Collaborative practice agreements; adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to list.
Summary
Collaborative practice agreements; nurse practitioners; physician assistants. Adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to the list of health care practitioners who shall not be required to participate in a collaborative agreement with a pharmacist and his designated alternate pharmacists, regardless of whether a professional business entity on behalf of which the person is authorized to act enters into a collaborative agreement with a pharmacist and his designated alternate pharmacists. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Healthcare. This bill is identical to SB 565.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 4, 2020
Signed Mar 2, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Mar 2, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB517E
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
lower
Jan 4, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 4, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103193D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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