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| Bill | Temporary detention; certified evaluators, report. | Temporary detention; certified evaluators; report. Authorizes hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department located in Senate District 23 to employ certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioral health treatment. The bill requires participating hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments in Senate District 23 to annually report the length of time between when a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order arrives at the psychiatric emergency department of a participating hospital and when the temporary detention order evaluation is completed and (ii) the number of (a) admissions, (b) psychiatric emergency department visits, (c) temporary detention order evaluations completed, (d) temporary detention orders executed, (e) individuals under temporary detention admitted to the participating hospital, and (f) individuals transferred from the psychiatric emergency department of the participating hospital to a state facility to the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, and the Behavioral Health Commission. The bill requires participating hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments in Senate District 23 to report monthly to the Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services the number of (a) crisis evaluations conducted each month; (b) temporary detention orders executed as a result of such evaluations and the percentage of evaluations such temporary detention orders represent; (c) reportable events associated with such temporary detention orders and the percentage of temporary detention orders that such reportable events represent; (d) certain reportable events; and (e) other events. The bill requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to submit by October 1, 2026, to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health and Human Services an evaluation of the overall effectiveness of certified evaluators conducting temporary detention order evaluations pursuant to the bill. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2026. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | SB 34 | Virginia SB 34 (2024) |
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Virginia SB 34 (2024) — Temporary detention; certified evaluators, report.
Temporary detention; certified evaluators; report. Authorizes hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department located in Senate District 23 to employ certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioral health treatment. The bill requires participating hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments in Senate District 23 to annually report the length of time between when a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order arrives at the psychiatric emergency department of a participating hospital and when the temporary detention order evaluation is completed and (ii) the number of (a) admissions, (b) psychiatric emergency department visits, (c) temporary detention order evaluations completed, (d) temporary detention orders executed, (e) individuals under temporary detention admitted to the participating hospital, and (f) individuals transferred from the psychiatric emergency department of the participating hospital to a state facility to the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, and the Behavioral Health Commission. The bill requires participating hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments in Senate District 23 to report monthly to the Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services the number of (a) crisis evaluations conducted each month; (b) temporary detention orders executed as a result of such evaluations and the percentage of evaluations such temporary detention orders represent; (c) reportable events associated with such temporary detention orders and the percentage of temporary detention orders that such reportable events represent; (d) certain reportable events; and (e) other events. The bill requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to submit by October 1, 2026, to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health and Human Services an evaluation of the overall effectiveness of certified evaluators conducting temporary detention order evaluations pursuant to the bill. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2026.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0780 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24106740D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24108460D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB34ER (committee substitute) — source
- SB34ER2 (committee substitute) — source
- SB34ES1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 8-N) — 90–8 (pass) · lower
- House substitute with amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) — 87–11 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Referred from Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-12-16 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101203D
filing, introduction - 2023-12-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB34)
- 2024-01-26 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health
referral-committee - 2024-01-30 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-01 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-01 Committee substitute printed 24106740D-S1
substitution - 2024-02-01 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB34S1)
- 2024-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
- 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24106740D-S1
substitution - 2024-02-12 Reading of amendments waived
- 2024-02-12 Committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2024-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB34ES1
substitution - 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24106740D-ES1
- 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-12 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB34ES1)
- 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
- 2024-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2024-02-16 Referred from Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2024-02-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-27 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-27 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-28 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-28 Committee substitute printed 24108460D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB34H1)
- 2024-03-01 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
- 2024-03-05 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-03-05 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-05 Committee on Health and Human Services amendments rejected
amendment-failure - 2024-03-05 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24108460D-H1
substitution - 2024-03-05 Amendments by Delegate Price agreed to
amendment-passage - 2024-03-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments SB34H1
substitution - 2024-03-05 Passed House with substitute with amendments (88-Y 11-N)\
passage - 2024-03-05 VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N)
passage - 2024-03-06 House substitute with amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
amendment-passage, substitution - 2024-03-06 Title replaced 24108460D-H1
- 2024-03-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB34ER)
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 - 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB34ER)
- 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
executive-veto-line-item - 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (91-Y 8-N)
- 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 8-N)
- 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted
executive-signature - 2024-04-17 Reenrolled
enrolled - 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (SB34ER2)
enrolled - 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 780 (effective 7/1/24)
became-law - 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3dc50e66-30fa-4a26-87d8-24158e7f9b46. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).