NARCOTICS AND DRUGS Patron names are linked to a list of legislation sponsored by the member

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NARCOTICS AND DRUGS

Anti-Drug Switching Patient Protection Act; created. Adding §§ 54.1-3480 through 54.1-3487. (Patron-Davies, HB 2714; Hawkins, SB 1114)

Capital murder; includes killing during a continuing criminal drug enterprise. Amending §§ 18.2-18 and 18.2-31. (Patron-Stolle, SB 777)

Concealed weapons; permit ineligibility due to prior drug charge. Amending § 18.2-308. (Patron-Albo, HB 454)

Contraceptive Drugs, Mandated Coverage for Prescription; Report of Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits (§§ 9-298 and 9-299 of Code of Virginia). (HD 24)

Controlled substances; certain shall not be manufactured, distributed, etc., unless name of manufacturer released to public. Adding § 54.1-3400.1. (Patron-Marshall, HB 2623)

Controlled substances; changes schedule for certain. Amending § 54.1-3446. (Patron-McEachin, HB 1914)

Controlled substances; increases penalty for use. Amending § 18.2-248. (Patron-Lambert, SB 704)

Controlled substances; penalty for administering in order to render another person incapable of full thought, will or perception. Amending §§ 18.2-54.1 and 18.2-54.2. (Patron-Watts, HB 1928)

Controlled substances; penalty for possession and distribution of flunitrazepam (Date-Rape Drug). Adding § 18.2-251.2. (Patron-Watts, HB 1926)

Controlled substances; penalty for transportation or cause to be transported into State. Amending § 18.2-248.01. (Patron-McDonnell, HB 2773)

Controlled substances and alcohol use in public schools; programs for mandatory testing. Adding § 22.1-280.2:1. (Patron-Wagner, HB 950)

Controlled substances and alcohol use in public schools; testing of students participating in interscholastic athletics. Adding § 22.1-280.2:1. (Patron-Wagner, HB 949)

Controlled substances, including marijuana; unlawful to dispense, prescribe, etc. Amending §§ 18.2-247 and 18.2-248. (Patron-Woods, SB 743)

Driver's license; suspension for multiple drug offenses. Amending § 18.2-259.1. (Patron-Robinson, HB 2487)

Drug and alcohol use; Department of Criminal Justice Services to review previous survey efforts measuring use by young people across Commonwealth. (Patron-May, HJR 613)

Drug Control Act; definition of practitioner to include pharmacists. Amending § 54.1-3401. (Patron-Morgan, HB 1982)

Drug kingpins; reduces monetary threshold in annual illegal drug commerce to qualify thereas. Amending § 18.2-248. (Patron-Weatherholtz, HB 189)

Drug Offender Statute, First-Time; Final Report of Crime Commission (HJR 6, 1996). (HD 66)

Drug offenders; penalties. Amending § 18.2-248; adding § 16.1-278.9:1. (Patron-Stolle, SB 776)

Drug offenders; penalty for first violations. Amending §§ 18.2-250 and 18.2-251. (Patron-Stolle, SB 67)

Drug offenders; penalty for first violations. Amending § 18.2-251. (Patron-Davies, HB 2067)

Drug offenders in criminal justice system; Crime Commission to study methods for providing substance abuse treatment services thereto. (Patron-Almand, HJR 443)

Drug products; task force to study practice of therapeutic interchange of those chemically dissimilar. (Patron-Heilig, HJR 630)

Drug transactions and illegal activity; payment of costs to citizen who brought suit to enjoin such nuisance. Amending § 18.2-258.01. (Patron-Jones, D.C., HB 2916)

Drug-free school zones; includes day-care centers. Amending § 18.2-255.2. (Patron-Murphy, HB 1809)

Drugs; limited permit for repackaging. Adding § 54.1-3437.1. (Patron-Morgan, HB 2129)

Drugs; penalty to solicit participation of sale thereof by certain minors. Amending § 18.2-255. (Patron-Ingram, HB 196)

Gamma-hydroxybutyrate; penalty for manufacture, distribution, etc. Amending § 18.2-248.5. (Patron-Watts, HB 1927)

Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives. Adding § 38.2-3407.5:1. (Patron-Connally, HB 1233)

Health insurance for state employees; investment of funds, coverage for drugs used as contraceptives. Amending § 2.1-20.1. (Patron-Rhodes, HB 2485)

Hemp, industrial; joint subcommittee to study economic benefits and barriers to production thereof, appropriation. (Patron-Van Yahres, HJR 656)

Heroin; abolishes provisions relating to administration by physicians as a medicine. Repealing § 54.1-3307.1. (Patron-Woodrum, HB 1959)

Illegal stimulants; list of those which may not be distributed to a minor without a prescription. Amending § 18.2-248.5. (Patron-Hamilton, HB 1558)

Income tax, state; credit for earned income, abolishes retail sales and use tax exemption on nonprescription drugs. Amending § 58.1-609.7; adding § 58.1-339.4. (Patron-Puller, HB 2782; Gartlan, SB 999)

License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Drug Abuse Resistance Education Association (DARE), Inc. Adding § 46.2-749.2:8. (Patron-Deeds, HB 1697)

Marijuana; definition. Amending §§ 18.2-247 and 54.1-3401. (Patron-Weatherholtz, HB 1781; Martin, SB 34; Martin, SB 1184; Martin, SB 1190)

Marijuana; definition. Amending § 54.1-3401. (Patron-Morgan, HB 96; Cantor, HB 169; Hargrove, HB 2794)

Marijuana; illegal as medicine. Amending § 18.2-250.1; repealing § 18.2-251.1. (Patron-Marshall, HB 1621; Katzen, HB 2654)

Merchants' capital; separate classification of pharmaceutical wholesalers. Adding § 58.1-3510.01. (Patron-Crouch, HB 1712)

Needy families and recipients of cash assistance; Commission on Federal Block Grant Programs to study drug testing thereof. (Patron-Martin, SJR 303)

Needy families and recipients of temporary cash assistance; joint subcommittee to study advisability and cost of drug testing thereof, appropriation. (Patron-O'Brien, HJR 602)

New drugs, biological products or medical devices; memorializing Congress to enact legislation to facilitate rapid review and approval thereof. (Patron-Houck, SJR 314)

Obstruction of justice; penalty in cases involving controlled substances. Amending § 18.2-460. (Patron-Stolle, SB 59)

Parolees and probationers; termination of AFDC benefits for having failed 2 drug screening tests. Amending § 53.1-145; adding § 63.1-105.8. (Patron-Williams, SB 841)

Pharmacists; expressing sense of General Assembly to encourage all insurance companies, health maintenance organizations and other third-party payers to reimburse those who provide counseling and other cognitive services. (Patron-Crouch, HJR 473)

Prescription fraud; penalty for first violation. Amending § 18.2-258.1. (Patron-Davies, HB 2068)

Prescription medication for indigent individuals; joint subcommittee to study methods for raising money for payment thereof, appropriation. (Patron-Cranwell, HJR 634)

Public housing authorities; establishment of drug free zones. Amending § 36-19. (Patron-Robinson, HB 978)

Respiratory therapists; administration of drugs. Amending § 54.1-3408. (Patron-Lambert, SB 829)

Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include certain nonprescription drugs distributed free of charge. Amending § 58.1-609.7. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 1665)

School employees; adds drug-related, sexual assault and obscenity offenses to list of crimes reported to school officials. Amending §§ 19.2-83.1, 22.1-296.2 and 22.1-315. (Patron-Mims, HB 2248)

Seizure of property; authorized when used or intended to be used in illegal drug transactions. Amending § 18.2-249. (Patron-McDonnell, HB 2774)

Substance abuse; minors shall not be deemed an adult for consenting to medical treatment or rehabilitation therefor. Amending § 54.1-2969. (Patron-Wilkins, HB 2306)

Substance Abuse Problems, Commitment Options for Persons With Primary; Final Report of Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (HJR 269, 1994). (HD 75)

Substance abuse treatment practitioners; licensure. Amending §§ 8.01-581.13, 38.2-3412.1, 54.1-2400.1, 54.1-3500, 54.1-3501 and 54.1-3503 through 54.1-3506; adding §§ 54.1-3507 and 54.1-3508. (Patron-Darner, HB 2721)

Substance abuse treatment professionals; licensure. Amending §§ 8.01-581.13, 38.2-3412.1, 54.1-2400.1, 54.1-3500, 54.1-3501 and 54.1-3503 through 54.1-3506; adding §§ 54.1-3507 through 54.1-3509.1. (Patron-Benedetti, SB 1169)

Suspensions and expulsions; applicable to possession, gift, manufacture, etc., of marijuana or certain other controlled substance. Amending § 16.1-305.1; adding § 22.1-277.02. (Patron-Wagner, HB 1802)

Vaccines; certain pharmacists authorized to administer to adults for immunization. Amending § 54.1-3408. (Patron-Lucas, SB 1017)

Voluntary Formulary; prohibits substitution of narrow therapeutic index drugs, exception. Amending §§ 32.1-79 and 32.1-87. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 2736)

Voluntary Formulary; use of brand name on label of container for which generic drug was substituted. Amending §§ 32.1-87 and 54.1-3408. (Patron-Stump, HB 2847)

Welfare; Secretary of Health and Human Resources, et al., to study methods to ensure continued success of Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW) clients, to study welfare fraud and to study drug testing of recipients of cash assistance to needy families. (Patron-Couric, SJR 356)

Workers' compensation; insurance premium discounts for employers instituting a drug-free workplace. Adding § 65.2-813.2. (Patron-Jackson, HB 2673)

1997 Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Resolutions and Documents - For additional information, please contact Legislative Information, State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Telephone (804) 786-6530. Last Modified on June 23, 1997 at 01:04pm Eastern Daylight Time

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