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2020 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health Professions

Barker (Chair), Saslaw, Newman, Edwards, Lewis, Dunnavant, Suetterlein

Clerk: Patty Lung, Catherine Dent
Date of Meeting: January 24, 2020
Time and Place: 8:30am Subcommittee Room 2 Pocahontas Bldg
updated to add SB1045

S.B. 53 Social Work, Board of; licensure by endorsement.

Patron: Stanley

Board of Social Work; licensure by endorsement. Requires the Board of Social Work to establish in regulations the requirements for licensure by endorsement as a social worker. The bill allows the Board to issue licenses to persons licensed to practice social work under the laws of another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States possession or territory, if, in the opinion of the Board, the applicant meets the qualifications required of licensed social workers in the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3707.2, relating to Board of Social Work; licensure by endorsement.

20100386D

S.B. 264 Certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority.

Patron: Bell

Certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority. Authorizes certified registered nurse anesthetists to prescribe Schedule II through Schedule VI controlled substances and devices, provided such prescribing is in accordance with requirements for practice by certified registered nurse anesthetists under the supervision of a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2957.01 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority.

20102284D

S.B. 270 Pharmacy; practice, regulation by Board of Pharmacy.

Patron: Bell


Practice of pharmacy; regulation by Board of Pharmacy; report. Provides that compounding of drugs provided to the Department of Corrections for the purpose of carrying out an execution by lethal injection shall constitute the practice of pharmacy and be subject to the requirements of the Drug Control Act and the jurisdiction of the Board of Pharmacy. The bill provides that only outsourcing facilities may compound such drugs; currently, both pharmacies and outsourcing facilities may compound such drugs. The bill also clarifies that the Board of Pharmacy may inspect any pharmacy or other place where drugs, cosmetics, or devices are manufactured, stored, or dispensed in response to complaints received by the Board, in any case in which the Board has reason to believe that the pharmacy or such other place has violated any state or federal law or as otherwise deemed necessary by the Board to protect the health and safety of the public. The bill amends the membership of the Board of Health to include a pharmacist with experience in compounding, requires the Board of Health to educate the public about safe use of compounded drugs, and requires the Board of Health and the Board of Pharmacy to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on actions taken to (i) ensure the safety and quality of compounded drugs produced by compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities located in the Commonwealth and compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities located outside the Commonwealth that provide compounded drugs to patients in the Commonwealth; (ii) reduce illegal use of opioids and opioid abuse in the Commonwealth; and (iii) implement provisions of and ensure compliance with the requirements of Title II of the federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act of 2013 related to prescription drug identification, tracing, and verification.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-5, 32.1-11.3, 32.1-14, 53.1-234, 54.1-3307, and 54.1-3308 of the Code of Virginia, relating to practice of pharmacy; compounding; regulation by Board of Pharmacy.

20102391D

S.B. 422 Health regulatory boards; clarifies the meaning of "license."

Patron: Petersen

Health regulatory boards. Clarifies the meaning of "license" as used by the Boards of Funeral Directors and Embalmers and Physical Therapy and the conditions under which a license may be denied, suspended, or revoked by the Board of Veterinary Medicine.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2806, 54.1-3480, 54.1-3483, and 54.1-3807 of the Code of Virginia, relating to health regulatory boards.

20102460D

S.B. 540 Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.

Patron: Vogel


Health professionals; unprofessional conduct; reporting. Requires the chief executive officer and the chief of staff of every hospital or other health care institution in the Commonwealth, the director of every licensed home health or hospice organization, the director of every accredited home health organization exempt from licensure, the administrator of every licensed assisted living facility, and the administrator of every provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in the Commonwealth to report to the Department of Health Professions any information of which he may become aware in his professional capacity that indicates a reasonable belief that a health care provider is in need of treatment or has been admitted as a patient for treatment of substance abuse or psychiatric illness that may render the health professional a danger to himself, the public or his patients, or that he determines, following review and any necessary investigation or consultation with the appropriate internal boards or committees authorized to impose disciplinary action on a health professional, indicates that there is a reasonable probability that such health professional may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct. Current law requires information to be reported if the information indicates, after reasonable investigation and consultation with the appropriate internal boards or committees authorized to impose disciplinary action on a health professional, a reasonable probability that such health professional may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct.

 

 

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2400.6 and 54.1-2909 of the Code of Virginia, relating to health professionals; unprofessional conduct; reporting.

20105063D

S.B. 575 Prescription Monitoring Program; information disclosed to Emergency Department Information.

Patron: Dunnavant

Prescription Monitoring Program; information disclosed to the Emergency Department Information Exchange; redisclosure. Provides for the mutual exchange of information between the Prescription Monitoring Program and the Emergency Department Information Exchange and clarifies that nothing shall prohibit the redisclosure of confidential information from the Prescription Monitoring Program or any data or reports produced by the Prescription Monitoring Program disclosed to the Emergency Department Information Exchange to a prescriber in an electronic report generated by the Emergency Department Information Exchange so long as the electronic report complies with relevant federal law and regulations governing privacy of health information.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2523 and 54.1-2525 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Prescription Monitoring Program; information disclosed to the Emergency Department Information Exchange; redisclosure.

20104969D

S.B. 633 Music therapy; licensure.

Patron: Vogel

Music therapy; licensure. Requires the Board of Social Work to adopt regulations establishing a regulatory structure to license music therapists in the Commonwealth and establishes an advisory board to assist the Board in this process. Under the bill, no person shall engage in the practice of music therapy or hold himself out or otherwise represent himself as a music therapist unless he is licensed by the Board.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 37 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 2, consisting of sections numbered 54.1-3709.1, 54.1-3709.2, and 54.1-3709.3, relating to music therapy; licensure.

20105169D

S.B. 663 Practice of medicine and other healing arts; provision of litigation assistance.

Patron: Surovell

Practice of medicine and other healing arts; provision of litigation assistance. Requires practitioners of medicine and other healing arts to provide litigation assistance to treated patients and their attorneys. Such litigation assistance includes providing a legal consult fee schedule upon request, scheduling and participating in meetings with a treated patient's attorney upon request, participating in trial or de bene esse depositions as needed, and providing a written estimate of the cost of the patient's medical services related to the litigation. The bill prohibits providers from refusing services to a patient who is insured or otherwise has the ability to pay for provided services on the ground that such person was involved in an incident that is the subject of litigation or could result in litigation.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-2910.5, relating to the practice of medicine and other healing arts; provision of litigation assistance.

20101354D

S.B. 713 Professional art therapists and professional art therapist associates; licensure.

Patron: McClellan

Board of Counseling; licensure of professional art therapists and professional art therapist associates. Establishes requirements for licensure as a professional art therapist and licensure as a professional art therapist associate and adds two representatives to the Board on Counseling who are licensed professional art therapists. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3500 and 54.1-3503 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 35 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 3, consisting of sections numbered 54.1-3516 and 54.1-3517, relating to Board of Counseling; licensure of professional art therapists and professional art therapist associates.

20104756D

S.B. 858 Naturopathic doctors; Board of Medicine to license and regulate.

Patron: Petersen

Naturopathic doctors; license required. Requires the Board of Medicine to license and regulate naturopathic doctors, defined in the bill as an individual, other than a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatry, who may diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases using a system of practice that is based on the natural healing capacity of individuals, using physiological, psychological, or physical methods, and who may also use natural medicines, prescriptions, legend drugs, foods, herbs, or other natural remedies, including light and air.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2900, 54.1-2901, 54.1-2914, 54.1-2973.1 and 54.1-3401, as it is currently effective and as it will become effective, of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 54.1-2956.14 through 54.1-2956.17, relating to licensure of naturopathic doctors.

20105215D

S.B. 885 Performance of laboratory analysis; cannabidiol oil, THC-A oil, tetrahydrocannabinol.

Patron: Marsden

Performance of laboratory analysis; cannabidiol oil; THC-A oil; tetrahydrocannabinol. Provides that no person employed by an analytical laboratory to retrieve, deliver, or possess cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil samples from a permitted pharmaceutical processor for performing required testing shall be prosecuted for the possession or distribution of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil for storing cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil for testing purposes in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board of Pharmacy. The bill requires practitioners to register with the Board of Pharmacy to conduct laboratory analysis on tetrahydrocannabinol or marijuana and exempts practitioners conducting laboratory research on tetrahydrocannabinol from furnishing evidence of federal registration. The bill contains an emergency clause.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3422 and 54.1-3423 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-251.1:2, relating to performance of laboratory analysis; cannabidiol oil; THC-A oil; tetrahydrocannabinol.

20104851D

EMERGENCY

S.B. 969 Pharmaceutical processors; off-site dispensing locations.

Patron: Marsden

Pharmaceutical processors; off-site dispensing locations. Allows each pharmaceutical processor to whom a permit has been issued by the Board of Pharmacy to operate up to five off-site dispensing locations for the dispensing of cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-3442.5, 54.1-3442.6, and 54.1-3442.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to pharmaceutical processors; off-site dispensing locations.

20105079D

S.B. 976 Board of Pharmacy; pharmaceutical processors; processing and dispensing cannabis oil.

Patron: Marsden

Board of Pharmacy; pharmaceutical processors; processing and dispensing cannabis oil. Replaces the definitions of cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil with a definition for cannabis oil. The bill requires the Board of Pharmacy to establish a pharmacist-to-pharmacist-technician supervision ratio of one to eight for pharmaceutical processors. The bill allows practitioners to utilize telemedicine in evaluating and treating patients related to the issuance of written certifications for the use of cannabis oil. The bill permits pharmaceutical processors to establish up to five off-site dispensing locations within the health service area of the pharmaceutical processor. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to require that, after processing and before dispensing cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil, a pharmaceutical processor make a homogenized sample available from each batch of product for testing at an independent laboratory meeting board requirements. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations for the dispensing of unprocessed cannabis flower in the same manner as cannabis oil. The bill specifies that a licensed pharmacist shall only be required on the premises of the pharmaceutical processor during dispensing hours and during the production of cannabis oil and may authorize certain employee access to secured areas designated for cultivation and extraction and other areas approved by the Board.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-250.1, 18.2-251.1:1, 22.1-277, 54.1-2519, 54.1-2521, 54.1-2522.1, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 54.1-2903, 54.1-3320, 54.1-3408.3, and 54.1-3442.5 through 54.1-3442.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Pharmacy; pharmaceutical processors; processing and dispensing cannabis oil.

20105207D

S.B. 982 Physicians; medical specialty board certification options.

Patron: Hashmi

Physicians; medical specialty board certification options. Prohibits requiring maintenance of certification from physicians licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth, as a prerequisite to hospital medical staff membership, employment, malpractice liability insurance coverage, network status, or reimbursement for services provided to a person covered by a health insurance policy.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-270.01, 32.1-127, 32.1-134.1, 38.2-2806, 38.2-4214, and 38.2-4319 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 34 of Title 38.2 a section numbered 38.2-3407.21 and by adding a section numbered 54.1-2912.1:1, relating to physicians; requirement of medical specialty board certification.

20105445D

S.B. 1045 Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; sample testing.

Patron: Hashmi

Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; sample testing. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to require that, after processing and before dispensing cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil, a pharmaceutical processor make a homogenized sample available from each batch of product for testing at an independent laboratory meeting Board requirements.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3442.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; sample testing.

20104710D