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| Bill | Ophthalmic prescriptions; definitions, who may provide prescriptions, requirements. | Requires, for ophthalmic prescriptions written on or after July 1, 2017, that an ophthalmologist or optometrist establish a bona fide provider-patient relationship with a patient prior to prescribing spectacles, eyeglasses, lenses, or contact lenses, and sets out requirements for establishing such relationship, which includes options for examination of the patient either in person or through face-to-face interactive, two-way, real-time communication or store-and-forward technologies. This bill is identical to | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2017 | SB 1321 | Virginia SB 1321 (2017) |
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Virginia SB 1321 (2017) — Ophthalmic prescriptions; definitions, who may provide prescriptions, requirements.
Requires, for ophthalmic prescriptions written on or after July 1, 2017, that an ophthalmologist or optometrist establish a bona fide provider-patient relationship with a patient prior to prescribing spectacles, eyeglasses, lenses, or contact lenses, and sets out requirements for establishing such relationship, which includes options for examination of the patient either in person or through face-to-face interactive, two-way, real-time communication or store-and-forward technologies. This bill is identical to
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1321ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104327D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101389D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- George L. Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janet D. Howell — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph R. Yost — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101389D
introduction - 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2017-01-16 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2017-01-23 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2017-01-30 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-01-30 Reading of substitute waived
- 2017-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 17104327D-S1
- 2017-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1321S1
- 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2017-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2017-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-02-13 Read third time
reading-3 - 2017-02-13 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
passage - 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 184 (effective 7/1/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9b0e667-f792-4859-9691-5c1f14d1f7ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).