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type: "Bill"
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title: "Opioids; workgroup to establish guidelines for prescribing."
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description: "Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a workgroup that shall include representatives of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Health, and Health Professions as well as representatives of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and each of the Commonwealth's medical schools, dental schools, schools of pharmacy, physician assistant education programs, and nursing education programs to develop educational standards and curricula for training health care providers, including physicians, dentists, optometrists, pharmacists, physician assistants, and nurses, in the safe and appropriate use of opioids to treat pain while minimizing the risk of addiction and substance abuse. The workgroup shall report its progress and the outcomes of its activities to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2017. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1179"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1179 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Emergency Legislation", "Health", "Narcotics and Drugs", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["A. Benton \"Ben\" Chafin"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-02-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04c856fe-c6db-47cb-b0b5-69547c2eaba4"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1179"
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source_hash: "1df6590d759901da5932ac93fb45beb9a9e9bf278c860c7ac00102a7e5cab34d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1179 (2017) — Opioids; workgroup to establish guidelines for prescribing.
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Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a workgroup that shall include representatives of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Health, and Health Professions as well as representatives of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and each of the Commonwealth's medical schools, dental schools, schools of pharmacy, physician assistant education programs, and nursing education programs to develop educational standards and curricula for training health care providers, including physicians, dentists, optometrists, pharmacists, physician assistants, and nurses, in the safe and appropriate use of opioids to treat pain while minimizing the risk of addiction and substance abuse. The workgroup shall report its progress and the outcomes of its activities to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2017. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0062)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0062)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1179ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1179ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101155D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1179)
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4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17101155D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1179E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Rules with amendments — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101155D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2017-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1179E
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- **2017-02-06** Emergency clause added
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- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17101155D-E
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- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
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- **2017-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
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- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 62 (effective 2/20/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04c856fe-c6db-47cb-b0b5-69547c2eaba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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