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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Garrett
Phase-in Alternative Transportation for Individuals under TDO

Item 311 #3h

Item 311 #3h

First Year - FY2019 Second Year - FY2020
Health and Human Resources
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services FY2019 $1,700,000 FY2020 $1,700,000 GF

Language
Page 288, line 27, strike "$10,460,077" and insert "$12,160,077".
Page 288, line 27, strike "$12,010,077" and insert "$13,710,077".

Page 288, after line 53, insert:

"E. Out of this appropriation, $1,700,000 the first year and $1,700,000  the second year from the general fund is provided to phase-in the implementation of a regionally based alternative transportation system for adults and children under a temporary detention order."  



Explanation

(This amendment provides $1.7 million from the general fund each year for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) to begin to phase-in an alternative transportation system for adults and children under a temporary detention order. State laws require a magistrate issuing an emergency custody order (ECO) or temporary detention order (TDO) to specify a law enforcement agency that will provide transportation of a person to the location for evaluation or temporary detention. These laws also allow the magistrate to consider transportation other than by law enforcement if identified by the community services board (CSB) evaluator. The alternative transportation could be provided by a family member or friend of the individual, a representative of the CSB, or an alternative provider trained to safely provide transportation.
The DBHDS implemented a pilot program in 2015 in Southwest Virginia that provided transportation by an alternative provider for individuals under a temporary detention order. The pilot program concluded that individuals transported by the alternative provider safely arrived at their destination without incident. This amendment would implement non-law enforcement transportation in two areas of the state, (1) Health Planning Region 3 served by the Mt. Rogers Community Services Board(CSB) and the five neighboring CSBs (New River Valley, Cumberland Mountain, Highlands, Dickenson County and Planning District 1), and (2) The areas in Health Planning Region 1 served by the Region 10 CSB, serving the City of Charlottesville and the Counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson.)