Office-based buprenorphine treatment; Board of Medicine to amend regulations.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to direct the Board of Medicine to amend its regulations regarding office-based buprenorphine treatment to require providers to offer counseling or referral to counseling.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
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 o
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 207 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-23 · P · Y 38, X 2
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)Senate · 2026-02-20 · P · X 40
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-20 · P · Y 40
Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-19 · P · Y 13, X 2
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-02 · P · Y 99, X 1
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-27 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-22 · P · Y 10
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 207.