Olmstead Act
Olmstead/Community Integration
| Bills | Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 532 - Nixon - Home service contract providers; exempts those that have certain worth from licensure regulation. | (H) Committee on Commerce and Labor (S) Committee on Commerce and Labor | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0235) | 04/07/10 |
| notes: Exempts any home service contract provider that has a net worth in excess of $100 million from the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 26 of Title 38.2 of the Virginia Code, which provides for the licensure regulation of such providers by the State Corporation Commission | |||
| HB 729 - Albo - Involuntary admission; allows court to enter an order for mandatory outpatient treatment following. | (H) Committee for Courts of Justice (S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0330) | 04/10/10 |
| notes: Allows a court to enter an order for mandatory outpatient treatment following involuntary inpatient treatment, which orders a person to involuntary inpatient treatment and authorizes the person's treating physician to discharge the patient from inpatient treatment subject to mandatory outpatient treatment. To be eligible for such an order, the person must meet the criteria for involuntary inpatient treatment as well as demonstrate (i) a lack of compliance with treatment for mental illness, (ii) the need for outpatient treatment to prevent a relapse or deterioration that would likely result in his meeting the criteria for inpatient treatment, (iii) that the person is not likely to obtain outpatient treatment unless the court enters the order, and (iv) that the person is likely to benefit from outpatient treatment. Additionally, services must actually be available in the community and providers of services must have actually agreed to deliver the services. The bill also sets forth how orders for mandatory outpatient treatment following inpatient treatment will be enforced, reviewed, continued, and rescinded. | |||
| SB 45 - Stuart - Disabled parking; windshield placard shall not show certain personal information. | (H) Committee on Transportation (S) Committee on Transportation | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047) | 03/08/10 |
| notes: Provides that permanent and removable windshield placards shall not show the name, age, and sex of the person to whom issued. | |||
| SB 46 - Stuart - Special education program for children with disabilities; recovery of attorney fees. | (H) Committee for Courts of Justice (S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447) | 04/11/10 |
| notes: Authorizes a court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing party, who is the parent of a child with a disability, in a civil action he is allowed to bring before the court because he is aggrieved by earlier findings and a decision resolving a dispute as to program placements, individualized education programs, tuition eligibility and other matters. | |||
| SB 65 - Lucas - Psychiatric treatment; revises Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act. | (H) Committee for Courts of Justice (S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0778) | 04/21/10 |
| notes: Revises the Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act in order to create a stand alone juvenile commitment act that will be titled the Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act and to eliminate various cross references to the adult commitment statutes in Title 37.2. The bill incorporates various provisions from the adult commitment statutes, including provisions regarding the transportation of persons in the commitment process, the preparation of preadmission screening reports, and the process for emergency custody and temporary detention orders, into the Act. The bill also revises the appeals process, reducing the time to note an appeal from 30 to 10 days, which is consistent with other appeals from the juvenile and domestic relations district court. | |||
| SB 148 - Puller - Community Integration Advisory Commission; extends sunset provision, includes DRS for staff support. | (H) Committee on General Laws (S) Committee on General Laws and Technology | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0342) | 04/10/10 |
| notes: Extends the sunset for the Community Integration Advisory Commission from July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2014. The bill also changes the responsibility for staff support from the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities to the Department of Rehabilitative Services. | |||
| SB 689 - Blevins - Protection and Advocacy, Office for; establish policy and guideline for approval of legal remedies. | (H) Committee on General Laws (S) Committee on General Laws and Technology | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0692) | 04/12/10 |
| notes: Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy; dispute resolution proceedings. Requires the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy to initiate a dispute resolution proceeding prior to pursuing other legal remedies. If the dispute resolution proceeding fails to provide for a reasonable resolution of the complaint or violation, the Office may pursue other legal remedies, subject to approval by the Board for Protection and Advocacy, to protect the rights of persons with disabilities. | |||