HB 712

Virginia House of Delegates bill in Session 2026.

Status: enacted. Latest action: April 6, 2026.

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

Bill ID VA-2026-HB-712

Session 2026

Status enacted

Committee Health and Human Services; Education and Health

House of Delegates enacted 2026-04-06

Drug / Cannabis Policy Healthcare

Summary

Board of Medicine; office-based buprenorphine treatment; counseling. Directs the Board of Medicine to amend its regulations regarding office-based buprenorphine treatment to require providers to offer counseling or referral to counseling to each patient as clinically necessary and mutually agreed-upon. The bill specifies that a patient's refusal of counseling does not preclude the patient from receiving office-based buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.

Sponsor

Wachsmann

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2026-01-13	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-04-06	Status	enacted
2026-04-06	Latest Action	Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207)

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