Virginia House Bill 910 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Practice of pharmacy; compounding; regulation by Board of Practice of pharmacy; compounding; regulation by Board of Pharmacy. Provides that the compounding of drugs provided to the Department of Corrections for the purpose of carrying out an execution by lethal injection constitutes the practice of pharmacy and is subject to the requirements of the Drug Control Act and the jurisdiction of the Board of Pharmacy. The bill provides that only outsourcing facilities may compound such drugs; currently, both pharmacies and outsourcing facilities may compound such drugs. The bill also clarifies that the Board of Pharmacy may inspect any pharmacy or other place where drugs, cosmetics, or devices are manufactured, stored, or dispensed in response to complaints received by the Board, in any case in which the Board has reason to believe that the pharmacy or such other place has violated any state or federal law, or as otherwise deemed necessary by the Board to protect the health and safety of the public. The bill replaces one of the two consumer positions on the Board of Health with a pharmacist with experience in compounding, requires the Board of Health to educate the public about safe use of compounded drugs, and requires the Board of Health and the Board of Pharmacy to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on actions taken (i) to ensure the safety and quality of compounded drugs produced by compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities located in the Commonwealth, as well as those outside the Commonwealth that provide compounded drugs to patients in the Commonwealth; (ii) to reduce illegal use of opioids and opioid abuse in the Commonwealth; and (iii) to implement provisions of and ensure compliance with the requirements of federal law related to prescription drug

Pharmacy; compounding of drugs, regulation by Board of Pharmacy.

Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2020-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N)
2020-01-15	House	Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101294D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	11.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	14	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	234	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3307	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3308	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB910
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB910+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1202V0020+HB0910