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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to compensation to be paid to an emergency services district for a municipality's annexation of the district's territory. [HB-3074]
Relating to compensation to be paid to an emergency services district for a municipality's annexation of the district's territory.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Rodriguez Committee Report Distributed on 05/04/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Unappropriated General Fund Surplus - Appropriation to Pension Fund and Postretirement Health Benefits Trust Fund [HB-28]
Altering a specified required appropriation to require, beginning in fiscal year 2021, an appropriation of up to $25,000,000 to specified accumulation funds of the State Retirement and Pension System and an appropriation of up to $25,000,000 to the Postretirement Health Benefits Trust Fund; and altering the date by which the Department of Legislative Services is required to conduct a specified review and submit a report regarding required appropriations to the State Retirement and Pension System.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm Approved By The Governor - Chapter 557 on 05/04/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain duties of physicians regarding patient records. [HB-3129]
Relating to certain duties of physicians regarding patient records.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cindy Burkett Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 05/09/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to medical gas and vacuum piping systems testing in certain health facilities and voluntary tester registry. [HB-3111]
Relating to medical gas and vacuum piping systems testing in certain health facilities and voluntary tester registry.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Paul Read First Time on 03/29/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act [HB-65]
Requiring employers that employ 15 or more employees to provide employees with earned sick and safe leave that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns; requiring employers with 14 or fewer employees to provide an employee with unpaid earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued; authorizing an employee to work additional hours or trade shifts with another employee under specified circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 01/30/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act [HB-1]
Requiring employers with 15 or more employees to provide employees with earned sick and safe leave that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns; requiring employers with 14 or fewer employees to provide unpaid earned sick and safe leave; prohibiting an employer from being required to pay a tipped employee more than a minimum wage for earned sick and safe leave; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop a specified model paid sick and safe leave policy for use by specified employers; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2018

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Health Care Practitioners - Cost Estimate Notice - Required [HB-63]
Requiring health care practitioners to provide specified information relating to the cost of a health care service to an individual or the parent or guardian of a minor; requiring the information to be provided in writing before performing the health care service; and excluding emergency health care services from the application of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/28/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to notice of facility fees charged by freestanding emergency medical care facilities. [SB-1352]
Relating to notice of facility fees charged by freestanding emergency medical care facilities.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Watson Read First Time on 03/16/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the establishment of a rural resident physician grant program. [HB-2996]
Relating to the establishment of a rural resident physician grant program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Guillen Placed On General State Calendar on 05/08/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Family Law - Destitute Adults - Extraordinary Medical Expenses for Developmental Disabilities and Civil Action [HB-15]
Adding the extraordinary medical expenses of a destitute adult child with a developmental disability to the support required from the destitute adult child's parent if the parent has or is able to earn sufficient means to provide the support; providing that a court may divide the support obligation for the extraordinary medical expenses of a destitute adult child with a developmental disability between the destitute adult child's parents in proportion to the parents' income; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/20/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain medical centers in certain counties. [HB-2999]
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain medical centers in certain counties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman Effective On 1/1/18 on 05/29/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to policies and training regarding the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by public institutions of higher education; providing immunity. [SB-1367]
Relating to policies and training regarding the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by public institutions of higher education; providing immunity.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard Effective On 9/1/17 on 05/27/2017

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State (Montana)
Montana 2017 Regular Session

Provide an appropriation for grants to local veteran suicide prevention efforts [HB-117]
Provide an appropriation for grants to local veteran suicide prevention efforts

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy (h) Died In Standing Committee on 04/28/2017

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State (Montana)
Montana 2017 Regular Session

Revise and provide additional funding for suicide prevention activities [HB-118]
Revise and provide additional funding for suicide prevention activities

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy Chapter Number Assigned on 04/25/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a change of name and sex for certain persons and the issuance of associated vital records and documentation; authorizing a fee. [SB-1341]
Relating to a change of name and sex for certain persons and the issuance of associated vital records and documentation; authorizing a fee.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Watson Co-author Authorized on 04/19/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to prohibited nonconsensual genital surgery on certain minors with intersex traits. [SB-1342]
Relating to prohibited nonconsensual genital surgery on certain minors with intersex traits.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sylvia Garcia Read First Time on 03/14/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the exemption of the absence from school of a student with a chronic or debilitating illness or condition from the calculation of student attendance for purposes of school accountability. [HB-2972]
Relating to the exemption of the absence from school of a student with a chronic or debilitating illness or condition from the calculation of student attendance for purposes of school accountability.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Victoria Neave Criado Read First Time on 03/22/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day. [HB-2986]
Relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Gonzales Placed On Local, Consent, And Res. Calendar on 05/12/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the notification of a peace officer through an indication associated with vehicle registration or a driver's license that a person has a health condition that may impede communication. [HB-2978]
Relating to the notification of a peace officer through an indication associated with vehicle registration or a driver's license that a person has a health condition that may impede communication.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Klick Read First Time on 03/23/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the creation of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council and to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of sex offender treatment providers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, chemical dependency counselors, and social workers to the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; providing civil and administrative penalties; authorizing a fee. [HB-2898]
Relating to the creation of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council and to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of sex offender treatment providers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, chemical dependency counselors, and social workers to the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; providing civil and administrative penalties; authorizing a fee.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Gonzales Placed On General State Calendar on 05/11/2017

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