SB1300: Northern Virginia Training Center; prohibition of closure.

SENATE BILL NO. 1300

Offered January 14, 2015
Prefiled January 14, 2015
A BILL to delay the closure of the Northern Virginia Training Center and to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to identify three training centers to remain open.
Patron-- Newman

Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That, notwithstanding any plan for the closure of training centers developed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services currently in place, (i) the Northern Virginia Training Center shall not be subject to closure prior to December 31, 2016, and shall not be declared surplus on any land use plan developed by the Department, and (ii) the Secretary of Health and Human Resources shall identify by November 30, 2015, at least three training centers that shall not be subject to closure. Such training centers shall remain open and continue to accept new admissions of individuals with intellectual disability for whom treatment in a training center is appropriate.