Celebrating the life of William Alexander Franklin,Jr., M.D.
Sponsored bills
Commending BikeWalk Williamsburg.
Celebrating the life of Dean Michael Little,Sr.
Commending Virginia Housing.
Commending Hampton Roads Urban Agriculture.
Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices; voluntary mental health check-in option as part of thecomprehensive crisis system; report. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to implement a voluntarymental health check-in option as part of the comprehensive crisissystem and to report by November 1, 2022, to the Governor and theChairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfareand Institutions and the Senate Committees on Education and Healthand Finance and Appropriations regarding its progress in implementingsuch program.
Determination of competency; report to Commissionerof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Provides thata copy of the competency report shall be sent to the Commissionerof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services for the purpose of(i) conducting peer review and (ii) monitoring use of forensic assessmentsby the courts and their impact on the defendants and the public.Under current law, copies of such reports are sent to the Commissionerof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services for the purposesof establishing and maintaining the list of approved evaluators.
Assault and battery; persons diagnosed withautism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or mental illness;penalties. Provides that any person charged with a simple assaultand battery offense who has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinicalpsychologist with an autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability,or mental illness and the violation was caused by or had a directand substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disabilityis guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall not be subject to mandatoryminimum punishment. Under current law, certain simple assault and battery offenses carry a mandatory minimum punishment when such offensesare committed against certain groups of people.
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Commonwealth'spublic health system; report. Directs the Joint Commission onHealth Care to complete a two-year study of the Commonwealth's publichealth system and develop recommendations for its improvement. TheCommission's study shall include examining the structure, operations,oversight, and funding of the existing public health system and the effectiveness of the current public health system in meeting ongoingpublic health needs as well as public health needs resulting frompublic health emergencies and shall identify areas of success andareas for improvement in preparation for and response to future publichealth emergencies.
Celebrating the life of J. Kenneth Klinge.