Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2018
This issue of DMHL presents two updates on Virginia mental health law and mental health initiatives including an overview article SJ 47 Joint Subcommittee: Mental Health Initiatives at the 2018 General Assembly Session; (b) a Data Corner discussing Incidence and Characteristics of TDOs in Psychiatric Admissions to UVA Hospital in 2015; and (c ) outlines of significant recent cases in various federal and state courts.
In This Issue:
II. Update: Mental Health Related Bills Introduced in the 2018 General Assembly Session [p.12]
Bills Related to Mental Health That Have Survived [p.13]
Bills Carried Over to the 2019 Session [p.23]
Bills Related to Mental Health That Did Not Survive [p.24]
IV. Case Law Developments
United States Supreme Court [p.34]
Federal Circuit Court Decisions [p.35]
State Court Decisions [p.40]