Memorandums, Technical Assistance, & Other Important Information for Licensed Providers Archives - Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS)

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- Behavioral Health
  - - - Behavioral Health
        In collaboration with state and community partners, DBHDS plans, develops, directs, funds, and monitors the delivery of comprehensive behavioral health services throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
        Behavioral health services may include services for the prevention and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders.
- Developmental Services
- Crisis Services
  - Crisis Services
    DBHDS works with partners across Virginia to develop and maintain the Commonwealth’s continuum of crisis care, by ensuring that there is always someone to call, someone to respond, and somewhere to go.
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  - Virginia 988
    If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.
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- Human Rights
  - - - DBHDS works to ensure compliance with Human Rights Regulations by promoting human dignity, managing the DBHDS Human Rights complaint program, and advocating for the rights of people with disabilities in state service systems.
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- Forensic Services
  - - - Forensic Services
        Forensic services include mental health evaluations and screenings, treatment of individuals with mental illness in jail, case management and restoration of competency to stand trial.
        DBHDS develops programs and services for individuals at risk for involvement in the criminal justice system.
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    - - SVP Services
        Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) services support the delivery of evaluation, treatment, and supervision services to individuals found by the court to meet the criteria of sexually violent predator.
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Memorandums, Technical Assistance, & Other Important Information for Licensed Providers

Referral Sheet for Non-DBHDS complaints

OHR COVID-19 Update Memo 3.14.20

Guidance to Providers on DBHDS’s Legal Authority to Require Names of Certain Employees 8.19.2020

Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine for Providers 2.10.21

Provider Memo re: Use of Isolation, Quarantine and Seclusion 1.25.22

CONNECT Helpdesk update 4.1.22

Annual Seclusion and Restraint Reporting Memo_12.20.22

CHRIS Enhancement Aid 7.6.23

Annual Seclusion/Restraint Reporting Quality Improvement Initiative 11.20.23

Community Annual Restraint and Seclusion Reporting Memo 2023 -12.20.23

OHR Seclusion and Restraint Form Guide CY2023 -12.27.23

Seclusion and Restraint Reporting Form PowerPoint 1.13.24

New Guidance OHR Reporting P2P Aggression 2.1.24

P2P Tracking Tool (*OPTIONAL) 2.7.24

Use of Seclusion in Crisis Settings Memo 4.22.24

Seclusion and Restraint Data Summary (Reporting Year 2023) 5.30.24

CSU TDO Memo 7.24.24

OHR Guidance on Monitoring Devices 9.16.24

Notice of DRAFT Noncontroversial Streamlining, Clarifying, and Regulatory Reductions to Chapter 115 and Public Comment Period dated 9.23.2024

Office of Human Rights CAP Dispute Process Memo 9.27.24

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