Virginia House Bill 478 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-10 - Continued to 2023 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Secretary of Health and Human Resources; wholesale prescription drug importation program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources (the Secretary) to establish a wholesale prescription drug importation program that complies with the requirements of federal law and to report annually by October 1 to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health on the wholesale prescription drug importation program. The bill also requires the Secretary to (i) convene a workgroup composed of relevant stakeholders to develop a plan for implementation of the wholesale prescription drug importation program and report the plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health by December 1, 2022, and (ii) seek such federal approvals, waivers, exemptions, or agreements as may be necessary to enable all covered entities enrolled in or eligible for the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to participate in the wholesale prescription drug importation program to the greatest extent possible without jeopardizing their eligibility for the 340B Drug Pricing Program by July 1, 2023.

Wholesale prescription drug importation program; Sec. of Health and Human Resources to establish.

Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]

Del. Dan Helmer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-10	House	Continued to 2023 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2022-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023 by voice vote
2022-01-25	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102544D

HB478 (Carry Over) 2022-02-10 - Continued to 2023 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	214.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB478
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB478+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB478F122+PDF