A. Benton "Ben" Chafin
- Republican
Primary
Directs the Boards of Dentistry and Medicine to adopt regulations for the prescribing of opioids and products containing buprenorphine. The bill requires the Prescription Monitoring Program at the Department of Health Professions to annually provide a report to the Joint Commission on Health Care and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on the prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines in the Commonwealth that includes data on reporting of unusual patterns of prescribing or dispensing of a covered substance by an individual prescriber or dispenser or on potential misuse of a covered substance by a recipient. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 682 (effective 3/20/17)
Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
Amended by conference committee
Conferees appointed by House
Conferees appointed by Senate
House requested conference committee
House insisted on amendment
Committee amendment agreed to
Read third time
Engrossed by House as amended
Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Reading of amendment waived
Read second time
Committee amendment rejected
Printed as engrossed 17101154D-E
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1180E
Amendment by Senator Dunnavant agreed to
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101154D
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101154D | HTML |
| Senate: Printed as engrossed 17101154D-E | HTML |
| Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1180ER) | HTML |
| Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682) | HTML |
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