Virginia House Bill 1506 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0731)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Pharmacists; prescribing, dispensing, and administration of controlled substances. Allows a pharmacist to initiate treatment with and dispense and administer certain drugs and devices to persons 18 years of age or older in accordance with a statewide protocol developed by the Board of Pharmacy in collaboration with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to establish such protocols by November 1, 2020, to promulgate emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill, and to convene a work group to provide recommendations regarding the development of protocols for the initiating of treatment with and dispensing and administering of additional drugs and devices for persons 18 years of age and older. The bill also clarifies that an accident and sickness insurance policy that provides reimbursement for a service that may be legally performed by a licensed pharmacist shall provide reimbursement for the initiating of treatment with and dispensing and administration of controlled substances by a pharmacist when such initiating of treatment with or dispensing or administration is in accordance with regulations of the Board of Pharmacy.

Pharmacists; initiating of treatment with and dispensing and administering of controlled substances.

Del. Mark Sickles [D]

Del. James Edmunds [R]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2020-03-08 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) (Y: 37 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-07 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 2-N) (Y: 96 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-03 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N) (Y: 0 N: 98 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (94-Y 2-N) (Y: 94 N: 2 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0731)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 731 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1506ER)
2020-03-18	House	Enrolled
2020-03-08	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
2020-03-07	House	VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 2-N)
2020-03-07	House	Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 2-N)
2020-03-07	House	Conference substitute printed 20109812D-H2
2020-03-07		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05	Senate	Senators: Dunnavant, Barker, Newman, Lewis
2020-03-05	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05	House	Delegates: Sickles, Willett, Hodges
2020-03-05	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-05	House	House acceded to request
2020-03-04	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2020-03-04	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-03	House	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
2020-03-03	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 20109069D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
2020-03-03	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-03-02	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1506S1
2020-03-02	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20109069D-S1
2020-03-02	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-03-02	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20109069D-S1
2020-02-27	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (94-Y 2-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (94-Y 2-N)
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1506H1
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107565D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-06	House	Committee substitute printed 20107565D-H1
2020-02-06	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-08	House	Presented and ordered printed 20105023D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3408	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3300	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3303.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1506
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1506+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1506H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1506S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1506H2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1506ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0731+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0295+HB1506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0787+HB1506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0352+HB1506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1300HB1506+HB1506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1372HB1506+HB1506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1739+HB1506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1492HB1506+HB1506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2039+HB1506
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1874HB1506+HB1506