Local correctional facilities and lock-ups; minimum standards. (HB147)

Introduced By

Del. Bill Wiley (R-Winchester) with support from co-patrons Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun), and Del. Chris Runion (R-Bridgewater)

Progress

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

Description

Minimum standards for local correctional facilities and lock-ups; individuals in need of behavioral health or developmental services. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to establish minimum standards for identification and care of individuals with developmental disabilities in local correctional facilities and procedures for enforcing such minimum standards, including requirements for (i) screening of individuals committed to local correctional facilities for developmental disabilities, (ii) referral of individuals committed to local correctional facilities for whom a screening indicates reason to believe the person may have a developmental disability to an appropriate provider for an assessment to determine whether the individual has a developmental disability and is in need of developmental services, and (iii) transfer of an individual determined to have a developmental disability and to be in need of developmental services from a local correctional facility to a facility at which appropriate developmental services are provided within 72 hours of completion of the assessment. The bill also requires the Board to amend standards governing the delivery of behavioral health services in local correctional facilities and lock-ups to provide that if an individual is assessed as being in need of behavioral health services, such individual shall be transferred from the local correctional facility or lock-up to a behavioral health facility within 72 hours of the assessment. Currently, standards governing behavioral health services in local correctional facilities and lock-ups require that if a person is assessed as being in need of behavioral health services, the local correctional facility or lock-up shall provide such services. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/07/2022Committee
01/07/2022Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103164D
01/07/2022Referred to Committee on Public Safety
01/25/2022Impact statement from DPB (HB147)
01/31/2022Impact statement from DPB (HB147)
02/01/2022Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
02/04/2022Referred from Public Safety
02/04/2022Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/04/2022Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #4
02/15/2022Left in Courts of Justice