- Associated Press - Tuesday, May 1, 2018

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - -2014: An online bed registry is launched to expedite the search for available psychiatric care.

-2016: Gov. Terry McAuliffe requests nearly $32 million from the General Assembly to update and standardize mental health care in correctional facilities across the state.

-2016-17: More jail officers receive crisis intervention training.



-July 2017: A new law requires mental illness screening for people booked into jails.

-2018: The General Assembly approves a bill granting correctional facilities the authority to treat individuals incapable of giving consent. That gives correctional staff the same authority as those employed by psychiatric institutions.

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