A House committee will hear a bill today that would prohibit families from being assisted by anyone but an attorney in an IDEA due process hearing.
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Our View of the Legislature: Guardianship
Legislative committees have acted on some guardianship-related bills, but there are several more still be considered that will change Virginia’s guardianship processes.
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Our View of the Legislature: Mandatory Outpatient Treatment
Virginia law contains a process, other than hospitalization, by which the state can force someone with mental illness to receive treatment, known as “mandatory outpatient treatment.”
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Our View of the Legislature: Guardianship
There are several bills under consideration that will change Virginia’s guardianship processes. This posting is an update on some of the bills related to Virginia's guardianship processes that dLCV is currently tracking.
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Our View of the Legislature: Guardianship
There are several bills under consideration that will change Virginia’s guardianship processes. This posting is an update on some of the bills related to Virginia's guardianship processes that dLCV is currently tracking.
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Our View of the Legislature: Medical Aid in Dying
The Virginia General Assembly will consider a bill to allow for Medical Assistance in Dying, colloquially known as Assisted Suicide. Under the proposed bill, the individual must make the request on two separate occasions, at least fifteen days apart.
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Our View of the Legislature: Special Education
Special education issues are on the minds of some legislators. Here are some of the bills we are following:
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Our View of the Legislature: Guardianship
There are several bills under consideration that will change Virginia’s guardianship processes. This posting is an update on some of the bills related to Virginia's guardianship processes that dLCV is currently tracking.
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Our View of the Legislature: Mental Health
The legislature has many bills before it that would make it easier for the state to force someone into mental health treatment through a process called mandatory outpatient treatment (MOT). The dLCV is especially concerned that consumer voices were not included in the work group that developed some of these proposals.
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Our View of the Legislature: Voting Rights
We are tracking dozens of bills that if passed, will impact voting rights in general and will necessarily increase the access for people with disabilities to the electoral process.