republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-413.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schedule VI; delivery of prescription devices on behalf of medical equipment supplier."
description: "Provides that a permitted manufacturer, wholesale distributor, warehouser, nonresident warehouser, third-party logistics provider, or nonresident third-party logistics provider or registered nonresident manufacturer or nonresident wholesale distributor (the provider) may deliver a Schedule VI prescription device directly to an ultimate user or consumer, provided that the provider is delivering on behalf of and has entered into an agreement with (i) a medical equipment supplier that has received a valid order from a prescriber authorizing the dispensing of the Schedule VI prescription device or (ii) a medical director of a home health agency, nursing home, assisted living facility, or hospice who has requested the distribution of the Schedule VI prescription device to be administered by persons authorized to administer such devices. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the measure within 280 days. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 413"
citation: "Virginia SB 413 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8828984-4f8e-43e0-b631-b01809c2e4d6"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB413"
source_hash: "3468047a30090f14982d9b97a3110ea2ff3932f8ca5a0c0d703211f437b7948d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 413 (2018) — Schedule VI; delivery of prescription devices on behalf of medical equipment supplier.

Provides that a permitted manufacturer, wholesale distributor, warehouser, nonresident warehouser, third-party logistics provider, or nonresident third-party logistics provider or registered nonresident manufacturer or nonresident wholesale distributor (the provider) may deliver a Schedule VI prescription device directly to an ultimate user or consumer, provided that the provider is delivering on behalf of and has entered into an agreement with (i) a medical equipment supplier that has received a valid order from a prescriber authorizing the dispensing of the Schedule VI prescription device or (ii) a medical director of a home health agency, nursing home, assisted living facility, or hospice who has requested the distribution of the Schedule VI prescription device to be administered by persons authorized to administer such devices. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the measure within 280 days. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB413ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB413ER)
2. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105183D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB413S1)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104352D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB413)

## Votes

- Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- House amendments agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **21–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104352D `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2018-01-22** Committee substitute agreed to 18105183D-S1
- **2018-01-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB413S1
- **2018-01-29** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Amendments by Delegate Orrock agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2018-02-20** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 242 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8828984-4f8e-43e0-b631-b01809c2e4d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).