Virginia House Bill 829 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Group homes; license application; notice. Requires persons applying for licensure as a group home with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide notice to the local governing body, the general public, and residential occupants within one-half mile of the proposed location of the group home. The bill requires that such notices include a statement of intent to operate a group home and the address of the proposed location of the group home. The bill also requires (i) the Department to establish and maintain a process for receiving comments regarding such notices and (ii) the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to consider all comments received within 30 days of the notice when deciding whether to grant the license application.

Group homes; license application, notice to locality.

Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

2020-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N)
2020-01-17	House	Assigned HWI sub: Behavioral Health
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101150D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	2	406.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB829
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB829+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1203V0006+HB0829