republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1661.md

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Bill	Administration of medications to treat adrenal crisis.	Provides that a prescriber may authorize an employee of (i) a school board, (ii) a school for students with disabilities, or (iii) an accredited private school who is trained in the administration of injected medications for the treatment of adrenal crisis resulting from a condition causing adrenal insufficiency to administer such medications to a student diagnosed with a condition causing adrenal insufficiency when the student is believed to be experiencing or about to experience an adrenal crisis pursuant to a written order or standing protocol issued within the course of the prescriber's professional practice and with the consent of the student's parents. The bill provides that any such authorized employee who administers or assists in the administration of such medications to a student diagnosed with a condition causing adrenal insufficiency when the student is believed to be experiencing or about to experience an adrenal crisis in accordance with the prescriber's instructions shall not be liable for any civil damages for ordinary negligence in acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1661	Virginia HB 1661 (2017)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure Health Professions and Occupations	enacted	Thomas A. "Tag" Greason	3	17	8	2017-01-05	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/45ac904e-d949-4699-accc-9b18391f1260	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1661	c3797ec8d7006298abfd7ead529669f19826514a01bae750630a6e774c34de12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1661 (2017) — Administration of medications to treat adrenal crisis.

Provides that a prescriber may authorize an employee of (i) a school board, (ii) a school for students with disabilities, or (iii) an accredited private school who is trained in the administration of injected medications for the treatment of adrenal crisis resulting from a condition causing adrenal insufficiency to administer such medications to a student diagnosed with a condition causing adrenal insufficiency when the student is believed to be experiencing or about to experience an adrenal crisis pursuant to a written order or standing protocol issued within the course of the prescriber's professional practice and with the consent of the student's parents. The bill provides that any such authorized employee who administers or assists in the administration of such medications to a student diagnosed with a condition causing adrenal insufficiency when the student is believed to be experiencing or about to experience an adrenal crisis in accordance with the prescriber's instructions shall not be liable for any civil damages for ordinary negligence in acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0713) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1661ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101314D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — primary (person)
• J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101314D introduction
• 2017-01-05 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Passed by until Monday, February 6, 2017
• 2017-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled
• 2017-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 713 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45ac904e-d949-4699-accc-9b18391f1260. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).