Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 429 — DBHDS and VSP; development of mental health and public safety mobile applications.

Last action — Continued to 2023 in Health, Welfare and Institutions

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of State Police; mobile applications; mental health and public safety. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) to develop or obtain a mental health mobile application for suicide prevention and the provision of educational materials related to suicide prevention. The bill requires the mobile application to provide a means to directly connect to the 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Secretary of Education to promote, market, and advertise the use of such application using existing resources. The bill also requires the Department of State Police to (i) develop or obtain a public safety mobile application to enable individuals in the Commonwealth to furnish confidential tips to the Department of State Police through text, audio, images, or video concerning a suspected, anticipated, or completed criminal violation or a school-related safety concern and (ii) develop a referral system to ensure that such confidential tips are referred to the chief law-enforcement officer of the relevant jurisdiction for proper coordination of response and investigation. The bill directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to promote, market, and advertise the use of such application using existing resources. The provisions of the bill related to an application developed by DBHDS have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

34 added · 33 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendments to Bill SB 429 introduce a public safety mobile application that connects users to mental health resources, specifically the 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline, while ensuring user confidentiality. The bill now requires the Department of State Police to develop this app to allow individuals to report criminal activities securely, including bullying and school violence. Additionally, it empowers the Secretaries of Health and Education to promote the mental health services more actively through existing channels. These changes enhance public safety by encouraging the reporting of threats and simultaneously providing vital mental health support.

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SESSION SENATE SUBSTITUTE 22104633D SENATE BILL NO.
SESSION ENGROSSED 22104633D SENATE BILL NO.
429 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the on February 3, 2022)Education and Health (Patron Prior to Substitute––Senator Dunnavant) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 37.2-312.3 and by adding in and Developmental Services and the Department of State Police;
429 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health) Senate Amendments in [ ] - February 10, 2022nt) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 37.2-312.3 and by adding in Chapter 11 of Title 52 a section numbered 52-49.1, relating to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Department of State Police;
mental healthh and public safety.
mental hEalth and public safety.
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That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 37.2-312.3 and by adding in § 37.2-312.3.
That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 37.2-312.3 and by adding G in Chapter 11 of Title 52 a section numbered 52-49.1 as follows:
Mental health mobile application..1 as follows:
E and direct the appropriate agencies to promote, market, and advertise the use of the mental health mobile application throughout the Commonwealth through such agencies' existing staff and digital programs.
[ The Department shall ensure that the mobile application protects the identity and confidential information of any individual who uses it, except as necessary for referral to the 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline or law enfSrcement or unless confidentiality is waived by the individual.
A § 52-49.1.
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The Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Secretary of Education shall determine and direct the appropriate agencies to promote, market, and advertise the use of the mental heaDth programs [ and social media platforms ] .ealth through such agencies' existing staff and digital § 52-49.1.
provide to individuals in the Commonwealth a platform that is capable of receiving text, audio, images, and video to submit confidential tips concerning a suspected, anticipated, or completed criminaE violation, including bullying and threats of school violence.
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The Department of State Police shall develop a referral system to ensure that tips received through the mobile application are referred to the investigation.
The Department of State Police shall develop or obtain a public safety mobile application to provide to individuals in the Commonwealth a platform that is capable of receiving text, audio, images, and video to submit confidential tips concerning a suspected, anticipated, or completed criminal violation, including bullying and threats of school violence.
Such coordination shall include the local school board, the threat assessment teamd established pursuant to § 22.1-79.4 or 23.1-805, or any other relevant entity.
The Department of State Police shall develop a referral system to ensure that tips received through the mobile application are referBed to the chief law-enforcement officer of the relevant jurisdiction for proper coordination of response 4nd established pursuant to § 22.1-79.4 or 23.1-805, or any other relevant entity.
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[ The Department of State Police shall ensure that the mobile application protects the identity and confidential information of any individual who uses it, except as necessary for referral to the 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline or another law-enforcement agency or unless confidentiality is waived by the individual.
The Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security shall determine and direct the approUriate the Commonwealth through such agencies' existing staff and digital programs.le application throBghout 2.
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That the provisions of § 37.2-312.3 of the Code of Virginia, as created by this act, shall bScome effective on July 1, 2023.
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The Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security shall determine and direct the appropriate 37 agencies to promote, market, and advertise the use of the public safety mobile application throughout 38 the Commonwealth through such agencies' existing staff and digital programs [ and social media 39 platforms ] .
effective on July 1, 2023.§ 37.2-312.3 of the Code of Virginia, as created by this act, shall become [ 3.
That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless an appropriation effectuating the purposes of this act is included in a general appropriation act passed in 2022 by the General Assembly that becomes law.
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Action History

  1. Continued to 2023 in Health, Welfare and Institutions

  2. Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

  3. Read first time

  4. Placed on Calendar

  5. Impact statement from DPB (SB429ES1)

  6. Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

  7. Passed by temporarily

  8. Printed as engrossed 22104633D-ES1

  9. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB429ES1

  10. Committee amendments agreed to

  11. Reading of amendments waived

  12. Committee substitute agreed to 22104633D-S1

  13. Reading of substitute waived

  14. Read second time

  15. Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)

  16. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N)

  17. Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

  18. Impact statement from DPB (SB429S1)

  19. Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

  20. Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)

  21. Committee substitute printed 22104633D-S1

  22. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  23. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101433D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 40000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Morrissey, Joseph D. — Yea
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Yea
Kiggans, Jennifer A. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
T. Travis Hackworth — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 38002
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Morrissey, Joseph D. — Yea
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Not Voting
Kiggans, Jennifer A. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Not Voting
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
T. Travis Hackworth — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N)

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Total 16000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea

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Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14001
Total 14001
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Barker, George L. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Not Voting
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 429 do?
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of State Police; mobile applications; mental health and public safety. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) to develop or obtain a mental health mobile application for suicide prevention and the provision of educational materials related to suicide prevention. The bill requires the mobile application to provide a means to directly connect to the 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Secretary of Education to promote, market, and advertise the use of such application using existing resources. The bill also requires the Department of State Police to (i) develop or obtain a public safety mobile application to enable individuals in the Commonwealth to furnish confidential tips to the Department of State Police through text, audio, images, or video concerning a suspected, anticipated, or completed criminal violation or a school-related safety concern and (ii) develop a referral system to ensure that such confidential tips are referred to the chief law-enforcement officer of the relevant jurisdiction for proper coordination of response and investigation. The bill directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to promote, market, and advertise the use of such application using existing resources. The provisions of the bill related to an application developed by DBHDS have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Who sponsors SB 429?
SB 429 is sponsored by Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" and Dunnavant, Siobhan S..
What is the current status of SB 429?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 429?
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