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 HB 712.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 6Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0208)Latest
- Apr 6Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 208 (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
- Mar 2Fiscal Impact statement From DPB (3/2/2026 2:20 pm)
- Feb 26Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 26Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 26Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB641ER)Major
- Feb 26EnrolledMinor
- Feb 24Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 24Read third timeMinor
- Feb 23Read second timeMinor
- Feb 19Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Health and Human Services. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Referred to Committee on Health and Human ServicesMinor
- Feb 13Read first timeMinor
- Feb 13Placed on Calendar
- Feb 10Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 9Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- Feb 9Read second timeMinor
- Feb 6Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 6Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Feb 6Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 6Rules suspended
- Feb 5Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 30Assigned Education sub: Health ProfessionsMinor
- Jan 21Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB641)
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 14Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104754DIntroduced