Prescriptions; off-label use. (HB102)
Introduced By
Del. Karen Greenhalgh (R-Virginia Beach) with support from co-patrons Del. John Avoli (R-Staunton), Del. Ronnie Campbell (R-Raphine), Del. Marie March (R-Floyd), Del. Phil Scott (R-Spotsylvania), and Del. Wren Williams (R-Stuart)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Prescriptions; off-label use. Provides that a prescriber may prescribe, administer, or dispense and a pharmacist may dispense a drug that has been approved for a specific use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an off-label use when the prescriber or pharmacist determines, in his professional judgment, that such off-label use is appropriate for the standard of care and such prescribing, administering, or dispensing is to improve health care outcomes. The bill also prohibits a hospital from denying, revoking, terminating, diminishing, or curtailing in any way any professional or clinical privilege of any licensed health care provider with prescriptive authority or authority to dispense drugs solely on the grounds that such health care provider prescribes, administers, or dispenses a drug that has been approved for a specific use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an off-label use, provided that such prescribing, administering, or dispensing is in accordance with laws of the Commonwealth and is to improve health care outcomes. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/06/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103672D |
| 01/06/2022 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 01/13/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB102) |
| 01/18/2022 | Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 02/01/2022 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/01/2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 4-N) |
| 02/08/2022 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/08/2022 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/08/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22104743D-H1 |
| 02/09/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB102H1) |
| 02/10/2022 | Read first time |
| 02/11/2022 | Read second time |
| 02/11/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22104743D-H1 |
| 02/11/2022 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB102H1 |
| 02/14/2022 | Read third time and passed House (52-Y 46-N) |
| 02/14/2022 | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/16/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/24/2022 | Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
Comments
This is clearly a bill to allow doctors to prescribe Ivermectin and other inappropriate/drugs to treat COVID 19. This bill highlights the Republican party's refusal to acknowledge COViD 19 is a deadly disease. It's another Republican Party imposition of their denial of this deadly disease on Americans-an imposition that is literally continuing to kill people. Now this ideology of prefering death over life has come to Virginia.
Clearly to usurp hospital/medical institution policies. Oppose. If the physician wishes to practice independently. HIS liability will be at stake, not the medical institution.