Act No. 8688 (34th Legislature) — An Act amending 19 Virgin Islands Code, part V restructuring, reclassifying and adopting the first comprehensive Virgin Islands Behavioral H
ACTNO. 8688 BILL NO. 34-0279 THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Regular Session 2022 An Act amending 19 Virgin Islands Code, part V restructuring, reclassifying and adopting the first comprehensive Virgin Islands Behavioral Health Act to provide for services and interdepartmental coordination of agencies and organizations to provide a structure of support to individuals throughout the Virgin Islands who suffer from behavioral health challenges; to establish community behavioral health services, as well as to provide for the first comprehensive public Behavioral Health Facility to treat individuals voluntarily and involuntarily who face behavioral health challenges; and amending and repealing conflicting laws; and providing for other related purposes sede WHEREAS, gaps continue to exist in comprehensive behavioral health service systems; WHEREAS, provisions for a comprehensive behavioral health service system have not been adopted yet within the Virgin Islands Code; WHEREAS, there is a need in the Virgin Islands for a coordinated structure to build a new, comprehensive be …
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