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| Bill | Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc. | Allows a person who is authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to train individuals on the administration of naloxone for use in opioid overdose reversal and who is acting on behalf of an organization that provides services to individuals at risk of experiencing opioid overdose or training in the administration of naloxone for overdose reversal and that has obtained a controlled substances registration from the Board of Pharmacy pursuant to § 54.1-3423 to dispense naloxone to a person who has completed a training program on the administration of naloxone for opioid overdose reversal, provided that such dispensing is (i) pursuant to a standing order issued by a prescriber, (ii) in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, and (iii) without charge or compensation. The bill also provides that dispensing may occur at a site other than that of the controlled substance registration, provided that the entity possessing the controlled substance registration maintains records in accordance with regulations of the Board of Pharmacy. The bill further provides that a person who dispenses naloxone shall not be liable for civil damages of ordinary negligence for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment if he acts in good faith and that a person to whom naloxone has been dispensed pursuant to the provisions of the bill may possess naloxone and may administer naloxone to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2017 | SB 848 | Virginia SB 848 (2017) |
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Virginia SB 848 (2017) — Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc.
Allows a person who is authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to train individuals on the administration of naloxone for use in opioid overdose reversal and who is acting on behalf of an organization that provides services to individuals at risk of experiencing opioid overdose or training in the administration of naloxone for overdose reversal and that has obtained a controlled substances registration from the Board of Pharmacy pursuant to § 54.1-3423 to dispense naloxone to a person who has completed a training program on the administration of naloxone for opioid overdose reversal, provided that such dispensing is (i) pursuant to a standing order issued by a prescriber, (ii) in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, and (iii) without charge or compensation. The bill also provides that dispensing may occur at a site other than that of the controlled substance registration, provided that the entity possessing the controlled substance registration maintains records in accordance with regulations of the Board of Pharmacy. The bill further provides that a person who dispenses naloxone shall not be liable for civil damages of ordinary negligence for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment if he acts in good faith and that a person to whom naloxone has been dispensed pursuant to the provisions of the bill may possess naloxone and may administer naloxone to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose. The bill contains an emergency clause. 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 (CHAP0055) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB848ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Committee substitute printed 17103883D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100988D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- 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
- Rereferred from Courts of Justice — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- Jennifer T. Wexton — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2016-12-01 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100988D
introduction - 2016-12-01 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2017-01-16 Rereferred to Education and Health
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 17103883D-S1
- 2017-01-30 Emergency clause added
- 2017-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB848S1
- 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 - 2017-02-14 Enrolled
- 2017-02-14 Signed by Speaker
- 2017-02-15 Signed by President
- 2017-02-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
- 2017-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
- 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 55 (effective 2/20/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96f8bd56-61fb-440b-84e9-58ede5f34b59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).