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Bill Harm reduction programs; public health emergency, etc. Authorizes the Commissioner of Health (the Commissioner) to establish and operate local or regional comprehensive harm reduction programs during a declared public health emergency that include the provision of sterile and disposal of used hypodermic needles and syringes. The objectives of the programs are to reduce the spread of HIV, viral hepatitis, and other blood-borne diseases in Virginia, to reduce the transmission of blood-borne diseases through needlestick injuries to law-enforcement and other emergency personnel, and to provide information to individuals who inject drugs regarding addiction recovery treatment services. The programs will be located in at-risk communities, in accordance with criteria established by the Department of Health. The bill requires the Commissioner to establish standards and protocols for the comprehensive harm reduction programs and requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Public Safety to approve such standards and protocols. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 2317 Virginia HB 2317 (2017)
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Virginia HB 2317 (2017) — Harm reduction programs; public health emergency, etc.

Authorizes the Commissioner of Health (the Commissioner) to establish and operate local or regional comprehensive harm reduction programs during a declared public health emergency that include the provision of sterile and disposal of used hypodermic needles and syringes. The objectives of the programs are to reduce the spread of HIV, viral hepatitis, and other blood-borne diseases in Virginia, to reduce the transmission of blood-borne diseases through needlestick injuries to law-enforcement and other emergency personnel, and to provide information to individuals who inject drugs regarding addiction recovery treatment services. The programs will be located in at-risk communities, in accordance with criteria established by the Department of Health. The bill requires the Commissioner to establish standards and protocols for the comprehensive harm reduction programs and requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Public Safety to approve such standards and protocols.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2317ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17101954D (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Printed as engrossed 17101954D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 70 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Education and Health — 141 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Appropriations — 211 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 202 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 364 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House — 5936 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • John M. O'Bannon, III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-12 Presented and ordered printed 17101954D introduction
  • 2017-01-12 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2017-01-19 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2017-01-19 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
  • 2017-02-01 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-02 Amendments by Delegate O'Bannon agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2017-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended HB2317E
  • 2017-02-02 Printed as engrossed 17101954D-E
  • 2017-02-03 Read third time and passed House (59-Y 36-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-02-06 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
  • 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 183 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e6454e7-3b1b-47ef-9f8d-a22b4d194ccf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).