Here are updates on some bills of interest to people with developmental disabilities and allies.
Author: Colleen Miller
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Our View of the Legislature: Mental Health
Here’s the status of some of the bills impacting the lives of people with mental illness: We are closely following a number of other bills relating to mental health issues.
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Our View of the Legislature: Guardianship
We are now in the post cross-over stage of the legislative session, where each house decides on bills that began on the other side.
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Our View of the Legislature: Medical Aid in Dying – Final Report
The Virginia General Assembly is approaching "cross over" where bills that have passed their chamber of origin go to the other chamber for review. One of the House bills under consideration prior to cross over was related to Medical Aid in Dying.
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Our View of the Legislature: Mandatory Outpatient Treatment – Final Report
Virginia law contains a process, other than hospitalization, by which the state can force someone with mental illness to receive treatment, known as “mandatory outpatient treatment.”
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Our View of the Legislature: Mandatory Outpatient Treatment
Virginia law contains a process, other than hospitalization, by which the state can force someone with mental illness to receive treatment, known as “mandatory outpatient treatment.”
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Our View of the Legislature: Special Education
A House committee will hear a bill today that would prohibit families from being assisted by anyone but an attorney in an IDEA due process hearing.
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Our View of the Legislature: Guardianship
Legislative committees have acted on some guardianship-related bills, but there are several more still be considered that will change Virginia’s guardianship processes.
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Our View of the Legislature: Mandatory Outpatient Treatment
Virginia law contains a process, other than hospitalization, by which the state can force someone with mental illness to receive treatment, known as “mandatory outpatient treatment.”
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Our View of the Legislature: Guardianship
There are several bills under consideration that will change Virginia’s guardianship processes. This posting is an update on some of the bills related to Virginia's guardianship processes that dLCV is currently tracking.