Virginia Senate Bill 144 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-01-28 - Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB246-Howell) (13-Y 0-N)

Involuntary commitment; criteria. Changes the criteria for emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment so that a person may be taken into emergency custody, placed under temporary detention, or involuntarily committed where it is found that (i) the person has a mental illness, and (ii) there exists a substantial likelihood that, as a result of that mental illness, the person will, in the near future, (a) cause serious physical harm to himself or others as evidenced by recent behavior causing, attempting, or threatening harm, or (b) suffer serious harm due to substantial deterioration of his capacity to protect himself from harm or to provide for his basic human needs. This bill has been incorporated into

Emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment; criteria.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-01-28		Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB246-Howell) (13-Y 0-N)
2008-01-21		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation
2008-01-04		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-04		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083171228

SB246 (Similar To) 2010-04-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0788)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB144