Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program; established. (HB197)
Introduced By
Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge)
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
Commonwealth Workplace Violence Education, Awareness, and Prevention Program. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Department of Labor and Industry to jointly develop the Commonwealth Workplace Violence Education, Awareness, and Prevention Program (the Program). The purpose of the Program is to provide participating employers in the Commonwealth, either at the workplace or off site, with information that will provide managerial personnel with a greater ability to understand, recognize, and respond to behaviors of employees that could result in workplace violence. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/28/2015 | Committee |
| 12/28/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103179D |
| 12/28/2015 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 01/20/2016 | Assigned to sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 01/20/2016 | Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 01/28/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB197) |
| 02/09/2016 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/09/2016 | Committee substitute printed 16104935D-H1 |
| 02/09/2016 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 02/09/2016 | Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources |
| 02/09/2016 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) |
| 02/10/2016 | Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2016 | Read first time |
| 02/15/2016 | Read second time |
| 02/15/2016 | Committee substitute agreed to 16104935D-H1 |
| 02/15/2016 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB197H1 |
| 02/16/2016 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/16/2016 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2016 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/17/2016 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/22/2016 | Assigned Education sub: Health |
| 02/25/2016 | Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/26/2016 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/29/2016 | Read third time |
| 02/29/2016 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/29/2016 | Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/01/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB197H1) |
| 03/02/2016 | Enrolled |
| 03/02/2016 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB197ER) |
| 03/02/2016 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/04/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB197ER) |
| 03/05/2016 | Signed by President |
| 03/07/2016 | Signed by President |
| 03/07/2016 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, April 11, 2016 |
| 03/07/2016 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016 |
| 03/07/2016 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016 |
| 03/11/2016 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 407 (effective 7/1/16) |
| 03/11/2016 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407) |
| 03/11/2016 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0407) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 50 seconds.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
MR. SPEAKER, IT DISTRICTS THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL SERVICES ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER THE FIRST AID PROGRAM AND PROVIDE TRAINING BY CERTIFIED TRAINER OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITHIN THE COMMON WEALTH ON HOW TO IDENTIFY AND SAFETY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE, OR MAY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE OR DISORDER. AND WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. HOUSE BILL 240 RELATED TO THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AND DEFENSE AFFAIRS, ASSISTANCE TO