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2019 SESSION
Dunnavant, Suetterlein, Carrico, Barker, Lucas, Peake
Clerk: Patty Lung
Staff: Thomas Stevens
Date of Meeting: January 29, 2019
Time and Place: 8:30 am - Subcommittee Room 2, 5th Fl. Pocahontas Bldg.
Patron: Marsden
Industrial hemp; definition; exclusion from certain marijuana provisions. Includes in the definition of "industrial hemp" any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant Cannabis sativa, its seeds, or its resin that contains a concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol that is no greater than that allowed by federal law. The bill excludes industrial hemp from various provisions related to marijuana, including from Schedule I of the Drug Control Act.
Patron: Vogel
Music therapy. Requires the Board of Medicine to regulate the practice of music therapy and to set requirements for licensure to practice music therapy. The bill establishes the Advisory Board on Music Therapy to assist the Board of Medicine in such regulation.
Patron: Boysko
Board of Pharmacy; two-year pilot; controlled substance tracking system. Directs the Board of Pharmacy (Board) to conduct a two-year pilot program beginning September 1, 2019, for the development, management, use, and evaluation of a controlled substance tracking system using dispenser data compliant with the federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act. The bill requires each pharmacy permitted in the Commonwealth to participate in the program and to collect and report certain data to the Board. The Board is required to provide access to the reported information to state and federal law-enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over prescription drug law enforcement. The bill authorizes the Board to enter into agreements with the Department of Health and the Department of State Police to implement the program and requires a final report by October 31, 2021, to the Governor's Advisory Commission on Opioids and Addiction and to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health. Finally, the bill requires the Board to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the program to be effective no later than September 1, 2019.
Patron: Dunnavant
Health regulatory boards; conversion therapy. Directs the Board of Counseling, the Board of Medicine, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Psychology, and the Board of Social Work to each promulgate regulations or guidance documents defining conversion therapy and the unprofessional conduct in the practice of conversion therapy with any person under 18 years of age. The bill requires such regulations or guidance documents to ensure any interventions in such practice are patient-centered and align with relevant primary sources or policy statements from the relevant professional association.
Patron: Newman
Health regulatory boards; conversion therapy. Directs the Board of Counseling, the Board of Medicine, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Psychology, and the Board of Social Work to each promulgate regulations prohibiting the use of electroshock therapy, aversion therapy, or other physical treatments in the practice of conversion therapy with any person under 18 years of age.