Virginia Senate Bill 246 Regarding the Privacy of Minors Receiving Mental Health Treatment Involuntarily

March 2008 This bill details how information about how stakeholders must protect the privacy of any minor committed to mental health treatment involuntarily. Requires that health care providers, magistrates, minor guardians, community services boards, behavioral health authorities, law enforcement officers, or other service providers must disclose information to one another to provide and monitor treatment of a minor in an inpatient mental health facility.   Such disclosure of records will be protected from prosecution of violations under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)   Amends conditions for emergency mental health treatment prior to a trial if the court finds . . .