republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1551.md

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Bill	Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information.	Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide electronic data, including individually identifiable information, on proceedings pursuant to the Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act and the Emergency Custody of Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions Act to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services upon request and provides that the Department may use such data for the purpose of developing and maintaining statistical archives, conducting research on the outcome of such proceedings, and preparing analyses and reports for use by the Department. The bill requires the Department to take all necessary steps to protect the security and privacy of the records and information provided pursuant to the provisions of the bill in accordance with the requirements of state and federal law and regulations governing health privacy. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1551	Virginia HB 1551 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Computer Services and Uses	enacted	Peter F. Farrell	4	16	5	2016-12-29	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/7f112254-33ef-4836-b59c-d7457664a49e	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1551	47dd59fa7d3659ac094d36de060480b7309ec69b70e8c3fce249d23f4b586ae1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1551 (2017) — Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information.

Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide electronic data, including individually identifiable information, on proceedings pursuant to the Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act and the Emergency Custody of Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions Act to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services upon request and provides that the Department may use such data for the purpose of developing and maintaining statistical archives, conducting research on the outcome of such proceedings, and preparing analyses and reports for use by the Department. The bill requires the Department to take all necessary steps to protect the security and privacy of the records and information provided pursuant to the provisions of the bill in accordance with the requirements of state and federal law and regulations governing health privacy. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0188) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1551ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104073D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101062D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 96–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Peter F. Farrell — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-12-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101062D introduction
• 2016-12-29 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 17104073D-H1
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1551H1
• 2017-01-31 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-01 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 188 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f112254-33ef-4836-b59c-d7457664a49e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).