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type: "Bill"
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title: "Treatment with opioids; Board of Medicine, et al., to amend their regulations."
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description: "Board of Medicine; Board of Dentistry; Board of Optometry; Boards of Medicine and Nursing; patient counseling; treatment with opioids. Directs the Board of Medicine, the Board of Dentistry, the Board of Optometry, and the Boards of Medicine and Nursing to amend their regulations to require the provision of certain information to patients being prescribed an opioid for the treatment of acute or chronic pain. The bill requires that the regulations include an exception to the required provision of such information for patients who are (i) in active treatment for cancer, (ii) receiving hospice care from a licensed hospice or palliative care, (iii) residents of a long-term care facility, (iv) being prescribed an opioid in the course of treatment for substance abuse or opioid dependence, or (v) receiving treatment for sickle cell disease. The bill directs the Boards to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 699"
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citation: "Virginia HB 699 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Lopes Maldonado"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/565dc82e-eea1-415c-9198-898fc08c6e0d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB699"
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source_hash: "64195f8b867bf62acbbe64e9fcd26a945ae1bcae20de13ef41eb1067adc39b8b"
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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 699 (2024) — Treatment with opioids; Board of Medicine, et al., to amend their regulations.
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Board of Medicine; Board of Dentistry; Board of Optometry; Boards of Medicine and Nursing; patient counseling; treatment with opioids. Directs the Board of Medicine, the Board of Dentistry, the Board of Optometry, and the Boards of Medicine and Nursing to amend their regulations to require the provision of certain information to patients being prescribed an opioid for the treatment of acute or chronic pain. The bill requires that the regulations include an exception to the required provision of such information for patients who are (i) in active treatment for cancer, (ii) receiving hospice care from a licensed hospice or palliative care, (iii) residents of a long-term care facility, (iv) being prescribed an opioid in the course of treatment for substance abuse or opioid dependence, or (v) receiving treatment for sickle cell disease. The bill directs the Boards to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
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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. **CHAP0448** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0448)
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2. **HB699ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB699ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101933D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB699)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 24101933D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB699E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
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- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101933D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB699)
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- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended HB699E
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- **2024-02-02** Printed as engrossed 24101933D-E
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- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB699E)
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- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB699ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB699ER)
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- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 448 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0448)
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0448)
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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/565dc82e-eea1-415c-9198-898fc08c6e0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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