VA SB 34

Title: Temporary detention; certified evaluators, report.
Author: Mamie E. Locke

Summary
Temporary detention; certified evaluators; report. Authorizes hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department located in the City of Hampton to employ certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioral health treatment. The bill requires participating hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments in the City of Hampton to annually report the length of time between when a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order arrives at the psychiatric emergency department of a participating hospital and when the temporary detention order evaluation is completed and (ii) the number of (a) admissions, (b) psychiatric emergency department visits, (c) temporary detention order evaluations completed, (d) temporary detention orders executed, (e) individuals under temporary detention admitted to the participating hospital, and (f) individuals transferred from the psychiatric emergency department of the participating hospital to a state facility to the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the House Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Behavioral Health Commission. The bill requires participating hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments in the City of Hampton to report monthly to the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services the number of (a) crisis evaluations conducted each month; (b) temporary detention orders executed as a result of such evaluations and the percentage of evaluations such temporary detention orders represent; (c) reportable events associated with such temporary detention orders and the percentage of temporary detention orders that such reportable events represent; (d) certain reportable events; and (e) other events. The bill requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to submit by October 1, 2026, to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health and Human Services an evaluation of the overall effectiveness of certified evaluators conducting temporary detention order evaluations pursuant to the bill. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2026.

Status
Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted

Bill Documents
VA SB 34 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101203D
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101203D)

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VA SB 34 - Committee substitute printed 24106740D-S1
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (Committee substitute printed 24106740D-S1)

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VA SB 34 - Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered)

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VA SB 34 - Senate amendments
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (Senate amendments)

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VA SB 34 - Printed as engrossed 24106740D-ES1
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (Printed as engrossed 24106740D-ES1)

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VA SB 34 - Committee substitute printed 24108460D-H1
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (Committee substitute printed 24108460D-H1)

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VA SB 34 - House committee amendments reported
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (House committee amendments reported)

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VA SB 34 - Substitute for Committee: S-Education and Health, Subcommittee: Health, Recommended on 1/30/2024
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (Substitute for Committee: S-Education and Health, Subcommittee: Health, Recommended on 1/30/2024)

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VA SB 34 - House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered)

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VA SB 34 - House amendments not adopted
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (House amendments not adopted)

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VA SB 34 - House amendments engrossed
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (House amendments engrossed)

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VA SB 34 - House amendments adopted
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (House amendments adopted)

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VA SB 34 - Amendment(s) for Member Marcia S. "Cia" Price Offered on 3/5/2024
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (Amendment(s) for Member Marcia S. "Cia" Price Offered on 3/5/2024)

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VA SB 34 - Amendment(s) for Committee: Health and Human Services Offered on 2/27/2024
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (Amendment(s) for Committee: Health and Human Services Offered on 2/27/2024)

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VA SB 34 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB34ER)
2023-12-16 - VA SB 34 (Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB34ER))

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