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HB 1054 Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted disease.
Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted disease. Allows a practitioner employed by the Department of Health to prescribe antibiotic therapy to the sexual partner of a patient diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease without the physical examination normally required. The bill also requires the Commissioner of Health to convene a workgroup consisting of Department of Health staff and private practitioners to evaluate services provided by the Department of Health pursuant to the bill and to make appropriate recommendations for the use of expedited partner therapy in Virginia. The Commissioner shall report to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources concerning his findings and recommendations by July 1, 2019. The bill contains organizational and technical amendments. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2020.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101556D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18101556D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1054ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101556D
- 01/09/18 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/18/18 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/01/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/06/18 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (16-Y 6-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Read first time
- 02/09/18 House: Read second time
- 02/09/18 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/09/18 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1054E
- 02/09/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18101556D-E
- 02/12/18 House: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 12-N)
- 02/12/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (87-Y 12-N)
- 02/13/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/23/18 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 03/01/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/18 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/18 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1054ER)
- 03/07/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/15/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018
- 03/15/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 04/06/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 790 (effective 7/1/18)
- 04/06/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790)