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2005 SESSION
HB 1778 Methadone clinics; prohibited in certain counties.
Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Providers of treatment for persons with opiate addiction; standards required; moratorium. Requires the State Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services Board to establish standards to evaluate the need and appropriateness for the issuance of new licenses to providers of treatment for persons with opiate addiction. The standards will include various criteria relating to the number of persons needing such treatment in the service area, the proposed site of the clinic, the existing access to such treatment, the geographic and demographic parameters of the service area, and the proposed clinic's security and accountability measures. A moratorium on the issuance of new licenses for providers of treatment for persons with opiate addiction is established from the enactment date of this act until the date on which the standards become effective. The Board is authorized to promulgate emergency regulations.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 059026372 pdf
- 01/27/05 House: Committee substitute printed 051981372-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1778ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0064) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/04/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 059026372
- 01/04/05 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/27/05 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/05 House: Committee substitute printed 051981372-H1
- 01/28/05 House: Read first time
- 01/31/05 House: Read second time
- 01/31/05 House: Committee substitute agreed to 051981372-H1
- 01/31/05 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1778H1
- 02/01/05 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/02/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/05 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/05 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/05 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/05 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1778ER)
- 02/23/05 House: Enrolled
- 02/23/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 64 (effective 7/1/05)
- 03/24/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0064)