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| Bill | Pharmacist; remote verification and counseling in opioid treatment programs. | Remote pharmacist verification and counseling in opioid treatment programs. Authorizes a pharmacist licensed in the Commonwealth to exercise verification, counseling, and supervision duties remotely when a pharmacy technician or other authorized personnel dispenses medication prescribed for the management of opioid use disorder at a federally certified opioid treatment program. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 421 | Virginia SB 421 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 421 (2026) — Pharmacist; remote verification and counseling in opioid treatment programs.
Remote pharmacist verification and counseling in opioid treatment programs. Authorizes a pharmacist licensed in the Commonwealth to exercise verification, counseling, and supervision duties remotely when a pharmacy technician or other authorized personnel dispenses medication prescribed for the management of opioid use disorder at a federally certified opioid treatment program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services — 19–3 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 91–5 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104861D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB421)
- 2026-01-30 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2026-02-05 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-02-16 Assigned sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-24 Reported from Health and Human Services (19-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed House (91-Y 5-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB421ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB421)
- 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e757039f-223d-435d-b1b5-b877028592e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).