VirginiaCommunity services boards; emergency services and core of services.
What it does
Community services boards; core of services. Adds to the list of the core services to be provided by community services boards (i) crisis services for individuals with a mental illness or substance use disorder, (ii) outpatient mental health and substance abuse services, (iii) psychiatric rehabilitation services, (iv) peer support and family support services, (v) mental health services for members of the armed forces located 50 miles or more from a military treatment facility and veterans located 40 miles or more from a Veterans Health Administration medical facility, and (vi) care coordination services. The bill removes language that conditions the duty of community services boards to provide case management services on the availability of funding.
More detail
The bill further requires community services boards to provide any such services (a) to every adult who has a serious mental illness, child who has or is at risk of serious emotional disturbance, and individual who has a substance use disorder and (b) in a timely manner and at a location that is near the individual. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, for most provisions.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2024
- Nov 18Left in AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 26Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
- Feb 26Impact statement from DPB (SB590H1)
- Feb 23Assigned App. sub: Health & Human ResourcesMinor
- Feb 22Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 22Committee substitute printed 24107986D-H1Major
- Feb 22Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 22House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Feb 15Referred to Committee on Health and Human ServicesMinor
- Feb 15Read first timeMinor
- Feb 15Placed on Calendar
- Feb 12Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 12Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB590S1Major
- Feb 12Committee substitute agreed to 24107340D-S1Major
- Feb 12Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 12Committee amendments rejectedMinor
- Feb 12Read second timeMinor
- Feb 9Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 9Impact statement from DPB (SB590S1)
- Feb 8Committee substitute printed 24107340D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 8Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 8Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Feb 5Impact statement from DPB (SB590)
- Jan 26Rereferred to Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported with amendments. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 26Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 26Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Jan 10Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social ServicesMinor
- Jan 10Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103975DIntroduced