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VA HB513
Bill
Status
Enrolled
3/6/2026
Primary Sponsor
Marty Martinez
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AI Summary
- Authorizes local and regional suicide fatality review teams to be established by the chief medical examiner or local governing bodies to review deaths by suicide for the purpose of identifying prevention strategies and improving local services
- Requires team membership to include representatives from medical examiners, law enforcement, health departments, community services boards, emergency medical services, and other relevant professionals
- Makes all information and records acquired by suicide fatality review teams confidential and exempt from public disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act
- Authorizes closed meetings when teams discuss individual suicide death cases, with all team members required to sign confidentiality statements
- Establishes a Class 3 misdemeanor penalty for any team member who willfully violates confidentiality requirements regarding information obtained during case reviews
Legislative Description
Suicide fatality review teams, local and regional; established, membership, penalty.
Last Action
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
3/10/2026
Committee Referrals
Education and Health2/10/2026
Health and Human Services: Behavioral Health1/23/2026
Health and Human Services1/13/2026
Full Bill Text
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