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TPA-certified optometrists; sale and dispensation of Schedule VI controlled substances; requirements. Permits TPA-certified optometrists to sell and dispense Schedule VI controlled substances to their own patients provided that they obtain a license to do so from the Board of Pharmacy and comply with requirements related to dispensation, storage, packaging, labeling, recordkeeping, and reporting of the controlled substances sold and dispensed. The bill permits the Board of Optometry and the Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and establish a limited-use license for TPA-certified optometrists pursuant to the bill. The bill exempts such initial regulations from the APA requirements.
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last Action
Mar 11, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1006)
Read second time
committee substitute agreed to
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 26106082D-H1
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1006)
Assigned sub: Health Professions
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1006)
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100805D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Kathy K.L. Tran