SB429: Opiate addiction treatment providers; daily service fee.

SENATE BILL NO. 429
Offered January 9, 2008
Prefiled January 8, 2008
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 37.2-406.1, relating to opiate addiction treatment provider dosing fees.
Patron-- Lucas

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 37.2-406.1 as follows:

37.2-406.1. Provider dosing fee.

Any provider of treatment for persons with opiate addiction licensed pursuant to this article shall pay a daily service fee of not greater than 1.5 percent of each consumer's daily dosing fee. The provider shall be responsible for calculating and collecting the fee, and on a quarterly basis, forwarding the collected fees to the Department.

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