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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Meningococcal conjugate; immunizations, requirement of one dose before child enters sixth grade. [SB-1519]
Required immunizations; meningococcal conjugate. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing the immunization of school children a requirement for one dose of meningococcal conjugate (MCV4) administered before the child enters the sixth grade. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage for accelerated refills of certain prescription eye drops. [HB-2262]
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for accelerated refills of certain prescription eye drops.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Health insurance; reinstating pre-Affordable Care Act provisions. [HB-2411]
Health insurance; reinstating pre-Affordable Care Act provisions. Repeals provisions that were added, and restores provisions that were amended or repealed, by the General Assembly since 2011 in efforts to bring the laws of the Commonwealth in conformity with requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The measure will become effective on the later of July 1, 2017, or the effective date of federal legislation repealing the Act.
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RACE for Children Act Research to Accelerate Cures and Equity for Children Act [HB-1231]
RACE for Children Act Research to Accelerate Cures and Equity for Children Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements for sponsors of certain drugs and biological products for adult cancer to assess the use of their medications in pediatric populations. (Currently, applications for FDA approval of new medications or new uses of medications must include pediatric assessments of safety and effectiveness for claimed indications, with exceptions.) The pediatric assessment for
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RACE for Children Act Research to Accelerate Cures and Equity for Children Act [S.456]
RACE for Children Act Research to Accelerate Cures and Equity for Children Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements for sponsors of certain drugs and biological products for adult cancer to assess the use of their medications in pediatric populations. (Currently, applications for FDA approval of new medications or new uses of medications must include pediatric assessments of safety and effectiveness for claimed indications, with exceptions.) The pediatric assessment for
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Prepayment analytics; DMAS shall establish program relating to fraud prevention. [HB-2417]
Department of Medical Assistance Services; fraud prevention; prepayment analytics. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to establish a program to mitigate, through the use of prepayment analytics, the risk of improper payments to providers of services that are paid through the Department's fee-for-service delivery system who commit fraud, abuse, or errors.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to requirements for and the transparency of epidemiological reports and immunization exemption information and reports. [SB-1010]
Relating to requirements for and the transparency of epidemiological reports and immunization exemption information and reports.
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Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2017 [S.455]
Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reimburse medical residency training programs under Medicare for certain graduate medical education costs associated with resident time spent in rural community hospitals known as "critical access hospitals."
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OPEN Act Orphan Products Extension Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2017 [HB-1223]
OPEN Act Orphan Products Extension Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to extend by six months the exclusivity period for a drug or biological product approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when the product is additionally approved to prevent, diagnose, or treat a new indication that is a rare disease or condition (also known as an orphan disease). HHS may revoke an extension if the application submitted
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Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017 [S.445]
Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017 This bill allows Medicare payment for home health services ordered by a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant.
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Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-1222]
Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to replace the authorization for a National Congenital Heart Disease Surveillance System with a requirement for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), regarding congenital heart disease, to enhance and expand research and surveillance infrastructure. (Congenital heart disease is a condition caused by a heart defect that is present at birth.) HHS must award grants to nonprofit entities to conduct a study of congenital heart disease,
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Medicare Mental Health Access Act [S.448]
Medicare Mental Health Access Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include a clinical psychologist with respect to the furnishing of qualified psychologist services.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the qualifications to serve as an emergency services commissioner in certain counties. [HB-2211]
Relating to the qualifications to serve as an emergency services commissioner in certain counties.
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Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 [HB-1215]
Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 This bill establishes provisions governing health care lawsuits where coverage for the care was provided or subsidized by the federal government, including through a subsidy or tax benefit. (Sec. 2) In general, the statute of limitations is three years after the occurrence of the breach or tort, three years after medical or health-care treatment for the injury is completed, or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, whichever occurs first. For a minor, the statute of limitations is three years after
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Relating to the medical use of marihuana; providing a defense to prosecution for possession of marihuana. [HB-2200]
Relating to the medical use of marihuana; providing a defense to prosecution for possession of marihuana.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; career pathway. [SB-1504]
Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; career pathway. Directs the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority to develop a curriculum in the field of geriatric health care.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
PANDAS and PANS; created, report. [HB-2404]
Advisory Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS). Creates the Advisory Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome to advise the Commissioner of Health on research, diagnosis, treatment, and education relating to these identified disorders and syndrome referred to by the National Institute of Mental Health as PANDAS
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Safe RESEARCH Act Safe Responsible Ethical Scientific Endeavors Assuring Research for Compassionate Healthcare Act [HB-1203]
Safe RESEARCH Act Safe Responsible Ethical Scientific Endeavors Assuring Research for Compassionate Healthcare Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use of tissue from an induced abortion in research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Research with human fetal tissue or alternatives to human fetal tissue (e.g., stem cells) conducted or supported by the NIH must meet requirements currently applied only to research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes, including
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A resolution expressing support for health and wellness coaches and for the designation of February 13, 2017, through February 19, 2017, as "National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week". [SR-67]
A resolution expressing support for health and wellness coaches and for the designation of February 13, 2017, through February 19, 2017, as "National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week". Expresses support for the designation of February 13-February 19, 2017, as National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week and for the efforts of health and wellness coaches.
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Expressing support for the designation of February 22, 2017, as "National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day", coinciding with American Heart Month. [HR-146]
Expressing support for the designation of February 22, 2017, as "National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day", coinciding with American Heart Month. Expresses support for: (1) the designation of National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, and (2) the efforts of the Department of Health and Human Services and the entire medical community to educate people about heart valve disease.