Here's where 30 issues stand in the General Assembly with three weeks to go
With about three weeks left in the General Assembly session, hard bargaining remains on issues such as the budget, tax cuts and school choice.
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As a bill allowing smaller localities to opt out of Marcus Alert passes Senate, Richmond is mid-implementation
Eighty-nine of Virginia’s 133 localities may not have to comply with a law passed in 2020 meant to improve the response to mental and behavioral health crises across the state.
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Lawmakers seek to rollback the Marcus Alert system
The law demands every locality must have protocols in place for a diversion of certain 911 calls to crisis call centers, and for law enforcement to participate in the system by July 1, 2022. However, Senate Bill 361 would allow for localities across the state to opt out.
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Virginia Offers New Behavioral Health Services for Adults and Youth - State of Reform
Virginia Medicaid members have access, starting December 1, 2021, to six new behavioral health services that strengthen crisis response, address a national emergency in children’s mental health care and provide new supports for individuals with developmental disabilities.
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New system aims to improve mental health response
The system is named for Marcus-David Peters, who was fatally shot in 2018 by police after he charged an officer amid a behavioral health crisis.
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