republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-179.md

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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 HB 314.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 179	Virginia SB 179 (2024)	bill		enacted	Barbara A. Favola	4	33	7	2024-01-08	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/fa4e8a93-628a-4818-81ef-3e733744cc80	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB179	d6568d1478d4a7c3ff565b1ce89463914178d3366db0021cd4e86199251cdd63	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 179 (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 HB 314. 

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0153 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105720D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103985D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB179ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103985D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Committee substitute printed 24105720D-S1 substitution
• 2024-01-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (SB179S1)
• 2024-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 24105720D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB179S1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB179ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB179ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 153 (effective 1/1/25) executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0153)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa4e8a93-628a-4818-81ef-3e733744cc80. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).