Virginia Senate Bill 1518 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-17 - Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Non-opioid pharmacological therapy and non-pharmacological therapy. Requires the Board of Dentistry and the Board of Medicine to include in regulations for prescribing opioids for the treatment of chronic pain the development of a treatment plan for the patient, which shall include a discussion with the patient regarding the benefits and risks of opioid therapy and the availability of non-opioid pharmacological therapy and non-pharmacological therapy. The bill requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for non-opioid analgesic drugs prescribed to covered individuals or a non-pharmacological therapy recommended by a prescriber as an alternative to a prescription drug to covered individuals for chronic pain. This requirement applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020.

Non-opioid pharmacological therapy and non-pharmacological therapy; health insurance coverage.

Sen. Charles Carrico [R]

2019-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-17	Senate	Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2019-01-11	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101876D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3418.18	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4319	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2708.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2928.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1518
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1518+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04V0050+SB1518