Hospitals; security personnel training to identify mental illness.
Summary
Requires the Board of Health to include in its regulations governing licensed hospitals a requirement that every hospital with an emergency department establish protocols to ensure that security personnel of the emergency department, if any, receive training appropriate to the populations served by the emergency department, which may include training based on a trauma-informed approach in identifying and safely addressing situations involving patients and others who pose a risk of harm to themselves or others due to mental illness or substance abuse or who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2018
Last action Mar 7, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Amendments
4
Feb 28, 2018
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 26, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
legislature
Feb 26, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Feb 26, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
legislature
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1088E
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Jan 18, 2018
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103797D
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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