HB314
State hospitals; discharge planning.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/05/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103986D
- 01/05/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/17/2024 - House: Assigned sub: Health
- 01/30/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/30/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24106488D-H1
- 02/01/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB314H1)
- 02/01/2024 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/06/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106488D-H1
- 02/06/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB314H1
- 02/07/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2024 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/15/2024 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/29/2024 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/25/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/25/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB314ER)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/02/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 279 (effective 1/1/25)
- 04/02/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0279)
- 04/03/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB314ER)
