SB706
Opioid antagonist; distribution program, reports.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 9, 2026
House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Chief Patron:
Kannan Srinivasan (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Department of Health; opioid antagonist distribution program; reports.
Directs the Department of Health to maintain a list of agencies and organizations that submit requests for and receive opioid antagonists through its distribution program and requires the Department to submit a quarterly report to the Chairs of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Resources, House Health and ... (More) Human Services Committee, Senate Finance and Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Resources, and Senate Subcommittee on Health, and the chair of the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority on its distribution of opioid antagonists. The bill requires the Department to submit an annual report to the Joint Commission on Health Care and the Chairs of the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee by December 1 of each year estimating the costs of the opioid antagonist distribution program for the following fiscal year using a methodology developed by the Department pursuant to parameters set out in the bill. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103585D
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB706)
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/09/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
