Bills affecting Mental health service user in Virginia — 2026 session

Public school students in grades six through 12; annual mental health screening.

Public schools; mental health awareness training and instruction, requirements.

Programs for at-risk students; permissible uses of funding.

Health insurance; coverage for maternal mental health screenings.

School boards; mental health awareness training for full-time school bus drivers.

Suicide prevention; VDH to convene work group to develop plan to reduce among at-risk populations.

Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; program extension.

Comprehensive mental health, substance abuse, & developmt. disability crisis services; written plan.

Health professionals; mandatory suicide training required.

Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Program; established, development of modules, report.

Parental prenatal & postnatal substance use; work group to evaluate Commonwealth's response to use.

Jurisdiction of district courts in felony cases; specialty dockets, Behavioral Health Docket Act.

Juvenile & domestic relations district courts; delinquent juv., mental health/disability evaluation.

Mental health service providers; use of artificial intelligence system, civil penalty.

Agricultural Workforce Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program; established, report.

Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.

Suicide Prevention Program; created, deaths by suicide of veterans or military service members.

Mental health & substance abuse disorders; network adequacy standards, comparative analyses.

Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies.

Public elementary & secondary schools; use 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to address bullying, etc.