency custody order, duration, extension
Delegate Ronald A. Villanueva (R – Virginia Beach)

HB 574; Mandatory outpatient treatment, acknowledgement of transfer & receipt of order within 5 days
Delegate Joseph R. Yost (R – Radford)

HB 743; Mental health, prohibition of firearms
Delegate Jennifer L. McClellan (D – Richmond)

HB 1172; Temporary detention, procedure for transferring person
Delegate Robert B. Bell (R – Charlottesville)

HB 1216; DBHDS evaluate qualifications and training of individuals performing evaluations of individuals
Delegate Robert B. Bell (R – Charlottesville)

HB 1232; Acute psychiatric bed registry, DBHDS shall develop and administer a web-based registry
Delegate Benjamin L. Cline (R – Amherst)

HB 1268; Student mental health policies and procedures, violence prevention committees
Delegate Timothy D. Hugo (R – Centreville)

SB 239; Student mental health policies and procedures, violence prevention committees
Senator J. Chapman Petersen (D – Fairfax)

SB 261; DBHDS qualifications of individuals performing certain evaluations
Senator R. Creigh Deeds (D – Charlottesville)

SB 439; Mandatory outpatient treatment, acknowledgement of transfer & receipt of order within 5 days
Senator George L. Barker (D – Alexandria)

SB 576; Mental health, prohibition of firearms
Senator A. Donald McEachin (D – Richmond)

SJ 47; Mental health, joint subcommittee to study services in the Commonwealth in twenty-first century
Senator R. Creigh Deeds (D – Charlottesville)

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