HB1914
Public health practitioners; requirements for issuing prescriptions, exceptions.
Summary
As Introduced. Requirements for issuing prescriptions; exceptions for public health practitioners.
Authorizes practitioners contracted by the Department of Health and practitioners employed or contracted by a local health department to prescribe antibiotic therapy to the sexual partner of a patient diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease without the physical examination normally required. Under current law, only employees of the Department of ... (More) Health are so authorized. Additionally, the bill authorizes a practitioner, who is an employee of or contracted by the Department of Health or a local health department, to prescribe Schedule VI antibiotics and antiviral agents to other persons in close contact with a diagnosed patient without a bona-fide practitioner-patient relationship with the diagnosed patient when emergency treatment is necessary to prevent imminent risk of death, life-threatening illness, or serious disability. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/04/2019 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101794D
- 01/04/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/11/2019 - House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/11/2019 - House: Impact statement from VDH (HB1914)
- 01/17/2019 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2019 - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2019 - House: Read first time
- 01/25/2019 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/28/2019 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2019 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/08/2019 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 02/14/2019 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/2019 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2019 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2019 - House: Enrolled
- 02/21/2019 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1914ER)
- 02/21/2019 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1914ER)
- 02/21/2019 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/2019 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/2019 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- 02/28/2019 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/12/2019 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 335 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/12/2019 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335)
