Virginia House Bill 1898 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Limits on prescription of controlled substances containing opioids. Prohibits a prescriber providing treatment for a patient in an emergency department of a corporation, facility, or institution licensed, owned, or operated by the Commonwealth to provide health care from prescribing a controlled substance containing an opioid in a quantity greater than a three-day supply, as determined in accordance with the prescriber's directions for use. The bill also prohibits a pharmacist from dispensing a controlled substance containing an opioid pursuant to a prescription issued by a prescriber providing treatment to a patient in the emergency department of a corporation, facility, or institution licensed, owned, or operated by the Commonwealth to provide health care unless the prescription complies with the requirements of the bill. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2020.

Controlled substances; limits on prescription containing opioids.

Sen. John Bell [D]	Del. Richard Anderson [R]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]	Del. Robert Marshall [R]
Del. Randall Minchew [R]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2017-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-17	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2017-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101420D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	3408.05	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3410	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1898
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1898+hil