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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber and dispenser patterns, annual review, report."
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description: "Requires the Director of the Department of Health Professions to annually review controlled substance prescribing and dispensing patterns. The bill requires the Director to conduct such review in consultation with an advisory panel consisting of representatives from the relevant health regulatory boards, the Department of Health, the Department of Medical Assistance Services, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill requires the Director to make any necessary changes to the criteria for unusual patterns of prescribing and dispensing and report any findings and recommendations for best practices to the Joint Commission on Health Care by November 1 of each year. 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: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 313"
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citation: "Virginia HB 313 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-01-04"
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last_action: "2018-03-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2f46eb3-d336-4d8d-ae3f-81c420d5f342"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB313"
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source_hash: "d57b261e50e98ea77dbb9d775beb7ec52194ca458d6076a200e58890f8caeb30"
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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 HB 313 (2018) — Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber and dispenser patterns, annual review, report.
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Requires the Director of the Department of Health Professions to annually review controlled substance prescribing and dispensing patterns. The bill requires the Director to conduct such review in consultation with an advisory panel consisting of representatives from the relevant health regulatory boards, the Department of Health, the Department of Medical Assistance Services, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill requires the Director to make any necessary changes to the criteria for unusual patterns of prescribing and dispensing and report any findings and recommendations for best practices to the Joint Commission on Health Care by November 1 of each year. 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. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB313ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB313ER)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18105795D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB313H1)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101252D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB313)
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4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107187D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB313S1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107187D-S1 — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with substitute HB313S1 — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101252D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-04** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 18105795D-H1
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- **2018-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB313H1
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- **2018-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2018-02-19** Committee substitute agreed to 18107187D-S1
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- **2018-02-19** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB313S1
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- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107187D-S1 (98-Y 2-N)
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
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- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 239 (effective 7/1/18) `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/c2f46eb3-d336-4d8d-ae3f-81c420d5f342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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