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2005 SESSION
HB 2429 Prescription Monitoring Program; includes reporting by out-of-state dispensers.
Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Prescription Monitoring Program. Expands the Prescription Monitoring Program to include reporting by out-of-state dispensers (nonresident pharmacies) and to cover the entire Commonwealth. To assist in verifying the validity of a prescription, the bill extends the authority to query the system to prescribers licensed in other states and to pharmacists. The fourth and fifth enactment clauses of Chapter 481 of the 2002 Acts of Assembly are repealed to remove the funding contingencies and the restriction on the application of the program to a pilot project covering the southwestern region of Virginia. The program requires the reporting of "covered substances," that, pursuant to this bill, will include all controlled substances in Schedules II, III, and IV of the Drug Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.) of Title 54.1. Emergency regulations must be promulgated by the Director. Although the bill will be effective in due course, i.e., July 1, 2005, its provisions will not be implemented or enforced until the date on which the emergency regulations become effective. The Director is required to notify all out-of-state and Virginia dispensers who will be newly subject to the reporting requirements of the Prescription Monitoring Program prior to the date on which the provisions of this act will be implemented and enforced. This bill is identical to SB1098.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 056919116 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2429ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/01/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/12/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 056919116
- 01/12/05 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/01/05 House: Reported from H. W. I. (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/05 House: Read first time
- 02/03/05 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/05 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/05 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/04/05 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/05 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 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 (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/14/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/24/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2429ER)
- 02/24/05 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/23/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 637 (effective 7/1/05)
- 04/01/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637)