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HOUSE BILL NO. 1738 Offered January 14, 2015 Prefiled January 12, 2015 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-162.5:1, relating to hospices; notice to dispenser of hospice patient's death. ---------- Patron-- Hodges ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 32.1-162.5:1 as follows:

§ 32.1-162.5:1. Notice to dispenser of patient's death.

Any hospice licensed by the Department or exempt from licensure pursuant to § 32.1-162.2 shall notify each pharmacy that dispenses prescription drugs to a hospice patient for the purposes of pain management of such patient's death within 24 hours of the patient's death.