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SB 491 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of certain information.

Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosures. Provides that the Director of the Department of Health Professions may disclose information in the possession of the Prescription Monitoring Proram about a specific recipient who is a member of a Virginia Medicaid managed care program to a physician or pharmacist licensed in the Commonwealth and employed by the Virginia Medicaid managed care program to determine eligibility for and to manage the care of the specific recipient in a Patient Utilization Management Safety or similar program. The bill also requires the Prescription Monitoring Program advisory committee to provide guidance to the Director regarding such disclosures. This bill is identical to HB 1044.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103912D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/04/16  Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104930D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/16  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB491ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/29/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/12/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103912D
• 01/12/16  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/21/16  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
• 02/04/16  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/16  Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104930D-S1
• 02/05/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/16  Senate: Read second time
• 02/08/16  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/08/16  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16104930D-S1
• 02/08/16  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB491S1
• 02/09/16  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/16  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/11/16  House: Read first time
• 02/11/16  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/18/16  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/16  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/22/16  House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
• 03/01/16  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/16  House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/16  House: Read second time
• 03/07/16  House: Read third time
• 03/07/16  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTES (96-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/16  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/16  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/08/16  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB491ER)
• 03/08/16  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/10/16  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/16  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
• 03/11/16  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
• 03/29/16  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 568 (effective 7/1/16)
• 03/29/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)