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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber and dispenser patterns, annual review, report."
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description: "Requires the Director of the Department of Health Professions to annually review controlled substance prescribing and dispensing patterns. The bill requires the Director to conduct such review in consultation with an advisory panel consisting of representatives from the relevant health regulatory boards, the Department of Health, the Department of Medical Assistance Services, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill requires the Director to make any necessary changes to the criteria for unusual patterns of prescribing and dispensing and report any findings and recommendations for best practices to the Joint Commission on Health Care by November 1 of each year. 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: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 728"
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citation: "Virginia SB 728 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Siobhan S. Dunnavant"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81ad1952-7ff3-4d20-96a9-6b6b172aa822"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB728"
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source_hash: "3b13895bb0d0afc92f0acb5d5c239821b847a47ba9d73fc68126533ccf84a09b"
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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 728 (2018) — Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber and dispenser patterns, annual review, report.
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Requires the Director of the Department of Health Professions to annually review controlled substance prescribing and dispensing patterns. The bill requires the Director to conduct such review in consultation with an advisory panel consisting of representatives from the relevant health regulatory boards, the Department of Health, the Department of Medical Assistance Services, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill requires the Director to make any necessary changes to the criteria for unusual patterns of prescribing and dispensing and report any findings and recommendations for best practices to the Joint Commission on Health Care by November 1 of each year. 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. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB728ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB728ER)
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2. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105239D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB728S1)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101925D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB728)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101925D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-22** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-29** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2018-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 18105239D-S1
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- **2018-01-29** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB728S1
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- **2018-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 190 (effective 7/1/18) `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/81ad1952-7ff3-4d20-96a9-6b6b172aa822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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