Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements for dispensers. (HB1841)
Introduced By
Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria) with support from co-patron Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements for dispensers. Requires every prescriber who is authorized to prescribe covered substances and every dispenser to be registered with the Prescription Monitoring Program and allows prescribers and dispensers six months to comply with the registration requirement; provides that a prescriber shall request information about a recipient any time the prescriber prescribes a 90-day supply of benzodiazepine or opiate, regardless of whether a treatment plan has been entered into; requires a dispenser registered with the program to request information about covered substances that have been dispensed to a patient when the dispenser is dispensing benzodiazepines or opiates expected to last more than 90 days; and authorizes the Director the Department of Health Professions to disclose information about a specific recipient to a dispenser for the purpose of establishing a prescription history to assist the dispenser in determining what, if any, other covered substances have been dispensed to the patient. This bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2016 for provisions requiring dispensers and prescribers to register with the Prescription Monitoring Program. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/13/2015 | Committee |
| 01/13/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101501D |
| 01/13/2015 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 01/20/2015 | Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 01/22/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) |
| 01/26/2015 | Impact statement from VDH (HB1841) |
| 01/27/2015 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/27/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15104091D-H1 |
| 01/28/2015 | Read first time |
| 01/29/2015 | Read second time |
| 01/29/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15104091D-H1 |
| 01/29/2015 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1841H1 |
| 01/30/2015 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) |
| 01/30/2015 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2015 | Impact statement from VDH (HB1841H1) |
| 02/02/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/02/2015 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/19/2015 | Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/23/2015 | Read third time |
| 02/23/2015 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/26/2015 | Enrolled |
| 02/26/2015 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1841ER) |
| 02/26/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/26/2015 | Signed by President |
| 02/27/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| 02/27/2015 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/27/15 |
| 02/27/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
| 03/02/2015 | Impact statement from VDH (HB1841ER) |
| 03/23/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 517 (effective 1/1/16 see bill) |
| 03/23/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0517) |