Pursuant to Virginia Code § 18.2-254.3 (Appendix A), the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) of the Supreme Court of Virginia, with assistance from the state Behavioral Health Docket Advisory Committee, is required to develop a statewide evaluation model and to conduct ongoing evaluations of the effectiveness and efficiency of all behavioral health dockets operation across the Commonwealth.(*1)

The Behavioral Health Docket Act further directs OES to submit an annual report of these evaluations to the Virginia General Assembly by December 1 of each year.

This report fulfills that statutory requirement and presents data and analyses for Fiscal Year 2025.
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(*1) Va. Code §18.2-254.2 directs OES to develop a statewide evaluation model and conduct ongoing evaluations of the effectiveness and efficiency of all local specialty dockets established in accordance with the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The following behavioral health docket report also satisfies a component of that requirement.