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2022 SESSION

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HB 679 Opioids; providers of treatment for addiction, conditions for initial licensure, location.

Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Providers of treatment for persons with opiate addiction; elimination of location restriction. Eliminates the requirement that a provider of treatment for persons with opiate addiction through the use of (i) methadone or (ii) opioid replacements other than opioid replacements approved for the treatment of opioid addiction by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration be located more than one-half mile from a public or private licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school. This bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023, and is identical to SB 300.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101664D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/08/22  House: Printed as engrossed 22101664D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 03/03/22  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB679ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/11/22  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0512)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted

HISTORY

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101664D
• 01/11/22  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/21/22  House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
• 02/01/22  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/22  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/22  House: Read first time
• 02/08/22  House: Read second time
• 02/08/22  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/08/22  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB679E
• 02/08/22  House: Printed as engrossed 22101664D-E
• 02/09/22  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/22  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/10/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/24/22  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/22  Senate: Read third time
• 02/28/22  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/22  House: Enrolled
• 03/03/22  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB679ER)
• 03/03/22  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/04/22  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/22  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 03/11/22  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 04/11/22  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 512 (effective 1/1/23)
• 04/11/22  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0512)