Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in cooperation with the Department of Medical Assistance Services, to study the use of the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund, including (i) the potential use of the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund to fund both involuntary temporary detention and voluntary treatment in a health care facility for the treatment of mental illness to reduce the use of involuntary treatment in the Commonwealth, (ii) the potential benefits of transferring management of the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund from the Department of Medical Assistance Services to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and (iii) any other strategies for improving use of the funds in the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund to improve access to mental health services in the Commonwealth. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall report its findings to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century by November 1, 2017.

introduced · Virginia · House of Delegates Jan 26, 2017

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SJ 303: Commending Junior Law.

SJ 302: Celebrating the life of James B. Ricketts.

SJ 249: Celebrating the life of the Honorable John C. Miller.

SJ 301: Celebrating the life of Frank R. Spadea.

SR 126: Celebrating the life of Roderick V. Manifold.

HJ 666: Commending Ursula Beverley Baxley.

HB 1550: Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund; DBHDS, et al., to study use of Fund.

HJ 747: Commending Earl Heath Miller, Jr.

HJ 681: Commending the Rappahannock County High School volleyball team.

HJ 572: Study; regulation of menhaden fishing; report.

HJ 578: Study; Jt Commission on Health Care; study of the long-term effects of marijuana use.

HJ 724: Celebrating the life of Leslie Gilliam.

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