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VA SB641

Bill

Official Source

Status

Enrolled

2/26/2026

Primary Sponsor

Todd Pillion

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Directs the Board of Medicine to amend regulations for office-based buprenorphine treatment to require providers to offer counseling or referral to counseling to patients
  • Counseling must be offered when clinically necessary and mutually agreed-upon between provider and patient
  • Protects patient access to treatment by ensuring a patient's refusal of counseling cannot disqualify them from receiving buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder

Legislative Description

Office-based buprenorphine treatment; Board of Medicine to amend regulations.

Last Action

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services2/13/2026
Education: Health Professions1/30/2026
Education and Health1/14/2026

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