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| Bill | Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber and dispenser patterns, annual review, report. | 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 | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2018 | SB 728 | Virginia SB 728 (2018) |
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Virginia SB 728 (2018) — Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber and dispenser patterns, annual review, report.
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
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB728ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105239D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101925D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 35–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101925D
introduction - 2018-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2018-01-22 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2018-01-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2018-01-29 Reading of substitute waived
- 2018-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 18105239D-S1
- 2018-01-29 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB728S1
- 2018-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2018-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2018-02-05 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 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2018-02-22 Enrolled
- 2018-02-22 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
- 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 190 (effective 7/1/18)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81ad1952-7ff3-4d20-96a9-6b6b172aa822. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).