HB 659

            
2020 SESSION

20107986D

HOUSE BILL NO. 659

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the House Committee on Appropriations

on February 7, 2020)

(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Hope)

A BILL to direct the Department of Corrections to create a
workgroup to review guidelines and make recommendations to assist people with
developmental disabilities.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. � 1. That the Department of Corrections (the
Department) shall create a workgroup composed of disability advocates and other
stakeholders to review current Department guidelines and develop
recommendations that recognize and make accommodations for people with
developmental disabilities, as defined in the Developmental Disabilities
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-402), including
intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders.