republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-878.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schedule VI; delivery of prescription devices on behalf of medical equipment supplier."
description: "Provides that a permitted manufacturer, wholesale distributor, warehouser, nonresident warehouser, third-party logistics provider, or nonresident third-party logistics provider or registered nonresident manufacturer or nonresident wholesale distributor (the provider) may deliver a Schedule VI prescription device directly to an ultimate user or consumer, provided that the provider is delivering on behalf of and has entered into an agreement with (i) a medical equipment supplier that has received a valid order from a prescriber authorizing the dispensing of the Schedule VI prescription device or (ii) a medical director of a home health agency, nursing home, assisted living facility, or hospice who has requested the distribution of the Schedule VI prescription device to be administered by persons authorized to administer such devices. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the measure within 280 days. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 878"
citation: "Virginia HB 878 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cda968c8-cae6-4c59-9b19-f8fe9f2cf2f7"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB878"
source_hash: "fd137fcc96ffceb9366c735b0b585dcbf686b9251906e37be754f7b02892e86e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 878 (2018) — Schedule VI; delivery of prescription devices on behalf of medical equipment supplier.

Provides that a permitted manufacturer, wholesale distributor, warehouser, nonresident warehouser, third-party logistics provider, or nonresident third-party logistics provider or registered nonresident manufacturer or nonresident wholesale distributor (the provider) may deliver a Schedule VI prescription device directly to an ultimate user or consumer, provided that the provider is delivering on behalf of and has entered into an agreement with (i) a medical equipment supplier that has received a valid order from a prescriber authorizing the dispensing of the Schedule VI prescription device or (ii) a medical director of a home health agency, nursing home, assisted living facility, or hospice who has requested the distribution of the Schedule VI prescription device to be administered by persons authorized to administer such devices. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the measure within 280 days. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB878ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB878ER)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18104824D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB878H1)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104353D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB878)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **97–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104353D `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 18104824D-H1
- **2018-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB878H1
- **2018-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Passed by temporarily
- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** Reading of amendments waived
- **2018-02-19** Amendments by Senator Newman agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-21** Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N)
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 241 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cda968c8-cae6-4c59-9b19-f8fe9f2cf2f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).