Code of Virginia
Title 37.2. Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
Title 37.2. Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
7/6/2025
Title 37.2. Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (2025 Updates)
- Subtitle I. General Provisions
- Chapter 3. Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
- Article 1. The Department and the Commissioner
- § 37.2-308.1
- Acute psychiatric bed registry
- § 37.2-314
- Background check required
- Chapter 4. Protection of Consumers
- Article 2. Licensing Providers of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
- § 37.2-416.1
- Background checks required; adult substance abuse and mental health services
- Article 4. Miscellaneous and Penal Provisions
- § 37.2-431.1
- Recovery residences
- Subtitle II. Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
- Chapter 5. Community Services Boards
- § 37.2-505
- Coordination of services for preadmission screening and discharge planning
- § 37.2-506.1
- Background checks required; adult substance abuse and mental health services
- § 37.2-508
- Performance contract for mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services
- Chapter 6. Behavioral Health Authorities
- § 37.2-608
- Performance contract for mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services
- Subtitle III. Admissions and Dispositions
- Chapter 8. Emergency Custody and Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions
- Article 4. Emergency Custody and Involuntary Temporary Detention
- § 37.2-808
- (Effective July 1, 2026) Emergency custody; issuance and execution of order
- § 37.2-808
- (Expires July 1, 2026) Emergency custody; issuance and execution of order
- § 37.2-809
- (Expires July 1, 2026) Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order
- § 37.2-809
- (Effective July 1, 2026) Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order
- § 37.2-813
- (Expires July 1, 2026) Release of person prior to commitment hearing for involuntary admission
- § 37.2-813
- (Effective July 1, 2026) Release of person prior to commitment hearing for involuntary admission
- Article 5. Involuntary Admissions
- § 37.2-815
- Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; examination required
- § 37.2-816
- (Expires July 1, 2026) Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; preadmission screening report
- § 37.2-816
- (Effective July 1, 2026) Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; preadmission screening report
- § 37.2-817
- (Expires July 1, 2026) Involuntary admission
- § 37.2-817
- (Effective July 1, 2026) Involuntary admission
- Article 7. Discharge and Transfers
- § 37.2-837
- Discharge from state hospitals or training centers, conditional release, and trial or home visits for individuals
- Subtitle IV. Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Judicial Authorization of Treatment
- Chapter 11. Judicial Authorization of Treatment
- § 37.2-1104
- Temporary detention in hospital for testing, observation, or treatment