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§ 66-18 Examination and placing of such children

The Department shall make a careful physical and mental examination of every child committed to it by the courts, investigate the personal and family history of the child and his environment, and place such children at such facilities as are available. Any children committed to the Department and afterwards found to be eligible for commitment by proper proceedings to any state hospital or admission to a training center for individuals with intellectual disability shall take precedence as to admission over all others and shall in all cases be received into the state hospital or training center within 45 days.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 127; in 1968, chapter 578; in 1974, chapters 44 and 45; in 1981, chapter 487; in 1982, chapter 636; in 1989, chapter 733; in 2012, chapters 476 and 507.

Code 1950, §§ 53-328, 63-292, 63.1-243; 1956, c. 127; 1968, c. 578; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-243; 1989, c. 733; 2012, cc. 476, 507.

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Court Decisions

Ramos v. Molina Healthcare, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 08/08/13)
. . . *515 . . .

Pittman v. Hutto (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 03/22/79)
. . . 594 F.2d 407 . . .

. . . Intranexus, Inc. v. Siemens Medical Solutions Health . . . (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 10/29/02)
. . . 227 F.Supp.2d 581 (2002) . . .

. . . Abt Building Products Corporation v. National Union Fire . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 12/19/06)
. . . 472 F.3d 99 . . .

. . . United States v. Charles Thomas Dickerson, Washington Legal . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 02/08/99)
. . . 166 F.3d 667 . . .

ABT Building Products Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 12/19/06)
. . . Volume 1 of 2 . . .

Atlantic & Danville Railway Co. v. Delaware Construction Co. (SCV, 09/13/00)
. . . (The opinion was prepared by Judge Biely before his death, and subsequently adopted as the opinion . . .

Powell v. Commonwealth (SCV, 01/14/37)
. . . Holt, J., . . .

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Amendment Attempts

HB760: Mentally retarded; replaces term with intellectually disabled. (passed)

SB620: Mentally retarded; replaces term with intellectually disabled. (passed)

SB687: Mentally retarded; replaces term with intellectually disabled.

HB552: Mental health and developmental services; replaces certain terminology, technical amendments. (passed)

SB191: Intellectual disability and developmental services; replaces certain terminology, tech. amendments.

SB387: Mental health and developmental services; replaces certain terminology, technical amendments. (passed)

HB551: Juvenile community correctional centers; establishment, placement of juveniles. (failed)

SB1033: Juvenile community correctional centers and facilities; establishment, placement of juveniles. (failed)

SB1033: Juvenile community correctional centers and facilities; establishment, placement of juveniles.

HB1115: Juvenile justice; human trafficking screening. (failed)

SB134: Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; raises maximum age for delinquency matters. (failed)

HB2081: Juvenile justice; human trafficking screening. (failed)

SB1080: Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; adjudication of delinquency. (failed)