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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crisis stabilization services; facilities licensed by DBHDS, nursing homes."
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description: "Crisis stabilization services; facilities licensed by Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; nursing homes; dispensing and administration of drugs; emergency. Permits facilities licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services that provide crisis stabilization services to maintain a stock of Schedules II through VI controlled substances necessary for immediate treatment of patients admitted to such facility. Under current law, maintenance of a stock of Schedule VI controlled substances is allowed under certain conditions, but a stock of Schedules II through V controlled substances may be maintained only if authorized by federal law and Board of Pharmacy regulations. The bill also allows automated drug dispensing systems and remote dispensing systems to be used by state facilities established pursuant to Title 37.2 (Behavioral Health and Developmental Services), facilities that provide crisis stabilization services, nursing homes, and other facilities authorized by the Board of Pharmacy that meet certain conditions. The bill contains an emergency clause, directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill, and is identical to HB 1336."
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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: "SB 568"
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citation: "Virginia SB 568 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24a8d845-d347-4772-ab7e-06527b313435"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB568"
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source_hash: "18e49e2e278841a6e2ce214579702324b6e65d6864e34fa8ffa7abd6648bf421"
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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 568 (2024) — Crisis stabilization services; facilities licensed by DBHDS, nursing homes.
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Crisis stabilization services; facilities licensed by Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; nursing homes; dispensing and administration of drugs; emergency. Permits facilities licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services that provide crisis stabilization services to maintain a stock of Schedules II through VI controlled substances necessary for immediate treatment of patients admitted to such facility. Under current law, maintenance of a stock of Schedule VI controlled substances is allowed under certain conditions, but a stock of Schedules II through V controlled substances may be maintained only if authorized by federal law and Board of Pharmacy regulations. The bill also allows automated drug dispensing systems and remote dispensing systems to be used by state facilities established pursuant to Title 37.2 (Behavioral Health and Developmental Services), facilities that provide crisis stabilization services, nursing homes, and other facilities authorized by the Board of Pharmacy that meet certain conditions. The bill contains an emergency clause, directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill, and is identical to HB 1336.
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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. **CHAP0513** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0513)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106466D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB568S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24102020D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB568)
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4. **SB568ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB568ER)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24102020D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB568)
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- **2024-01-31** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-08** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24106466D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24106466D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB568S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB568S1)
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- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-23** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2024-02-23** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB568ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB568ER)
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- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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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 513 (effective 4/4/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0513)
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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/24a8d845-d347-4772-ab7e-06527b313435`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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