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2001 SESSION
HB 2318 Prescriptive authority of physician assistants; effectiveness study.
Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Prescriptive authority of physician assistants. Expands the prescriptive authority of physician assistants, as follows: Schedules V and VI controlled substances on and after July 1, 2001; and Schedules IV through VI on and after January 1, 2003. Currently, physician assistants' prescriptive authority is limited to Schedule VI drugs. The bill also removes the Board of Medicine's responsibility for developing a formulary for the specific drugs that physician assistants are allowed to prescribe and requires the supervising physician or podiatrist to develop a written agreement with each physician assistant under his supervision listing the controlled substances the physician assistant is or is not authorized to prescribe. In addition to the requirement for periodic site visits by physicians or podiatrists who supervise physician assistants that is currently in the law, the regulations of the Board of Medicine will include requirements for continued physician assistant competency, e.g., continuing education, testing, and any other requirement. The regulations must also address the need to promote ethical practice, an appropriate standard of care, patient safety, the use of new pharmaceuticals, and appropriate communication with patients. A second enactment clause requires the Joint Commission on Health Care, with the full cooperation of the Medical Society of Virginia, the Old Dominion Medical Society, the Board of Medicine, the Board of Pharmacy, and physician assistant associations, to study physician assistant prescriptive authority as provided in this act to determine the impact of the authority to prescribe Schedules IV through VI controlled substances and devices on patient care, provider relationships, third-party reimbursement, physician practices, and patient satisfaction with physician assistant treatment. A preliminary report will be submitted to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by July 1, 2004, and a final report will be provided to the Governor and the 2005 General Assembly.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 014137796 pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/01 House: Committee substitute printed 014172796-H1 pdf
- 02/05/01 House: Printed as engrossed 014172796-EH1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2318ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 014137796
- 01/10/01 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/15/01 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
- 02/03/01 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/01 House: Read first time
- 02/04/01 House: Committee substitute printed 014172796-H1
- 02/04/01 House: Read second time
- 02/04/01 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/04/01 House: Committee substitute agreed to 014172796-H1
- 02/04/01 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/01 House: Read second time
- 02/05/01 House: Amendments by Del. Rhodes agreed to
- 02/05/01 House: Engrossed by House - com. substitute w/amds 014172796-EH1
- 02/05/01 House: Printed as engrossed 014172796-EH1
- 02/06/01 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/01 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/01 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/09/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/15/01 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/01 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/01 Senate: Reconsider motion to pass by for the day (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/01 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/01 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/19/01 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/01 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/19/01 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/19/01 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/19/01 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/01 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/01 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/01 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2318ER)
- 03/02/01 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/01 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 465 (effective 7/1/01)
- 03/22/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465)