- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Latest action
- Apr 2, 2024
What it does
Discharge of individuals from state hospitalsor training centers. Provides that after an individual's treatment team determines that the individual is ready for discharge, the Commissionerof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services has the authorityto discharge the individual, with an appropriate plan, after 15 daysover the objection of the community services board or guardian. Thebill requires the Department to promulgate regulations providingfor an expedited discharge process for persons in state hospitalsor training centers that are identified as needing intellectual ordevelopmental disability services and to develop and implement astatewide training program for state hospital…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Where it goes next
It is law in Virginia. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.