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Subcommittee advances bill directing pharmacy board, DBHDS to enable mobile opioid treatment dispensing
Summary
The Virginia Senate Health Subcommittee recommended reporting Senate Bill 841, a Joint Commission on Healthcare recommendation directing the Board of Pharmacy and DBHDS to create a process for opioid treatment programs to obtain permissions and waivers to dispense opioid use disorder medications from mobile units.
Sen. Frank Fevella presented Senate Bill 841 to the Senate Health Subcommittee, saying the measure directs the Virginia Board of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS), to develop and implement a process that would let opioid treatment programs apply for permissions and waivers to dispense medications for opioid use disorder from a mobile unit.
The bill grew out of a Joint Commission on Healthcare study.…
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