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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 87 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1999, chapter 764<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58930,"section_number":"32.1-127.1:03","catch_line":"Health records privacy","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-127.1_03\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80976,"section_number":"37.2-837","catch_line":"Discharge from state hospitals or training centers, conditional release, and trial or home visits for individuals","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-837\/"}],"permalink":{"id":210465,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71730,"identifier":"37.2-839","token":"37.2\/III\/8\/7\/37.2-839","url":"\/37.2-839\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-839\/","token":"37.2\/III\/8\/7\/37.2-839","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exchange of information between community services boards or behavioral health authorities and state facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-839","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Community services boards<\/span> or behavioral health authorities and state<\/span> facilities may, when the individual has refused authorization, exchange the information required to prepare and implement a comprehensive individualized treatment plan, including a discharge plan as specified in subsection A of \u00a7 37.2-837<\/a>. This section shall apply to all individuals<\/span> receiving services from community services boards<\/span>, behavioral health authorities, and state<\/span> facilities.\n\t\tWhen an individual who is deemed suitable for discharge pursuant to subsection A of \u00a7 37.2-837<\/a> or his guardian or conservator refuses to authorize the release of information that is required to formulate and implement a discharge plan as specified in subsection A of \u00a7 37.2-837<\/a>, then the community services board<\/span> or behavioral health authority<\/span> may release without authorization to those service providers and human service agencies identified in the discharge plan only the information needed to secure those services specified in the plan.\n\t\tThe release of any other information about an individual receiving services<\/span> to any agency or person not affiliated directly or by contract<\/span> with community services boards<\/span>, behavioral health authorities, or state<\/span> facilities shall be subject to all regulations adopted by the Board or by agencies of the United States<\/span> government that govern confidentiality of patient information.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARDS OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH\nAUTHORITIES AND STATE FACILITIES (\u00a7 37.2-839)\n\nCommunity services boards or behavioral health authorities and state facilities\nmay, when the individual has refused authorization, exchange the information\nrequired to prepare and implement a comprehensive individualized treatment plan,\nincluding a discharge plan as specified in subsection A of \u00a7 37.2-837. This\nsection shall apply to all individuals receiving services from community\nservices boards, behavioral health authorities, and state facilities.\n\t\tWhen an individual who is deemed suitable for discharge pursuant to subsection\nA of \u00a7 37.2-837 or his guardian or conservator refuses to authorize the release\nof information that is required to formulate and implement a discharge plan as\nspecified in subsection A of \u00a7 37.2-837, then the community services board or\nbehavioral health authority may release without authorization to those service\nproviders and human service agencies identified in the discharge plan only the\ninformation needed to secure those services specified in the plan.\n\t\tThe release of any other information about an individual receiving services to\nany agency or person not affiliated directly or by contract with community\nservices boards, behavioral health authorities, or state facilities shall be\nsubject to all regulations adopted by the Board or by agencies of the United\nStates government that govern confidentiality of patient information.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 87, \u00a7 37.1-98.2; 1999, c. 764; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476,\n507.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}