HB 712 VA

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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 and is identical to SB 641.

• H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104755D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
3. Jan 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB712) · lower
4. Jan 21, 2026 Assigned sub: Health Professions · lower
5. Jan 22, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 27, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Jan 29, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Jan 30, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
9. Feb 2, 2026 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
10. Feb 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
11. Feb 3, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
12. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) · upper
13. Feb 20, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
14. Feb 20, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
15. Feb 20, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
16. Feb 23, 2026 Read third time · upper
17. Feb 23, 2026 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
18. Feb 25, 2026 Enrolled · lower
19. Feb 25, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB712ER) · lower
20. Feb 25, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
21. Feb 25, 2026 Signed by President · upper
22. Feb 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB712) · lower
23. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
24. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
25. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 207 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
26. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML