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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ophthalmic prescriptions; definitions, who may provide prescriptions, requirements."
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description: "Requires, for ophthalmic prescriptions written on or after July 1, 2017, that an ophthalmologist or optometrist establish a bona fide provider-patient relationship with a patient prior to prescribing spectacles, eyeglasses, lenses, or contact lenses, and sets out requirements for establishing such relationship, which includes options for examination of the patient either in person or through face-to-face interactive, two-way, real-time communication or store-and-forward technologies. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1497"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1497 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Peter F. Farrell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-12-15"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb0188fe-2fb9-44b3-8e7a-de64b613d03f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1497"
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source_hash: "cff2ac1be7a8569ca0b0d7608bc8362e4fc54ee4ea32459c5a4967bbbdbf480c"
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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 1497 (2017) — Ophthalmic prescriptions; definitions, who may provide prescriptions, requirements.
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Requires, for ophthalmic prescriptions written on or after July 1, 2017, that an ophthalmologist or optometrist establish a bona fide provider-patient relationship with a patient prior to prescribing spectacles, eyeglasses, lenses, or contact lenses, and sets out requirements for establishing such relationship, which includes options for examination of the patient either in person or through face-to-face interactive, two-way, real-time communication or store-and-forward technologies. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0169)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0169)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1497ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1497ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104155D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1497H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100532D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1497)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Peter F. Farrell — primary (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
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- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Riley E. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
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- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100532D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-15** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-12** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 17104155D-H1
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- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1497H1
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- **2017-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 169 (effective 7/1/17) `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/cb0188fe-2fb9-44b3-8e7a-de64b613d03f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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