Provides that a person who is authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to train individuals on the administration of naloxone for use in opioid overdose reversal and who is acting on behalf of an organization that provides services to individuals at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or training in the administration of naloxone for overdose reversal and that has obtained a controlled substances registration from the Board of Pharmacy may dispense or distribute hypodermic needles and syringes in conjunction with such dispensing of naloxone and that a person to whom naloxone has been distributed by such individual may possess hypodermic needles and syringes in conjunction with such possession of naloxone. The bill also allows the dispensing or distributing of hypodermic needles and syringes by persons authorized to dispense naloxone. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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Specifies that dredging projects are development projects eligible for tax increment financing. A dredging project by or for the Virginia Port Authority is not eligible for such financing unless the Authority has an agreement with a local governing body for local financial participation in the project.
Requires warehouser or third-party logistics providers that are located outside the Commonwealth and that ship prescription drugs or devices into the Commonwealth to register with the Board of Pharmacy. The bill requires such nonresident warehousers and nonresident third-party logistics providers to maintain a license, permit, or registration in the resident state and to retain records in a certain manner. The bill authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations related to the storage, handling, and distribution of prescription drugs or devices by nonresident warehousers and nonresident third-party logistics providers.
Requires every hospice to develop policies and procedures for the disposal of drugs dispensed as part of the hospice plan of care for a patient, which shall include requirements that such disposal be (i) performed in a manner that complies with all state and federal requirements for the safe disposal of drugs by a licensed nurse, physician assistant, or physician who is employed by or has entered into a contract with the hospice program; (ii) witnessed by a member of the patient's family or a second employee of the hospice program who is licensed by a health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions; and (iii) documented in the patient's medical record.
Authorizes local commissioners of the revenue, treasurers, directors of finance, or other similar local officials to disclose tax information to nongovernmental entities with which their locality has contracted to provide services that assist it in the administration of refund processing or other non-audit services related to the administration of taxes. The bill prohibits such third-party contractors from disclosing the tax information to other parties.
Provides that a construction contract entered into by a person undertaking work without a valid Virginia contractor's license shall not be enforceable by the unlicensed contractor undertaking the work unless the unlicensed contractor (i) gives substantial performance within the terms of the contract in good faith and (ii) did not have actual knowledge that a license or certificate was required to perform the work for which he seeks to recover payment. This bill is identical to