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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
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A RESOLUTION declaring April 2022 as Oral Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky. [SR-210]
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[Public Health ]
Recognize April 2022 as Oral Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/30/2022
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A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2, 2022, as World Autism Awareness Day and April 2022 as National Autism Acceptance Month. [HR-128]
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[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
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[Children and Youth ]
Recognize April 2, 2022, as World Autism Awareness Day and April 2022 as Autism Acceptance Month.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/30/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
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A RESOLUTION declaring April 2022 as Autism Acceptance Month. [SR-176]
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[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Recognize April 2022 as Autism Acceptance Month.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/30/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school masking policies and declaring an emergency. [SB-351]
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[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Require a school district's COVID-19 masking policy to allow parents to opt out for any reason; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Maxwell Wise
To Education (s) on 03/07/2022
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Maine 130th Legislature
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An Act To Create the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Incidence Registry [SB-2007]
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An Act To Create the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Incidence Registry
Sponsored by: Sen. Ned Claxton
Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 04/11/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for sickle cell disease. [SB-276]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new Section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to conduct an annual review of all medications, services, and forms of treatment for enrollees with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease that are eligible for coverage under the state's medical assistance program; provide that the Act may be cited as Terrence's Law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 96) on 04/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to drugs and medicines and declaring an emergency. [SB-246]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide that an independent institution or postsecondary educational institution that requires a student to receive an immunization for disease must allow exemptions; establish a cause of action related to any violations of the requirement; amend KRS 209.52 to allow vaccine requirement exemptions at long-term care facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to provide that a health facility that requires an employee to receive an immunization for disease must allow exemptions; establish a cause
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne E. Southworth
To Health & Welfare (s) on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for medical services. [HB-584]
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Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health insurance coverage for fertility preservation services and medical services related to testicular or other urological cancers; create new sections of Subtitles 17C and 38A of KRS Chapter 304 to require limited health service benefit plans and limited health service organizations to comply with coverage requirements for medical services related to testicular or other urological cancers; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Introduced In House on 02/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-582]
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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax on certain transfers of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the sale of medical cannabis from the state sales tax; amend KRS 138.870 to exempt medicinal cannabis
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Sponsored by: Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson
Introduced In House on 02/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
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A RESOLUTION declaring the week of February 21 to 27, 2022, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week in Kentucky. [HR-92]
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[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
Recognize February 21 to 27, 2022, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To House Floor on 02/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
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A JOINT RESOLUTION terminating the declaration of emergency regarding the SARS-CoV-2 virus and declaring an emergency. [SJR-150]
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[Disaster Relief ]
Terminate the declaration of emergency regarding the SARS-COV-2 virus in 2020 Executive Order 2020-215 and all subsequent actions directives based upon the declaration of emergency in 2020 Executive Order 2020-215; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Enrolled, Signed By President Of The Senate on 03/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health - Parkinson's Disease Registry Advisory Committee - Established [HB-1412]
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[Data Privacy ]
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Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a Parkinson's Disease Registry Advisory Committee to assist the Department in the development of the Registry, determine what data should be collected and stored along with methods to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of the data, and advise the Department on maintaining of the Registry; and requiring the Department to report by January 1, 2023, to certain committees of the General Assembly on recommendations for the establishment of a Parkinson's Disease Registry.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (120-1) on 04/04/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health – COVID–19 and Other Influenza–Like Illnesses – Antibody Tests [SB-943]
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[Public Health ]
Authorizing an individual to use proof of a positive antibody test to satisfy a vaccination requirement for COVID-19 or other influenza-like illnesses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Ray Salling
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
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A RESOLUTION recognizing February 15, 2022, as Angelman Syndrome Awareness Day. [HR-78]
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[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Recognize February 15, 2022, as Angelman Syndrome Awareness Day.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Bray
Introduced In House on 02/15/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
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A RESOLUTION declaring March 2022 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and recognizing March 4, 2022, as Dress in Blue Day. [SR-112]
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[Public Health ]
Honor the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Program, recognize March 2022 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and recognize March 4, 2022, as Dress in Blue Day.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/04/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Hospitals, Related Institutions, and Hospice Facilities - COVID-19 and Other Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Visitation [HB-1379]
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Prohibiting a hospital, related institution, or hospice facility from restricting the visitation of a patient's family member or health care agent based on measures related to COVID-19 or any catastrophic health emergency; and authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to develop guidelines regarding the use of personal protective equipment by visitors if a patient is actively infected with COVID-19 or any disease constituting a catastrophic health emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Hearing 3/14 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Health Care Commission - Studies of Issues Affecting Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease [HB-1192]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and certain experts and stakeholders, to conduct studies on individuals who provide medical services in emergency departments and their knowledge of sickle cell disease, the coordination of health care for individuals with sickle cell disease who are transitioning from pediatric to adult health care in the State, and on Maryland Medical Assistance Program enrollees seeking medical care for sickle cell disease outside the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Jerry Patterson
Hearing 3/07 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Health Insurance – Lyme Disease and Related Tick–Borne Illnesses – Long–Term Antibiotic Treatment [HB-1244]
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[Insurance ]
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Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for the full length of long-term antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses under certain circumstances; and prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from placing a quantitative limit on or denying coverage for benefits required under the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth A. Howard
Hearing 3/03 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease [HB-1188]
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Renaming the Statewide Steering Committee on Services for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease to be the Statewide Steering Committee on Sickle Cell Disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish and implement a system of providing information on the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait to individuals diagnosed with either trait or the individual's family; requiring the Department to maintain on its website a list of resources for health care practitioners and a plan for updating its website to meet certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 279 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health – Secretary of Health – Indoor Masking Orders [HB-1128]
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[Public Health ]
Requiring the Secretary of Health to issue an order requiring individuals in the State to wear masks indoors if there is a serious outbreak of contagious disease in the State or there is substantial stress on hospital capacity in the State; and authorizing the Secretary to decline to issue the order if the Secretary determines that the requirement is unlikely to prevent disease and save lives.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane E Pendergrass
Hearing Canceled on 02/28/2022