Category: 2019 Legislative Highlights

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January 17, 2019 – Legislative Highlights

2019 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Highlights January 17, 2019 The disAbility Law Center of Virginia is monitoring developments in the legislature that may be of interest to people with disabilities.  Here are some mental health bills we are watching: HB 1933 (Hope) concerns the process for forced mental health treatment of a jail inmate over...

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January 16, 2019 – Legislative Highlights

2019 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Highlights January 16, 2019 The disAbility law Center of Virginia is monitoring developments in the legislature that may be of interest to people with disabilities.  We are available to educate policy makers about the potential impact of legislative proposals.  Please let us know of any legislative proposals or budget issues...

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January 15, 2019 – Legislative Highlights

Legislative Highlight – special edition January 15, 2019 Jenny Heilborn, contributor   For over four years, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Virginia and various advocacy partners, including the disAbility Law Center of Virginia, have supported a bill to ban the execution of people with severe mental illness who are convicted of a capital...

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