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type: "Bill"
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title: "State hospitals; discharge of individuals."
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description: "Discharge of individuals from state hospitalsor training centers. Provides that after an individual's treatment team determines that the individual is ready for discharge, the Commissionerof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services has the authorityto discharge the individual, with an appropriate plan, after 15 daysover the objection of the community services board or guardian. Thebill requires the Department to promulgate regulations providingfor an expedited discharge process for persons in state hospitalsor training centers that are identified as needing intellectual ordevelopmental disability services and to develop and implement astatewide training program for state hospital employees and communityservices board liaisons designed to improve discharge planning outcomes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 515"
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citation: "Virginia HB 515 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbf18548-bb1b-427c-8400-0046c98e9034"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB515"
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source_hash: "b4d32cc4581e7f94318d9ffe02f5b2c55224cedf6c33d56e222a47065115d23a"
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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 HB 515 (2024) — State hospitals; discharge of individuals.
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Discharge of individuals from state hospitalsor training centers. Provides that after an individual's treatment team determines that the individual is ready for discharge, the Commissionerof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services has the authorityto discharge the individual, with an appropriate plan, after 15 daysover the objection of the community services board or guardian. Thebill requires the Department to promulgate regulations providingfor an expedited discharge process for persons in state hospitalsor training centers that are identified as needing intellectual ordevelopmental disability services and to develop and implement astatewide training program for state hospital employees and communityservices board liaisons designed to improve discharge planning outcomes.
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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. **CHAP0290** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0290)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24107017D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB515H1)
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3. **HB515ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB515ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104791D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB515)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104791D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-06** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute printed 24107017D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-06** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB515H1)
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- **2024-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107017D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB515H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-19** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB515ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB515ER)
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- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 290 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290)
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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/cbf18548-bb1b-427c-8400-0046c98e9034`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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