Virginia Senate Bill 1026 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 10 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-25 - Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Pharmacists; initiating treatment, dispensing, and administering of controlled substances. Includes in the practice of pharmacy initiating treatment, dispensing, and administering of certain drugs and devices by a pharmacist, provided that such pharmacist initiates treatment with, dispenses, or administers such drugs and devices in accordance with a statewide protocol developed by the Board of Pharmacy in collaboration with the Board of Medicine and Department of Health and set forth in regulations of the Board of Pharmacy. The bill 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 initiating treatment with, dispensing, or administering drugs and devices by a pharmacist when such initiation of treatment, dispensation, or administration is in accordance with regulations of the Board of Pharmacy. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill within 280 days of its effective date. The Board shall report to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the Chairman of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by November 1, 2020, on the status of the regulations. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.

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

Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]	Sen. Amanda Chase [R]	Sen. Jennifer Kiggans [R]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]
Sen. Todd Pillion [R]	Sen. David Suetterlein [R]	Sen. Benton Chafin [R]

2020-02-25 - House - House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) (Y: 38 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-25	House	Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N)
2020-02-14	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-02-14	House	Read first time
2020-02-14	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-11	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1026S1
2020-02-10	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20107661D-S1
2020-02-10	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-10	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20107661D-S1
2020-02-06	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
2020-01-27	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
2020-01-17	Senate	Introduced bill reprinted 20105432D
2020-01-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-01-16	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 20105432D

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	3300.1	(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+SB1026
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1026+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1026S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0163+SB1026
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0410SB1026+SB1026
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0506SB1026+SB1026
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0370+SB1026
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0417+SB1026