As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

Terms Used In Virginia Code 30-401

  • Behavioral health: means the full range of mental health and substance abuse services. See Virginia Code 30-401
  • Commission: means the Behavioral Health Commission. See Virginia Code 30-401
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245

“Behavioral health” means the full range of mental health and substance abuse services.

“Behavioral health service system” means those public and private providers, including state and local government agencies and entities, engaged in the development, delivery, coordination, monitoring, oversight, and financing of behavioral health services in the Commonwealth.

“Commission” means the Behavioral Health Commission.

2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313.