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SB 186STATE · VirginiaIntroduced

Wholesale prescription drug importation program; Sec. of Health and Human Resources to establish.

Secretary of Health and Human Resources; wholesale prescription drug importation program. Directs the Secretaryof Health and Human Resources to establish a wholesale prescriptiondrug importation program that complies with the requirements of federallaw and to report annually by October 1 to the Governor and the Chairmenof the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare andInstitutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriationsand Education and Health on the wholesale prescription drug importationprogram. The bill also requires the Secretary to (i) convene a workgroup composed of relevant stakeholders to develop a plan for implementationof the wholesale prescription drug importation program and reportthe plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committeeson Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the SenateCommittees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Healthby December 1, 2024, and (ii) seek such federal approvals, waivers, exemptions, or agreements as may be necessary to enable all coveredentities enrolled in or eligible for the federal 340B Drug PricingProgram to participate in the wholesale prescription drug importationprogram to the greatest extent possible without jeopardizing theireligibility for the 340B Drug Pricing Program by July 1, 2025.

Voted: 4/8/2024

How representatives voted

288 yea·0 nay·7 other

Action history

  • 4/8/2024Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0620)
  • 4/8/2024Approved by Governor-Chapter 620 (effective 7/1/24)
  • 3/11/2024Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
  • 3/11/2024Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
  • 3/8/2024Impact statement from DPB (SB186ER)
  • 3/8/2024Signed by President
  • 3/7/2024Enrolled
  • 3/7/2024Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB186ER)
  • 3/7/2024Signed by Speaker
  • 3/4/2024Read third time