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HB1609  Higher education; mental health treatment coordination. (Hugo)
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Summary as Introduced:

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Higher education; mental health treatment coordination. Requires the governing board of each public four-year institution of higher education to establish a written memorandum of understanding with its local community services board or behavioral health authority and with local hospitals and other local mental health facilities in order to expand the scope of services available to students seeking treatment. The bill requires each public four-year institution of higher education to designate a contact person to be notified when a student is involuntarily committed, or when a student is discharged from a facility and he consents to such notification. The bill requires the memorandums to include the institution of higher education in the post-discharge planning of a student who has been committed and intends to return to campus, to the extent allowable under state and federal privacy laws.

 

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Full Text of Bill:
13101654D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1609
Offered January 9, 2013
Prefiled January 6, 2013
A BILL to amend and reenact § 23-9.2:8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to mental health treatment coordination for students in higher education.
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Patron-- Hugo
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 23-9.2:8 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 23-9.2:8. Student mental health policies.

A. The governing boards board of each public institution of higher education shall develop and implement policies that advise students, faculty, and staff, including residence hall staff, of the proper procedures for identifying and addressing the needs of students exhibiting suicidal tendencies or behavior, and provide for training, where appropriate.

B. The governing board of each public four-year institution of higher education shall establish a written memorandum of understanding with its local community services board or behavioral health authority and with local hospitals and other local mental health facilities in order to expand the scope of services available to students seeking treatment. Each public four-year institution of higher education shall designate a contact person to be notified when a student is involuntarily committed, or when a student is discharged from a facility and he consents to such notification. Each memorandum shall provide for the inclusion of the institution of higher education in the post-discharge planning of a student who has been committed and intends to return to campus, to the extent allowable under state and federal privacy laws.

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