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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72901</law_id><section_number>37.2-606</section_number><catch_line>Coordination of services for preadmission screening and discharge planning</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="37.2">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Behavioral Health Authorities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">behavioral health authority</span> shall coordinate services for preadmission screening and discharge planning and provide preadmission screening services and discharge planning in the same manner as <span class="dictionary">community services boards</span>, as set forth in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Coordination of services for preadmission screening and discharge planning" href="/37.2-505/">37.2-505</a>.</p></section></text><history>1995, c. 693, &#xA7; 15.1-1682; 1996, c. 861; 1997, cc. 587, 743, &#xA7; 37.1-248; 1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
