republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-501.md

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Bill	Home hospice programs; disposal of drugs.	Requires every hospice to develop policies and procedures for the disposal of drugs dispensed as part of the hospice plan of care for a patient, which shall include requirements that such disposal be (i) performed in a manner that complies with all state and federal requirements for the safe disposal of drugs by a licensed nurse, physician assistant, or physician who is employed by or has entered into a contract with the hospice program; (ii) witnessed by a member of the patient's family or a second employee of the hospice program who is licensed by a health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions; and (iii) documented in the patient's medical record.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 501	Virginia HB 501 (2018)	bill	Health Narcotics and Drugs Professions and Occupations	enacted	M. Keith Hodges	3	17	5	2018-01-08	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/ee8bb027-3f47-4945-b2c1-19d2ea845719	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB501	67aa43c90ee6bf8642c9771e76e54237cdcf5e6aba785808f6c23f472798f3fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 501 (2018) — Home hospice programs; disposal of drugs.

Requires every hospice to develop policies and procedures for the disposal of drugs dispensed as part of the hospice plan of care for a patient, which shall include requirements that such disposal be (i) performed in a manner that complies with all state and federal requirements for the safe disposal of drugs by a licensed nurse, physician assistant, or physician who is employed by or has entered into a contract with the hospice program; (ii) witnessed by a member of the patient's family or a second employee of the hospice program who is licensed by a health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions; and (iii) documented in the patient's medical record.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB501ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 18105770D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102626D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102626D introduction
• 2018-01-08 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-26 Committee substitute agreed to 18105770D-H1
• 2018-01-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB501H1
• 2018-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-01-30 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2018-02-09 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-21 Enrolled
• 2018-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 95 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee8bb027-3f47-4945-b2c1-19d2ea845719. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).