State of Stagnation – more than 200 hundred people are stuck in state hospitals, unable to leave when they are ready!
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Our View of the Legislature: Mental Health
Here’s the status of some of the bills impacting the lives of people with mental illness.
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Our View of the Legislature: Mental Health
Here’s the status of some of the bills impacting the lives of people with mental illness: We are closely following a number of other bills relating to mental health issues.
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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: Mental Health
The legislature has many bills before it that would make it easier for the state to force someone into mental health treatment (mandatory outpatient treatment). We are currently reviewing these bills and conferring with other advocacy groups. We will continue to post regular updates on developments in the legislature to our website.
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Our View of the Legislature
The 2020 legislative session in Virginia begins today, January 8th at noon. Even though this is a long session – 60 days – we expect that things will move very quickly! We will post regular updates on developments in the legislature to our website.
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Virginia Continues to Violate the Human Rights of Over 200 Virginians
Virginia Continues to Violate the Human Rights of Over 200 Virginians!
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Hundreds trapped in state hospitals, unable to move to the community
State of Stagnation – more than 200 hundred people are stuck in state hospitals, unable to leave when they are ready!
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Jerry is Safe at Home!
Jerry's fingers were amputated from physical abuse at home. Now he feels safe at home. Find out how we advocated for Jerry's safety.
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February 11, 2019 – Legislative Highlights
2019 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Highlights February 11, 2019 As the last day of the 2019 session draws closer, committees continue to try to complete all their work. We expect most committees will conclude their work this week. We are monitoring bills and are available to educate policy makers about the impact of the various...