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2023 SESSION

23105286D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2147
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
on January 31, 2023)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Guzman)
A BILL to direct the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group to evaluate the provision of translated directions for use of prescriptions; report.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Board of Pharmacy (the Board) shall convene a work group of interested stakeholders to evaluate challenges and barriers to requiring or providing translated directions for the use of prescriptions, including the possibility of model directions and necessary changes within pharmacies to ensure patients are aware of the language services available at the pharmacy. The Board shall report the findings of the work group to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare, and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2023.