VA HB102 | 2022 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 11 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-24 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

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. 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.

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Title

Prescriptions; off-label use.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2022-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) (Y: 52 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 4-N) (Y: 5 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2022-02-24SenatePassed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
2022-02-16SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2022-02-16SenateConstitutional reading dispensed
2022-02-14HouseVOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
2022-02-14HouseRead third time and passed House (52-Y 46-N)
2022-02-11HouseEngrossed by House - committee substitute HB102H1
2022-02-11HouseCommittee substitute agreed to 22104743D-H1
2022-02-11HouseRead second time
2022-02-10HouseRead first time
2022-02-08HouseCommittee substitute printed 22104743D-H1
2022-02-08HouseReported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
2022-02-01HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 4-N)
2022-01-18HouseAssigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-06HouseReferred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-01-06HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103672D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
321127(n/a)See Bill Text
5412971.02(n/a)See Bill Text
5413408.6(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB102
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB102+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB102H1+hil
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22104743D.pdf
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/22104743D.pdf
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB102F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB102FH1122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1201V0014+HB0102
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H12V0069+HB0102
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV0790+HB0102
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S04V0198+HB0102

Bill Comments

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