Bill Text: VA HB2374 | 2023 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Pharmacies; prohibits refusal to fill prescription from telemedicine provider.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368) [HB2374 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2023-HB2374-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 368 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3420.3, relating to prescriptions; telemedicine; refusal to fill prescription from telemedicine provider; prohibition. [H 2374] Approved March 23, 2023

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3420.3 as follows:

§54.1-3420.3. Prohibition on refusing to fill prescription from telemedicine provider.

A. A pharmacy shall not implement or enforce a policy that prevents a pharmacist from dispensing a prescription solely on the basis of the prescriber's use of a telemedicine platform to provide services.

B. A pharmacist shall not prioritize dispensing a prescription from a prescriber who does not use telemedicine over dispensing a prescription from a prescriber who does use telemedicine solely on the basis of the prescriber's use of a telemedicine platform to provide services.