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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prescription drugs; expedited partner therapy, labels."
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description: "Prescription drugs; expedited partner therapy; labels. Eliminates the requirement that a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship exist with a contact patient for a practitioner to prescribe expedited partner therapy consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A pharmacist dispensing a Schedule III through VI drug to a contact patient whose name and address are unavailable shall affix \"Expedited Partner Therapy\" or \"EPT\" to the written prescription and the label. The bill repeals the July 1, 2020, sunset on the provision that allows practitioners employed by the Department of Health to prescribe antibiotic therapy to the sexual partner of a patient diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease without the physical examination normally required."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1000"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1000 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08df4f4f-1410-4225-b226-78e6430917ed"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1000"
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source_hash: "a0390cb182e2d967eb42e75de25bf4bb386b7a40177f0a3c784feceb380ea2b8"
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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 1000 (2020) — Prescription drugs; expedited partner therapy, labels.
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Prescription drugs; expedited partner therapy; labels. Eliminates the requirement that a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship exist with a contact patient for a practitioner to prescribe expedited partner therapy consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A pharmacist dispensing a Schedule III through VI drug to a contact patient whose name and address are unavailable shall affix "Expedited Partner Therapy" or "EPT" to the written prescription and the label. The bill repeals the July 1, 2020, sunset on the provision that allows practitioners employed by the Department of Health to prescribe antibiotic therapy to the sexual partner of a patient diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease without the physical examination normally required.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0464)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0464)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1000ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1000ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1000)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1000)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105160D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1000)
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- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-27** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-12** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1000ER)
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- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 464 (effective 7/1/20) `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/08df4f4f-1410-4225-b226-78e6430917ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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