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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prescription Monitoring Program; DHP to disclose information."
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description: "Allows the Director of the Department of Health Professions to disclose information about a specific recipient of covered substances who is a recipient of medical assistance services to a physician or pharmacist licensed in the Commonwealth or his designee who holds a multistate licensure privilege to practice nursing or a license issued by a health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions and is employed by the Department of Medical Assistance Services, for the purpose of determining eligibility for and managing the care of the recipient in a Patient Utilization Management Safety or similar program."
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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: "SB 735"
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citation: "Virginia SB 735 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Siobhan S. Dunnavant"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ea9a4bc-2b05-4d5f-8ea7-bde3939e9861"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB735"
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source_hash: "86850697cbe2bba557c03c82bb4276ab49603862d24d822df6608c0082b81a9c"
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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 SB 735 (2018) — Prescription Monitoring Program; DHP to disclose information.
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Allows the Director of the Department of Health Professions to disclose information about a specific recipient of covered substances who is a recipient of medical assistance services to a physician or pharmacist licensed in the Commonwealth or his designee who holds a multistate licensure privilege to practice nursing or a license issued by a health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions and is employed by the Department of Medical Assistance Services, for the purpose of determining eligibility for and managing the care of the recipient in a Patient Utilization Management Safety or similar program.
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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. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB735ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB735ER)
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2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104483D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB735)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104483D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-22** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 108 (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/8ea9a4bc-2b05-4d5f-8ea7-bde3939e9861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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