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type: "Bill"
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title: "Collaborative practice agreements; adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to list."
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description: "Collaborative practice agreements; nurse practitioners; physician assistants. Adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to the list of health care practitioners who shall not be required to participate in a collaborative agreement with a pharmacist and his designated alternate pharmacists, regardless of whether a professional business entity on behalf of which the person is authorized to act enters into a collaborative agreement with a pharmacist and his designated alternate pharmacists. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Healthcare. This bill is identical to SB 565."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 517"
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citation: "Virginia HB 517 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-04"
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last_action: "2020-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc61846a-6ff8-423e-8399-dd9b84e14f25"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB517"
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source_hash: "2e8aab91fc8e123435701c9186e8028558427626cf6ea4be1228c4fb463b87c0"
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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 517 (2020) — Collaborative practice agreements; adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to list.
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Collaborative practice agreements; nurse practitioners; physician assistants. Adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to the list of health care practitioners who shall not be required to participate in a collaborative agreement with a pharmacist and his designated alternate pharmacists, regardless of whether a professional business entity on behalf of which the person is authorized to act enters into a collaborative agreement with a pharmacist and his designated alternate pharmacists. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Healthcare. This bill is identical to SB 565.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0046)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB517ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB517ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB517E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB517E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB517)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB517)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
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- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103193D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-04** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB517)
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- **2020-01-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-24** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB517E
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- **2020-01-24** Printed as engrossed 20103193D-E
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-27** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB517E)
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- **2020-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB517ER)
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- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
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- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
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- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/20) `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/cc61846a-6ff8-423e-8399-dd9b84e14f25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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