Health (and Related Subheadings)
West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Limiting medical monitoring in civil actions concerning hazardous or toxic substances [SB-637]
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Limiting medical monitoring in civil actions concerning hazardous or toxic substances
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Requiring Bureau for Public Health prepare impact statement assessing impact of any new air or water rule proposed by DEP [SB-621]
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The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health to conduct a public health impact statement assessing the health impact of any new air or water rule, or modification of an existing air or water rule, proposed by the Department of Environmental Protection to insure that no air or water rule is promulgated without substantiating independent medical or scientific evidence that there is no detrimental public health impact from the rule. The bill also requires that the findings in the impact statement be incorporated
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Continuing Preventive Care Pilot Program [SB-557]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize continued operation of certain pilot programs beyond the expiration date, and to advance the expiration date.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to Rural Health Initiative Act [SB-52]
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The purpose of this bill is to continue the Rural Health Initiative; discontinue the rural health advisory committee and assign certain of its duties to Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences; delete the requirement for creation of primary health care education sites; clarify funding mechanisms and auditing and reporting requirements; strengthen accountability and delete obsolete language.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Creating informal dispute resolution process for DHHR providers or licensees [SB-433]
The purpose of this bill is to create an informal dispute resolution process available to providers or licensees of the Department of Health and Human Resources.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to billing for HIV or STD testing and treatment [SB-428]
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The purpose of this bill is to remove the prohibition on billing persons for HIV testing or testing for sexually transmitted diseases conducted by the State Bureau for Public Health or county or local health departments. The bill allows public health agencies to charge patients or their medical insurance providers for the reasonable costs for testing. It also clarifies the procedures for testing persons accused of a sexual offense for HIV or STDs.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Permitting expedited partner therapy [SB-40]
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The purpose of this bill is to allow for expedited partner therapy. It would permit prescribing antibiotics for the partner of a patient without first examining the partner. It requires counseling by the physician. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Resources to develop outreach materials. The bill has limited liability for physician, physician assistants and advance nurse practitioners who prescribe in an expedited partner therapy setting. The bill makes changes to the licensing portions of the code to make it permissible
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Transferring Division of Early Care and Education and Head Start State Collaborative to Department of Education and Arts [SB-391]
The purpose of this bill is to transfer the Division of Early Care and Education and the Head Start State Collaborative from the Bureau of Children and Families within the Department of Health and Human Resources to the Department of Education and the Arts, effective July 1, 2013.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Requiring DHHR pay for certified programs for certain drug offenders [SB-388]
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The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Health and Human Resources to pay for properly licensed, certified, or court approved programs for adult drug offenders participating in drug courts. The new language proposed in this bill is similar to the language provided in
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Allowing schools to maintain epinephrine auto-injectors for use during anaphylactic reaction emergencies [SB-340]
Allowing schools to maintain epinephrine auto-injectors for use during anaphylactic reaction emergencies
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to interscholastic athletics concussions and head injuries [SB-336]
Relating to interscholastic athletics concussions and head injuries
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Requiring DHHR and Medicaid to provide dental coverage to certain mothers of newborns [SB-30]
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The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Health and Human Resources and Medicaid to provide dental coverage to an eligible mother for two years following the birth of her child.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to minors obtaining tattoos [SB-28]
Relating to minors obtaining tattoos
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Permitting expedited partner therapy [SB-201]
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The purpose of this bill is to allow for expedited partner therapy. It would permit prescribing antibiotics for the partner of a patient without first examining the partner. It requires counseling by the physician. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Resources to develop outreach materials. The bill has limited liability for physician, physician assistants and advance nurse practitioners who prescribe in an expedited partner therapy setting. The bill makes changes to the licensing portions of the code to make it permissible
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Creating Grieving Parents Act [SB-16]
The purpose of this bill is to reform the vital statistics procedures related to fetal death, spontaneous fetal death (stillbirth), and induced termination of pregnancy resulting in live birth. The bill permits a birth certificate to be issued upon the death of a human embryo or fetus. The bill sets forth what a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth is to contain. The bill establishes when a human being is live born. The bill requires a fetal death certificate be issued. The bill defines terms. The bill authorizes rule-making. The bill may
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to compilation and availability of birth parents' social and medical histories prior to adoption [SB-153]
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Relating to compilation and availability of birth parents' social and medical histories prior to adoption
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Providing encouragement to inmates to complete education and treatment programs [HB-3126]
Providing encouragement to inmates to complete education and treatment programs
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Enhancing protections of the principal under a medical power of attorney and power of attorney [HB-3123]
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Enhancing protections of the principal under a medical power of attorney and power of attorney
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to reimbursement for copies of medical records [HB-3116]
Relating to reimbursement for copies of medical records
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Establishing a process to determine the validity of an application for a medical exemption for compulsory immunization of school children [HB-3113]
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Establishing a process to determine the validity of an application for a medical exemption for compulsory immunization of school children