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.
Author: Colleen Miller
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Our View of the Legislature: Medical Aid in Dying
The Virginia General Assembly will consider a bill to allow for Medical Assistance in Dying, colloquially known as Assisted Suicide. Under the proposed bill, the individual must make the request on two separate occasions, at least fifteen days apart.
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Our View of the Legislature: Special Education
Special education issues are on the minds of some legislators. Here are some of the bills we are following:
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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.
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Our View of the Legislature: Mental Health
The legislature has many bills before it that would make it easier for the state to force someone into mental health treatment through a process called mandatory outpatient treatment (MOT). The dLCV is especially concerned that consumer voices were not included in the work group that developed some of these proposals.
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Our View of the Legislature: Voting Rights
We are tracking dozens of bills that if passed, will impact voting rights in general and will necessarily increase the access for people with disabilities to the electoral process.
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Our View of the Legislature: Mental Health
The legislature has many bills before it that would make it easier for the state to force someone into mental health treatment (mandatory outpatient treatment). We are currently reviewing these bills and conferring with other advocacy groups. We will continue to post regular updates on developments in the legislature to our website.
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Our View of the Legislature: Special Education
There are several bills under consideration that may impact community integration rights for people with disabilities. We will post regular updates on developments in the legislature to our website.
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Our View of the Legislature: Community Integration
There are several bills under consideration that may impact community integration rights for people with disabilities. We will post regular updates on developments in the legislature to our website.
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Our View of the Legislature: Guardianship
There are several bills under consideration that will change Virginia’s guardianship processes. We will post regular updates on developments in the legislature to our website.