Virginia House Bill 2559 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Electronic transmission of certain prescriptions; exceptions. Provides certain exceptions, effective July 1, 2020, to the requirement that any prescription for a controlled substance that contains an opioid be issued as an electronic prescription. The bill requires the licensing health regulatory board of a prescriber to grant such prescriber a waiver of the electronic prescription requirement for a period not to exceed one year due to demonstrated economic hardship, technological limitations that are not reasonably within the control of the prescriber, or other exceptional circumstances demonstrated by the prescriber. The bill provides that a dispenser is not required to verify whether one of the exceptions applies when he receives a non-electronic prescription for a controlled substance containing an opioid. The bill requires the Boards of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and Optometry to promulgate regulations to implement the prescriber waivers. Finally, the bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to identify successes and challenges of the electronic prescription requirement and offer possible recommendations for increasing the electronic prescribing of controlled substances that contain an opioid and to report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2022.

Electronic transmission of certain prescriptions; exceptions.

Sen. Todd Pillion [R]

Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]

2019-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664)
2019-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 664 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-28		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-28	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
2019-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-21	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-21	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2559ER)
2019-02-21	House	Enrolled
2019-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2019-02-14	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2019-02-08	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
2019-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-04	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
2019-02-04	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2019-02-01	House	Printed as engrossed 19101805D-E
2019-02-01	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2559E
2019-02-01	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2019-02-01	House	Read second time
2019-01-31	House	Read first time
2019-01-29	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2019-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
2019-01-16	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2019-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101805D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	3408.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3410	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2559
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2559+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2559E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2559ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0664+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1202V0007+HB2559
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H12V0073+HB2559
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2170+HB2559
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2244+HB2559
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04V0292+HB2559
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0724HB2559+HB2559
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0743HB2559+HB2559