Virginia Mental Health Policy

August Meeting of the Virginia General Assembly Joint Subcommittee on the Virginia Preschool Initiative

The Joint Subcommittee's August meeting featured presentations from multiple experts. Click here to view the Meeting Agenda and expert presentations.

Steve Horan2015-09-22T22:29:00+00:00September 18th, 2015|

Mental Health Task Force Backs Doubling Emergency Custody

According to the Richmond Times Dispatch: "The Governor’s Task Force on Improving Mental Health Services and Crisis Response voted Tuesday to recommend a 12-hour time limit for the orders, which now expire after six hours, and require state mental hospitals to take the patients if no bed can be found in community psychiatric facilities. The [...]

Sheri Walters2014-01-29T16:17:53+00:00January 29th, 2014|