republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2165.md

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Bill	Opiate prescriptions; electronic prescriptions.	Requires a prescription for any controlled substance containing an opiate to be issued as an electronic prescription and prohibits a pharmacist from dispensing a controlled substance that contains an opiate unless the prescription is issued as an electronic prescription, beginning July 1, 2020. The bill defines electronic prescription as a written prescription that is generated on an electronic application and provides that Schedule II through V prescriptions must be transmitted in accordance with federal regulations. The bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to review actions necessary for the implementation of the bill's provisions and to evaluate hardships on prescribers and the inability of prescribers to comply with the deadline for electronic prescribing and to make recommendations for any extension or exemption processes relative to compliance or disruptions due to natural or manmade disasters or technology gaps, failures, or interruptions of service. The bill requires the work group to report on its progress to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2017, and to issue a final report to such Chairmen by November 1, 2018.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2165	Virginia HB 2165 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Computer Services and Uses Narcotics and Drugs Professions and Occupations Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Todd E. Pillion	4	18	6	2017-01-11	2017-02-21	openstates	ocd-bill/9e9dabd5-4386-4f95-83a4-4058269b9d13	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2165	ebe6c72acd74288f450ce2733977bdfa9239eb04183cb3b0732c4bdffbae74cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2165 (2017) — Opiate prescriptions; electronic prescriptions.

Requires a prescription for any controlled substance containing an opiate to be issued as an electronic prescription and prohibits a pharmacist from dispensing a controlled substance that contains an opiate unless the prescription is issued as an electronic prescription, beginning July 1, 2020. The bill defines electronic prescription as a written prescription that is generated on an electronic application and provides that Schedule II through V prescriptions must be transmitted in accordance with federal regulations. The bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to review actions necessary for the implementation of the bill's provisions and to evaluate hardships on prescribers and the inability of prescribers to comply with the deadline for electronic prescribing and to make recommendations for any extension or exemption processes relative to compliance or disruptions due to natural or manmade disasters or technology gaps, failures, or interruptions of service. The bill requires the work group to report on its progress to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2017, and to issue a final report to such Chairmen by November 1, 2018.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0115) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2165ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101952D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17101952D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
• Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
• Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — cosponsor (person)
• Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101952D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB2165E
• 2017-01-30 Printed as engrossed 17101952D-E
• 2017-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-01 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 115 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e9dabd5-4386-4f95-83a4-4058269b9d13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).