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2018 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health Professions

Dunnavant (Chairman), Suetterlein, Carrico, Barker, Lucas, Peake

Staff: Thomas Stevens
Date of Meeting: February 13, 2018
Time and Place: 8:30 a.m. - Senate Subcommittee Room 2, 5th Floor
Revised to remove HB 878

H.B. 322

Patron: Bourne

Possession and administration of naloxone. Adds employees of the Department of Corrections who are designated as probation and parole officers or correctional officers to the list of individuals who may possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist, provided that they have completed a training program.

H.B. 501

Patron: Hodges

Home hospice programs; disposal of drugs. Requires every hospice to develop policies and procedures for the disposal of drugs dispensed as part of the hospice plan of care for a patient, which shall include requirements that such disposal be (i) performed in a manner that complies with all state and federal requirements for the safe disposal of drugs by a licensed nurse, physician assistant, or physician who is employed by or has entered into a contract with the hospice program; (ii) witnessed by a member of the patient's family or a second employee of the hospice program who is licensed by a health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions; and (iii) documented in the patient's medical record.

H.B. 520

Patron: Hodges

Board of Pharmacy; nonresident warehousers and nonresident third-party logistics providers. Requires warehouser or third-party logistics providers that are located outside the Commonwealth and that ship prescription drugs or devices into the Commonwealth to register with the Board of Pharmacy. The bill requires such nonresident warehousers and nonresident third-party logistics providers to maintain a license, permit, or registration in the resident state and to retain records in a certain manner. The bill authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations related to the storage, handling, and distribution of prescription drugs or devices by nonresident warehousers and nonresident third-party logistics providers.

H.B. 842

Patron: LaRock

Possession or distribution of controlled paraphernalia; hypodermic needles and syringes; naloxone. Provides that a person who is authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to train individuals on the administration of naloxone for use in opioid overdose reversal and who is acting on behalf of an organization that provides services to individuals at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or training in the administration of naloxone for overdose reversal and that has obtained a controlled substances registration from the Board of Pharmacy may dispense or distribute hypodermic needles and syringes in conjunction with such dispensing of naloxone and that a person to whom naloxone has been distributed by such individual may possess hypodermic needles and syringes in conjunction with such possession of naloxone. The bill also allows the dispensing or distributing of hypodermic needles and syringes by persons authorized to dispense naloxone. This bill contains an emergency clause.  

EMERGENCY

H.B. 854

Patron: Peace

Practice of polysomnographic technology; licensure; students or trainees. Provides that a student enrolled in an educational program in polysomnographic technology or a person engaged in a traineeship does not require a license to practice polysomnographic technology, provided that such student or trainee is under the direct supervision of a licensed polysomnographic technologist or a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine. The bill requires any such student or trainee to be identified to patients as a student or trainee in polysomnographic technology. The bill also provides that any such student or trainee is required to have a license to practice after18 months from the start of the educational program or traineeship or six months from the conclusion of such program or traineeship, whichever is earlier.

H.B. 875

Patron: Orrock

Veterinarians; compounding of drugs. Increases the quantity, from a 72-hour supply to a seven-day supply, of a compounded drug that a veterinarian may dispense to the owner of a companion animal for which the veterinarian is providing treatment.

H.B. 1071

Patron: Heretick

Health regulatory boards; license renewal; electronic notice. Provides that the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, the Board of Medicine, and the Board of Nursing may send notices for license renewal electronically.

H.B. 1377

Patron: Torian

Possession and administration of epinephrine; outdoor educational programs. Provides that an employee of an organization that provides outdoor educational experiences or programs for youth who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine may possess and administer epinephrine.