CHAPTER 292
An Act to require the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to review qualifications of individuals designated to perform evaluations of individuals subject to emergency custody orders; report.
Approved March 24, 2014
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. That the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall review requirements related to qualifications, training, and oversight of individuals designated by community services boards to perform evaluations of individuals taken into custody pursuant to an emergency custody order and to make recommendations for increasing such qualifications, training, and oversight, in order to protect the safety and well-being of individuals who are subject to emergency custody orders and the public. The Department shall report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2014.