Certificate of public need; inpatient psychiatricservices and facilities. Requires the Commissioner of Health (the Commissioner) to impose conditions related to the provisionof care to individuals who are the subject of a temporary detentionorder on certificates of public need for projects involving inpatientpsychiatric services and facilities and provides that when determiningthe public need for a proposed project involving an inpatient psychiatricservice or facility, the Commissioner shall not take into considerationexisting inpatient psychiatric services or facilities or the impactof approving the application and issuing the certificate of publicneed for the proposed project on an existing inpatient psychiatricservice or facility if the existing inpatient psychiatric serviceor facility does not provide an adequate amount of service to individualswho are subject to a temporary detention order, as determined bythe Commissioner in accordance with regulations of the Board of Health(the Board). The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations establishinga process by which the Commissioner shall annually establish theamount of services for individuals who are subject to a temporarydetention order that an existing inpatient psychiatric service orfacility must provide.
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Emergency custody order; duration. Provides that a law-enforcement officer may transfer custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order to a facility or location that has been authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to accept custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order upon a finding by the Department that the facility or location is capable of providing the level of security necessary to protect such person and others from harm and that in cases in which custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order has been transferred to a facility licensed to provide up to 23 hours of crisis stabilization services, the emergency custody order shall be valid for a period not to exceed 23 hours from the time of execution. Currently, all emergency custody orders are valid for a period of up to 8 hours.
Temporary detention; alternative custody. Provides that if the facility indicated on a temporary detention order is a state facility, no bed for the person detained or in custody pursuant to the temporary detention order is immediately available at such state facility, and an employee or designee of such state facility is available to take custody of such person, such employee or designee of the state facility may assume custody of such person wherever such person is located and maintain custody of such person and transport such person to such state facility or to an alternative facility of temporary detention. The bill also provides that a person who is an inmate who is subject to an order authorizing treatment shall remain in law-enforcement custody at all times prior to admission to the facility designated for treatment of the person pursuant to such order. This bill was incorporated into SB 268.
Transient occupancy tax; supporting documentation.Requires accommodations providers to submit certain supporting documentation,upon request by a locality, when remitting transient occupancy taxescollected.
Commending Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable LinwoodA. Holton, Jr.
Celebrating the life of Colonel Edward DavidShames, USA, Ret.
Commending the Honorable Paul S. Trible, Jr.
Commending Robert L. Dandridge, Jr.