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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Floor Request)

Floor Action: Approved

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Chief Patron: Campbell
Prohibit Involuntary Discharge of Southwestern Virginia Training Center Residents (language only)

Item 326 #2h

Item 326 #2h
Health and Human Resources
Intellectual Disabilities Training Centers

Language

Page 329, line 39, after "326.", insert "A."

Page 329, after line 44, insert:

"B. As a condition of the appropriation in this item, no individual currently residing at the Southwestern Virginia Training Center shall be discharged from the Southwestern Virginia Training Center if the individual or his legally authorized representative on his behalf chooses to continue receiving services in the training center in accordance with § 37.2-837 of the Code of Virginia. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall provide written notice of this provision to the resident or his legally authorized representative within 30 days of enactment herein."

Explanation

(This amendment adds language prohibiting the discharge of residents at the Southwestern Virginia Training Center if the individual or his legally authorized representative chooses to remain at the training center.)

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