Health (and Related Subheadings)
West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Creating Medicaid Generic Drug Competition and Savings Act [SB-555]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Creating Medicaid Generic Drug Competition and Savings Act
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Changing age of consent for refusal of mental health treatment [SB-548]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Changing age of consent for refusal of mental health treatment
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Relating to fraud and abuse in Medicaid program [SB-532]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to fraud and abuse in Medicaid program
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Requiring parents objecting to immunizations provide written statement in lieu of certificates of proof [SB-522]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring parents objecting to immunizations provide written statement in lieu of certificates of proof
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Relating to maximizing federal funding for state Medicaid program [SB-492]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
The purpose of this bill is to maximize federal funding for Medicaid by establishing a hospital Medicaid upper payment level program for a two-year plus period. The bill increases the health care provider tax imposed on gross receipts of providers of certain eligible acute care hospitals. Imposition and collection of taxes under the bill is contingent upon federal approval of a state plan amendment establishing an appropriate hospital Medicaid upper payment level program that meets the requirements set forth in the bill. Imposition and collection
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Permitting specific law-enforcement officials access to certain confidential pharmaceutical information [SB-489]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
Permitting specific law-enforcement officials access to certain confidential pharmaceutical information
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Revising HIV testing statute to conform with most recent recommendations from CDC [SB-488]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Relating to Aids-Related Medical Testing and Records Confidentiality Act
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Creating WV Health Benefit Exchange Act [SB-408]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
Creating WV Health Benefit Exchange Act
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Relating to retention and destruction of health care records [SB-363]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to retention and destruction of health care records
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Exempting certain participants in nonprofit organization's rehabilitative therapy day trip from purchasing hunting and fishing license [SB-341]
[Animals ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Recreation ]
[Sports ]
Exempting certain participants in nonprofit organization's rehabilitative therapy day trip from purchasing hunting and fishing license
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Relating to mentally ill persons [SB-324]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
The purpose of this bill is to delete language allowing a county commission to reimburse a mental health care facility for security services for the period of time a person is at the hospital prior to the determination of mental competence or incompetence. The bill further provides that the President of the West Virginia Sheriffs' Association, along with the Supreme Court of Appeals and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources shall develop and propose a statewide system for evaluation and adjudication of mental hygiene petitions.
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Extending time frame practitioners must write prescriptions on official tamper-resistant paper [SB-285]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Extending time frame for WV practitioners write prescriptions on tamper-resistant paper
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Relating to certain nursing care provisions [SB-275]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Relating to certain nursing care provisions
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Reducing the tax on behavioral health services [HB-3218]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to reduce the tax on behavioral health services. The bill removes those services from the article on the taxing of the severance of minerals and places it in the article taxing health care providers. The bill also provides a definition of that term.
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Authorizing certain individuals to obtain a prescription for epinephrine, purchase epinephrine, and administer epinephrine in emergency situations and promulgating rules for the development of training programs [HB-3159]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize certain individuals to obtain a prescription for epinephrine, purchase epinephrine, and administer epinephrine in emergency situations and to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to promulgate rules for the development of training programs to insure the proper use of epinephrine in these emergency situations. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Relating to health care provider taxes [HB-3117]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
The purpose of this bill is to maximize federal funding for Medicaid by establishing a hospital Medicaid upper payment level program for a two-year plus period. The bill increases the health care provider tax imposed on gross receipts of providers of certain eligible acute care hospitals. Imposition and collection of taxes under the bill is contingent upon federal approval of a state plan amendment establishing an appropriate hospital Medicaid upper payment level program that meets the requirements set forth in the bill. Imposition and collection
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Amending the contract procedure for the Medicaid program [HB-3033]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
The purpose of this bill is to amend the contract procedure for the Medicaid program. It includes public advertisement of bids and rebidding of certain existing programs
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Reducing the consumers sales and services tax on food and food ingredients and defining the term "durable medical equipment" [HB-2971]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Healthcare ]
The purpose of this bill is to make a technical correction in order that §11-15-9i conforms to the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement and making a technical change to the application of the term "durable medical equipment."
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Health and Human Resources, safety and treatment program [HB-2905]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to a Safety and Treatment Program. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
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West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Allowing physicians to use electronic signatures for orders for patients care in or admission to long- term care facilities [HB-2870]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Data Privacy ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize physicians to use electronic signatures to admit patients to long-term care facilities and provide for their care.