Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange. (HB815)
Introduced By
Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield) with support from 24 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Kris Amundson (D-Mount Vernon), Del. Joe Bouchard (D-Virginia Beach), Del. David Bulova (D-Fairfax), Del. Chuck Caputo (D-Oak Hill), Del. Dwight Jones (D-Richmond), Del. Bobby Mathieson (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Paula Miller (D-Norfolk), Del. Brian Moran (D-Alexandria), Del. Paul Nichols (D-Woodbridge), Del. Sam Nixon (R-Richmond), Del. Dave Nutter (R-Christiansburg), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Del. Jim Scott (D-Merrifield), Del. Steve Shannon (D-Vienna), Del. Roslyn Tyler (D-Jarratt), Del. Shannon Valentine (D-Lynchburg), Del. Margi Vanderhye (D-McLean), Del. Jeion Ward (D-Hampton), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg), Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria), Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Voluntary admission; report to CCRE. Adds to the section requiring reporting of involuntary commitment persons who were the subject of a temporary detention order and who subsequently agreed to voluntary commitment. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/08/2008 | Committee |
01/08/2008 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081441432 |
01/08/2008 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/16/2008 | Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health |
01/25/2008 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/28/2008 | Committee substitute printed 081474432-H1 |
01/29/2008 | Read first time |
01/30/2008 | Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to |
01/30/2008 | Rereferred to Courts of Justice |
02/08/2008 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2008 | Committee substitute printed 086008520-H2 |
02/09/2008 | Read first time |
02/11/2008 | Committee substitute from Courts of Justice rejected 081474432-H1 |
02/11/2008 | Committee substitute from Courts of Justice agreed to 086008520-H2 |
02/11/2008 | Read second time |
02/11/2008 | Committee substitute #1 from Courts of Justice rejected 081474432-H1 |
02/11/2008 | Committee substitute #2 from Courts of Justice agreed to 086008520-H2 |
02/11/2008 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB815H2 |
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 for Courts of Justice |
02/14/2008 | Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation |
02/28/2008 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
02/29/2008 | Committee substitute printed 089605228-S1 |
03/03/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
03/04/2008 | Read third time |
03/04/2008 | Reading of substitute waived |
03/04/2008 | Committee substitute agreed to 089605228-S1 |
03/04/2008 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB815S1 |
03/04/2008 | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
03/05/2008 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (2-Y 95-N) |
03/05/2008 | Placed on Calendar |
03/05/2008 | Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 95-N) |
03/05/2008 | VOTE: --- REJECTED (2-Y 95-N) |
03/06/2008 | Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
03/06/2008 | Senate requested conference committee |
03/06/2008 | House acceded to request |
03/06/2008 | Conferees appointed by House |
03/06/2008 | Delegates: Albo, Miller, J.H., Toscano |
03/06/2008 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
03/06/2008 | Senators: Edwards, McDougle, Smith |
03/08/2008 | Conference substitute printed 086028404-H3 |
03/08/2008 | Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N) |
03/08/2008 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N) |
03/08/2008 | Reading of conference report waived |
03/08/2008 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
03/24/2008 | Enrolled |
03/24/2008 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB815ER) |
03/24/2008 | Signed by Speaker |
03/26/2008 | Signed by President |
04/01/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB815ER) |
04/02/2008 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 788 (effective 7/1/08) |
Comments
Subsequently in this bill could probably be interpreted as years later, so once threatened with unneeded or unwanted treatment, a person who later sought intensive treatment would be forbidden self-defense. It would make sense if we all lived in the suburbs and we all had cars, as the lawmakers do, but for those who live and work in the street, this just isn't a survivable law. Adults and children living with and ever so slowly recovering from mental illness(es) are much more likely (dozens of times more likely) to be victims than perpetrators of violence.
People volunteer for admission out of fear of facing up to 6 months of involuntary hospitalization even when they don't need to be in the hospital at all. So now they will be faced with the choice of risking 6 months being locked up or being put on a list with the FBI, well either way they end up on a list with the FBI. And we supposedly want to decriminalize mental illness?? I guess not.
The Senate substitute takes out the provision to report voluntary admissions to the criminal database.
But the last version of this bill that was signed by the Governor puts it back in. So now folks have less incentive to agree to voluntary hospitalization after a TDO because they will know their name will be sent to the FBI and the state database.
But of course all this reform was aimed at reducing involuntary commitment and promoting voluntariness, right Mr. Bonnie?