SB 491 Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosure of certain information.
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Summary as passed Senate: (all summaries)

Prescription Monitoring Program; disclosures. Provides that the Director of the Department of Health Professions may disclose information in the possession of the Prescription Monitoring Proram about a specific recipient who is a member of a Virginia Medicaid managed care program to a physician or pharmacist licensed in the Commonwealth and employed by the Virginia Medicaid managed care program to determine eligibility for and to manage the care of the specific recipient in a Patient Utilization Management Safety or similar program. The bill also requires the Prescription Monitoring Program advisory committee to provide guidance to the Director regarding such disclosures. This bill is identical to HB 1044.

Full text:
01/12/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103912D  pdf | impact statement
02/04/16  Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104930D-S1  pdf | impact statement
03/08/16  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB491ER)  pdf | impact statement
03/29/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)  pdf

Status:
01/12/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103912D
01/12/16  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/21/16  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
02/04/16  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
02/04/16  Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104930D-S1
02/05/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/08/16  Senate: Read second time
02/08/16  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
02/08/16  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16104930D-S1
02/08/16  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB491S1
02/09/16  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/11/16  House: Placed on Calendar
02/11/16  House: Read first time
02/11/16  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
02/18/16  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
02/18/16  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/22/16  House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
03/01/16  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
03/02/16  House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
03/04/16  House: Read second time
03/07/16  House: Read third time
03/07/16  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTES (96-Y 0-N)
03/07/16  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
03/08/16  Senate: Enrolled
03/08/16  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB491ER)
03/08/16  House: Signed by Speaker
03/10/16  Senate: Signed by President
03/11/16  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
03/11/16  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
03/29/16  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 568 (effective 7/1/16)
03/29/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)