SB627: Training center residents; DBHDS to ensure resources available prior to transfer to another center.


SENATE BILL NO. 627
FLOOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by Delegate Orrock
on March 4, 2014)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Newman)
A BILL to ensure adequate resources are available and disclosed to training center residents prior to their transfer to another training center or community-based care.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall, before transferring any training center resident to another training center or to community-based care, provide written certification to such training center resident or his legally authorized representative that (i) the receiving training center or community-based option provides a quality of care that is comparable to that provided in the resident's current training center regarding medical, health, developmental, and behavioral care and safety and (ii) all permissible placement options available under the Commonwealth's August 23, 2012, settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, including the option to remain in a training center, have been disclosed to the training center resident or his legally authorized representative. A training center resident or his legally authorized representative may waive the certification requirement imposed in clause (i).

§ 2. That the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall convene a work group of interested stakeholders, which shall include members of the General Assembly, to consider options for expanding the number of training centers that remain open, in whole or in part, in the Commonwealth.


SENATE BILL NO. 627
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Finance
on February 5, 2014)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Newman)
A BILL to ensure adequate resources are available and disclosed to training center residents prior to their transfer to another training center or community-based care.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall, before transferring any training center resident to another training center or to community-based care, provide written certification to such training center resident or his legally authorized representative that (i) the receiving training center or community-based option provides a quality of care that is comparable to that provided in the resident's current training center and (ii) all permissible placement options available under the Commonwealth's August 23, 2012, settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, including the option to remain in a training center, have been disclosed to the training center resident or his legally authorized representative. A training center resident or his legally authorized representative may waive the certification requirement imposed in clause (i).


SENATE BILL NO. 627
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
on January 31, 2014)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Newman)
A BILL to ensure adequate resources are available and disclosed to training center residents prior to their transfer to another training center or community-based care.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall, before transferring any training center resident to another training center or to community-based care, provide written certification to each training center resident or his legally authorized representative that (i) the receiving training center or community-based option provides quality of care equal to or higher than that provided in the resident's current training center; (ii) the receiving training center or community-based option provides all essential services utilized by the training center resident at his current facility, and that those services are of at least equal staffing, quality, frequency, and accessibility; and (iii) all permissible placement options available under the Commonwealth's August 23, 2012, settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, including the option to remain in a training center, have been disclosed to the training center resident or his legally authorized representative. A training center resident or his legally authorized representative may waive the certification requirements imposed in clauses (i) and (ii).

SENATE BILL NO. 627

Offered January 16, 2014
A BILL to ensure adequate resources are available and disclosed to training center residents prior to their transfer to another training center or community-based care.
Patrons-- Newman, Black, Edwards, Favola, Garrett, Howell and Puller

Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall, before transferring any training center resident to another training center or to community-based care, provide written certification to each training center resident or their legally authorized representative that (i) the receiving training center or community-based option provides quality of care equal to or higher than that provided in the resident's current training center; (ii) the receiving training center or community-based option provides all essential services utilized by the training center resident at his current facility, and that those services are of at least equal staffing, quality, frequency, and accessibility; and (iii) all permissible placement options available under the Commonwealth's August 23, 2012, settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, including the right to remain in a training center, have been disclosed to the training center resident or his legally authorized representative.