SB 878 Virginia Senate · 2018 Regular Session

Correctional facilities, local and regional; standards for mental health.

Summary
Requires the Board of Corrections to adopt standards for mental health services in local and regional correctional facilities, which shall include a requirement that (i) the sheriff of every county and city in which a local correctional facility is located enter into an agreement with the community services board serving that county or city for the delivery of mental health and substance abuse services in the local correctional facility and (ii) the administrator of every regional correctional facility enter into an agreement with the community services board or boards serving the counties and cities participating in the regional correctional facility for the delivery of mental health and substance abuse services in the regional correctional facility. If a sheriff contracts with an entity other than a community services board for the provision of mental health and substance abuse services, the sheriff may continue to use such alternative service. The bill also requires community services boards to provide mental health and substance abuse services to individuals in local and regional correctional facilities and establishes a procedure for the delivery of services to individuals released from local and regional correctional facilities by the community services board serving the local or regional correctional facility or the community services board serving the county or city in which the individual will reside upon his release. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2018 Last action Mar 6, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Feb 22, 2018
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
legislature
Feb 19, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
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Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB878S1
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Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18106800D-S1
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Feb 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Jan 26, 2018
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
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Jan 18, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
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Jan 18, 2018
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 18104910D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SD
Siobhan Dunnavant
RRepublican
VA
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