Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
 
GDForum ID: 1772
Description of Proposed Guidance Document Changes
The initial Forensic Evaluation Manual (Version 1.0) was distributed to all forensic evaluators approved by the Commissioner to complete adult competence to stand trial (§19.2-169.1) and sanity at the time of the offense evaluations (§19.2-169.5, §19.2-168.1) in 2016. It was re-distributed on June 12, 2017, after some changes to the panel review scoring rules. In 2021, Version 2.0 (and 2.1, accounting for a minor edit in the evaluation scoring guidelines) was released to all approved forensic evaluators. Versions 1.0 and 2.0 differ in that the 2.0 reflects recent changes in legislation regarding competency and sanity evaluations that occurred between 2016 and 2021 and includes the most updated evaluation scoring guidelines. No other substantive changes were made.
 
Guidance Document(s) for this Comment Forum
 
Document ID Document Title Document in Effect Proposed Document
FOR 05 Forensic Evaluation Oversight Manual n/a pdf Proposed Document
 
Contact Information
 
Name:
Ruth Anne Walker
        Title:
Director of Regulatory Affairs
 
Email:
ruthanne.walker@dbhds.virginia.gov
 
Address:
Jefferson Building
1220 Bank St., 4th Floor
 
City:
Richmond
State:  
VA
Zip:  
23219
 
Phone:
(804)225-2252
Fax:  
(804)371-6638
TDD: 
(804)371-8977
 
The Virginia Register
 

Publication Date: 2/14/2022    Volume: 38  Issue: 13
The public comment period began upon publication and lasted for 30 days. It ended on 3/16/2022.
There were no comments

Planned Effective Date:  4/1/2022  Delayed until 5/1/2022 while comments are evaluated.
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