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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: "SB 1321"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1321 (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: ["Charles W. Carrico, Sr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9b0e667-f792-4859-9691-5c1f14d1f7ed"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1321"
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source_hash: "79391912cf7da163aa298ee779d1f9e2a37c651347b9cfd677536439f350ca41"
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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 1321 (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 (CHAP0184)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0184)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1321ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1321ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104327D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1321S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101389D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1321)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — 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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- George L. Barker — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Janet D. Howell — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph R. Yost — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
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- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry G. Kilgore — 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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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101389D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-23** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 17104327D-S1
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- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1321S1
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- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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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 184 (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/c9b0e667-f792-4859-9691-5c1f14d1f7ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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