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2017 SESSION

17101156D
SENATE BILL NO. 1178
Senate Amendments in [ ] -- January 23, 2017
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3408.4, relating to prescription of buprenorphine without naloxone; limitation.
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Patron Prior to Engrossment--Senator Chafin
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3408.4 as follows:

§ 54.1-3408.4. Prescription of buprenorphine without naloxone; limitation.

Prescriptions for buprenorphine mono or products containing buprenorphine without naloxone shall be issued only for a patient who is pregnant.

 [ 2. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2022. ]