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

SESSION SENATEENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE 22104633D SENATE BILL NO.

429 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the onSenate FebruaryCommittee 3,on 2022)EducationEducation and HealthHealth) (PatronSenate PriorAmendments toin Substitute––Senator[ Dunnavant)] - 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;

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That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 37.2-312.3 and by adding G in §Chapter 37.2-312.3.11 of Title 52 a section numbered 52-49.1 as follows:

Mental health mobile application..1 as follows:

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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.

provideA. 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.

The Department of State Police shall develop or obtain a referralpublic systemsafety mobile application to ensureprovide to individuals in the Commonwealth a platform that tipsis receivedcapable throughof thereceiving mobiletext, applicationaudio, areimages, referredand video to thesubmit investigation.confidential tips concerning a suspected, anticipated, or completed criminal violation, including bullying and threats of school violence.

SuchThe coordinationDepartment of State Police shall includedevelop a referral system to ensure that tips received through the localmobile schoolapplication board,are referBed to the threatchief assessmentlaw-enforcement teamdofficer 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.

S[ B.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.

That36 theB. provisions of § 37.2-312.3 of the Code of Virginia, as created by this act, shall bScome effective on July 1, 2023.

TThe ISecretary /of TPublic /Safety Uand THomeland ESecurity Bshall Sdetermine 1and 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.