republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-894.md

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Bill	Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Srvcs; reports of critical incidents or death.	Requires the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide a written report setting forth the known facts of serious injuries or deaths of individuals receiving services in programs operated or licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to the Director of the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system within 15 working days of the serious injury or death. Currently, reports are required only for critical incidents or deaths occurring at facilities operated by the Department. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 894	Virginia SB 894 (2017)	bill	Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Barbara A. Favola	4	20	6	2016-12-20	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/28b7df26-c23a-42cf-aa43-8cb6c6ebe9ae	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB894	5dbe66e9f443d153d115c9a4b244a88ae1cfb4a3c787650af5bbe9ecd5e59fab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 894 (2017) — Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Srvcs; reports of critical incidents or death.

Requires the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide a written report setting forth the known facts of serious injuries or deaths of individuals receiving services in programs operated or licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to the Director of the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system within 15 working days of the serious injury or death. Currently, reports are required only for critical incidents or deaths occurring at facilities operated by the Department. 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 (CHAP0470) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB894ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104444D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102094D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• House amendments agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-20 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102094D introduction
• 2016-12-20 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-23 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-23 Committee substitute agreed to 17104444D-S1
• 2017-01-23 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB894S1
• 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-02-13 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2017-02-13 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 470 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28b7df26-c23a-42cf-aa43-8cb6c6ebe9ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).