Diseases
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing the week of February 26 to March 3, 2024, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week in Kentucky. [HR-89]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
Recognize February 26 to March 3, 2024, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
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Gettr Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to continuing education for medical professionals. [SB-211]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 314.073 to require nurses whose primary scope of practice focuses on patients 50 years of age or older to complete continuing education courses on treating Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia; amend KRS 311.844 to require physician assistants whose primary scope of practice focuses on patients 50 years of age or older to complete continuing education courses on treating Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION designating March 2024 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky. [SR-147]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Designating March 2024 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION designating February 2024 as American Heart Month in order to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease and the importance of knowing one’s cholesterol. [HR-80]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Designate February 2024 as American Heart Month and to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease and the importance of knowing one’s cholesterol.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing September 2024 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. [SR-139]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Recognize September 2024 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the diagnosis of sepsis. [HB-477]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish diagnosis criteria for sepsis.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to undesignated glucagon. [HB-438]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 158.832 to include a definition for "undesignated glucagon"; amend KRS 158.838 to allow health care practitioners to prescribe undesignated glucagon in the name of a school to be maintained for use by a school nurse or trained school employee when necessary.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION designating February 2, 2024, as Wear Red Day. [SR-108]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Designate February 2, 2024, as Wear Red Day to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease and women's health.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION designating February 2024 as American Heart Month in order to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease and the importance of knowing one's cholesterol. [SR-103]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Designate February 2024 as American Heart Month and to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease and the importance of knowing one's cholesterol.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to drugs and medicines and declaring an emergency. [SB-135]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide that an independent institution or postsecondary education institution that requires a student to receive an immunization for disease shall allow exemptions; establish a cause of action related to any violation of the requirement; amend KRS 209.552 to allow vaccine requirement exemptions at long-term care facilities and make technical corrections; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to provide that a health facility that requires an employee to receive an immunization for disease shall allow
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION designating February 2024 as American Heart Month in order to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease and the importance of knowing one's cholesterol. [SR-100]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Designate February 2024 as American Heart Month and to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease and the importance of known one's cholesterol.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To An Environmental Toxins Laboratory. [HB-2784]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
Requires the Department of Health to construct, establish, and operate an environmental toxins testing laboratory to test samples submitted by the public for diseases; water, air, and soil quality; and complex testing. Allows the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established [HB-558]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board of education to create an age-appropriate curriculum that is consistent with the comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board to establish policies, guidelines, and procedures for a parent or guardian to opt out of a certain topic for the parent's or guardian's student, subject to certain requirements; etc.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to qualifying medical conditions for the use of medicinal cannabis. [HB-352]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 218B.010 to add additional conditions to the list of qualifying medical conditions for the use of medicinal cannabis.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. [SB-124]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require staff-to-resident ratios in long-term care facilities as a condition of licensure or relicensure by January 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to rabies vaccinations. [HB-328]
[Animals ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 258.005 to define "veterinarian" and "veterinary technician"; amend KRS 258.015 to authorize a Kentucky licensed veterinary technician to vaccinate a dog, cat, or ferret against rabies.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for hepatitis C virus infection. [HB-322]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for the testing of hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women and the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in postpartum women; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer plans provided by state postsecondary institutions, and the state employee health plan to comply with the hepatitis C virus infection coverage requirement for pregnant and postpartum women; make technical amendments;
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To An Environmental Toxins Laboratory. [HB-2099]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
Requires the Department of Health to construct, establish, and operate an environmental toxins testing laboratory to test samples submitted by the public for diseases; water, air, and soil quality; and complex testing. Allows the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To An Environmental Toxins Laboratory. [SB-2409]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
Requires the Department of Health to construct, establish, and operate an environmental toxins testing laboratory to test samples submitted by the public for diseases; water, air, and soil quality; and complex testing. Allows the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing February 14, 2024, as Wear Green for Gastroparesis Day. [SR-83]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Recognize February 14, 2024, as Wear Green for Gastroparesis Day.