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HB 150 Prescription drugs; stored, etc., by community services board, behavioral health authorities, etc.

Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Dispensing of medications by community services boards, behavioral health authorities, and crisis stabilization units. Authorizes community services boards, behavioral health authorities, and clinics established by the Virginia Department of Health or local health departments to receive, store, retain, and repackage prescription drug orders dispensed to a patient for the purpose of assisting a client with self-administration of the drug. This bill also authorizes community services boards and behavioral health authorities to establish crisis stabilization units to provide residential crisis stabilization services and provides that the Board of Pharmacy may register crisis stabilization units licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to maintain stocks of Schedule VI drugs necessary for immediate treatment of patients admitted to the unit. This bill has an emergency clause.


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