republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-314.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	State hospitals; discharge planning.	State hospitals; discharge planning; report. Provides that (i) when an individual is to be discharged from Central State Hospital, Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute, or Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute in 30 days or less after admission, the appropriate community services board shall implement the discharge plan developed by the state facility and (ii) when an individual is to be discharged from any other state facility in 30 days or less after admission, or from a state hospital more than 30 days after admission, the appropriate community services board or behavioral health authority shall be responsible for the individual's discharge planning. Under current law, community services boards and behavioral health authorities provide discharge planning for all individuals discharged from state hospitals, regardless of the duration of their stay. The bill requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to make certain annual reports by August 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly and to provide the General Assembly with a one-time evaluation of the impacts of the changes to discharge planning implemented by the bill by November 1, 2025. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 179.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 314	Virginia HB 314 (2024)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	4	31	7	2024-01-05	2024-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/5fc8995d-6cd5-42bd-8322-84ec40b57a5b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB314	eeeed566fb518ba74461bcbae4372ffbff225bf0cfef70af284bfce45bee04f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 314 (2024) — State hospitals; discharge planning.

State hospitals; discharge planning; report. Provides that (i) when an individual is to be discharged from Central State Hospital, Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute, or Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute in 30 days or less after admission, the appropriate community services board shall implement the discharge plan developed by the state facility and (ii) when an individual is to be discharged from any other state facility in 30 days or less after admission, or from a state hospital more than 30 days after admission, the appropriate community services board or behavioral health authority shall be responsible for the individual's discharge planning. Under current law, community services boards and behavioral health authorities provide discharge planning for all individuals discharged from state hospitals, regardless of the duration of their stay. The bill requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to make certain annual reports by August 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly and to provide the General Assembly with a one-time evaluation of the impacts of the changes to discharge planning implemented by the bill by November 1, 2025. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 179. 

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0279 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106488D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB314ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103986D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103986D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute printed 24106488D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB314H1)
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24106488D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB314H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-15 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB314ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 279 (effective 1/1/25) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0279)
• 2024-04-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB314ER)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5fc8995d-6cd5-42bd-8322-84ec40b57a5b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).