VirginiaOffice-based buprenorphine treatment; Board of Medicine to amend regulations.
What it does
Board of Medicine; office-based buprenorphine treatment; counseling. Directs the Board of Medicine to amend its regulations regarding office-based buprenorphine treatment to require providers to offer counseling or referral to counseling to each patient as clinically necessary and mutually agreed-upon. The bill specifies that a patient's refusal of counseling does not preclude the patient from receiving office-based buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder.
More detail
This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care and is identical to SB 641.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 6Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207)Latest
- Apr 6Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 207 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 10Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 10Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026Minor
- Feb 26Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB712)
- Feb 25Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 25Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 25Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB712ER)Major
- Feb 25EnrolledMinor
- Feb 23Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 23Read third timeMinor
- Feb 20Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 20Rules suspended
- Feb 19Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 3Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 3Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 2Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Jan 29Read first timeMinor
- Jan 27Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Health and Human Services. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 22Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Assigned sub: Health ProfessionsMinor
- Jan 16Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB712)
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Health and Human ServicesMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104755DIntroduced