SB 260 - Require State To Be Provider of Last Resort

Item 312 #1s

Language
Page 273, line 20, strike "$205,422,650" and insert "$209,868,313".
Page 273, line 20, strike "$207,239,648" and insert "$211,310,311".
Page 273, line 27, before "Out", insert "A.".
Page 273, line 27, after line 31, insert:
"B.1.  Out of this appropriation, $4,070,663 the first year and $4,070,663 the second year from the general fund shall be used to provide additional inpatient bed capacity at Southwestern Mental Health Institute, Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, and Hiram Davis Medical Center.
2.  Out of this appropriation, $375,000 the first year from the general fund shall be used for capital costs at Hiram Davis Medical Center to ensure sufficient medical capacity is available to serve patients with medical needs when the state becomes the facility of last resort."

Explanation
(This amendment provides $4.1 million from the general fund each year to implement the provisions of Senate Bill 260 and House Bill 293 which provide that if a facility of temporary detention cannot be identified prior to the expiration of an emergency custody order and any extension thereof, the individual shall be detained in a state mental health facility unless the state facility or an employee or designee of the community services board is able to identify an alternative facility that is able and willing to provide temporary detention. Funding shall be used to expand state mental health treatment capacity in the following manner: (i) 10 beds at Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute, (ii) 10 beds at Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, and (iii) 10 beds at Hiram Davis Medical Center to be used for individuals subject to temporary detention with medical needs. Also, $375,000 GF the first year is included for infrastructure improvements at Hiram Davis Medical Center to ensure appropriate medical care is available if an individual is placed in a state mental health facility.)