HB475: Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.

Chief Patron

Kirk Cox (R-66)
Colonial Heights, VA
Served: 1990–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

03/12/2008: signed by governor

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01/07/2008 Committee
01/07/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 082519476
01/07/2008 Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/16/2008 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
01/22/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB475)
02/05/2008 Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2008 Committee substitute printed 081860512-H1
02/05/2008 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/06/2008 Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood)
02/08/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB475H1)
02/08/2008 Reported from Appropriations (24-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2008 Read first time
02/11/2008 Read second time
02/11/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 081860512-H1
02/11/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB475H1
02/12/2008 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/12/2008 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2008 Communicated to Senate
02/13/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed
02/13/2008 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/20/2008 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2008 Committee substitute printed 082420476-S1
02/22/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB475S1)
02/25/2008 Read third time
02/25/2008 Reading of substitute waived
02/25/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 082420476-S1
02/25/2008 Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
02/25/2008 Rereferred to Finance
02/27/2008 Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2008 Read third time
02/28/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB475S1
02/28/2008 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/29/2008 Placed on Calendar
03/03/2008 Senate substitute agreed to by House 082420476-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
03/03/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2008 Enrolled
03/05/2008 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB475ER)
03/05/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB475ER)
03/05/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/06/2008 Signed by President
03/12/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 584 (effective 7/1/08)
03/18/2008 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584)

Summary

Department of Veterans Services; mental health and rehabilitative services. Requires that the Department, in cooperation with the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services and the Department of Rehabilitative Services, shall establish a program to monitor and coordinate mental health and rehabilitative services support for Virginia veterans and members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia residents in the Armed Forces Reserves not in active federal service.

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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/22/2008, 01/22/2008, 02/05/2008, 02/06/2008, 02/06/2008, 02/08/2008, 02/08/2008, 02/11/2008, 02/12/2008, 02/13/2008, 02/13/2008, 02/21/2008, 02/22/2008, 02/22/2008, 02/25/2008, 02/28/2008, 02/28/2008, 02/29/2008 and 03/06/2008.

Comments

CVC, LLC, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

Requires that the Department, in cooperation with the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services and the Department of Rehabilitative Services, shall establish a program to monitor and coordinate mental health and rehabilitative services support for Virginia veterans and members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia residents in the Armed Forces Reserves not in active federal service.

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