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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Srvcs; reports of critical incidents or death."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 894"
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citation: "Virginia SB 894 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-12-20"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28b7df26-c23a-42cf-aa43-8cb6c6ebe9ae"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB894"
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source_hash: "5dbe66e9f443d153d115c9a4b244a88ae1cfb4a3c787650af5bbe9ecd5e59fab"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 894 (2017) — Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Srvcs; reports of critical incidents or death.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0470)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0470)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB894ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB894ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104444D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB894S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102094D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB894)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House amendments agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102094D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-20** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-23** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-01-23** Committee substitute agreed to 17104444D-S1
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- **2017-01-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB894S1
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- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2017-02-13** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 470 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28b7df26-c23a-42cf-aa43-8cb6c6ebe9ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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