Virginia House Bill 293 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0406)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements of prescribers of opioids. Requires a prescriber to obtain information from the Prescription Monitoring Program at the time of initiating a new course of treatment that includes the prescribing of opioids anticipated to last more than 14 consecutive days. Currently, a prescriber must request such information when a course of treatment is expected to last 90 days. The bill also eliminates the requirement that a prescriber request information about a patient from the Prescription Monitoring Program when prescribing benzodiazepine; allows a prescriber to delegate the duty to request information from the Prescription Monitoring Program to another licensed, registered, or certified health care provider who is employed at the same facility under the direct supervision of the prescriber or dispenser who has routine access to confidential patient data and has signed a patient data confidentiality agreement; and creates an exemption from the requirement that a prescriber check the Prescription Monitoring Program for cases in which (i) the opioid is prescribed to a patient currently receiving hospice or palliative care; (ii) the opioid is prescribed to a patient as part of treatment for a surgical procedure, provided that such prescription is not refillable; (iii) the opioid is prescribed to a patient during an inpatient hospital admission or at discharge; (iv) the opioid is prescribed to a patient in a nursing home or a patient in an assisted living facility that uses a sole source pharmacy; (v) the Prescription Monitoring Program is not operational or available due to temporary technological or electrical failure or natural disaster; or (vi) the prescriber is unable to access the Prescription Monitoring Program due to emergency or disaster and documents such circumstances in the patient's medical record. The bill requires the Director of the Department of Health Professions to report to the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on utilization of the Prescription Monitoring Program and any impact on the prescribing of opioids. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2019.

Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements of prescribers of benzodiazepine or opiates.

Del. Charniele Herring [D]

2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-12 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 24 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0406)
2016-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0406)
2016-03-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 406 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-03-07		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-07	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
2016-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-02	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB293ER)
2016-03-02	House	Enrolled
2016-02-29	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Read third time
2016-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-25	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
2016-02-15	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2016-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-02-12	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2016-02-12	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE(99-Y 0-N)
2016-02-11	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB293H1
2016-02-11	House	Committee substitute agreed to 16104495D-H1
2016-02-11	House	Read second time
2016-02-10	House	Read first time
2016-02-09	House	Committee substitute printed 16104495D-H1
2016-02-09	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2016-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
2016-01-14	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
2016-01-04	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2016-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102476D

SB513 (Same As) 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2522.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB293
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB293+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB293H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB293ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0407+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0406+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H1201V0012+HB0293
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H12V0080+HB0293
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0455+HB0293
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S04V0174+HB0293
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0676HB0293+HB0293
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0693HB0293+HB0293
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0716HB0293+HB0293
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0717HB0293+HB0293