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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the establishment by certain counties and hospital districts of disease control pilot programs to reduce the risk of certain infectious and communicable diseases; authorizing fees. [HB-3256] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Funding ]
Relating to the establishment by certain counties and hospital districts of disease control pilot programs to reduce the risk of certain infectious and communicable diseases; authorizing fees.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Toni Rose Placed On General State Calendar on 05/11/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the regulation and inspection of boilers. [HB-3257] [Public Safety ] [Construction ]
Relating to the regulation and inspection of boilers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kelly Hancock Signed By The Governor on 05/29/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide ad valorem tax benefits to certain current and former first responders and their families. [HJR-102] [Taxes ] [Property Tax ] [Veterans ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Public Safety ]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide ad valorem tax benefits to certain current and former first responders and their families.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney J. Anderson Read First Time on 03/20/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Family Law - Treatment Foster Care Homes - Siblings [SB-85] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ]
Authorizing the placement of more than two children in a treatment foster care home in order to place siblings together if the local department makes a written finding that placing the siblings together is in their best interests and that the siblings will not harm other children placed at the same treatment foster care home; and requiring the local department to notify the Administration of the placement.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley Approved By The Governor - Chapter 491 on 05/04/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a pilot program for providing services to certain children under the Medicaid medical transportation program. [HB-3146] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to a pilot program for providing services to certain children under the Medicaid medical transportation program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Cristina Farrar Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/17/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to prostitution and the trafficking of persons, civil racketeering related to trafficking, the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of and punishment for certain sexual offenses and offenses involving or related to trafficking, reimbursement of certain costs for criminal victims who are children, and the release and reporting of certain information relating to a child; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses. [HB-29] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to prostitution and the trafficking of persons, civil racketeering related to trafficking, the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of and punishment for certain sexual offenses and offenses involving or related to trafficking, reimbursement of certain costs for criminal victims who are children, and the release and reporting of certain information relating to a child; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst Signed By The Governor on 06/12/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the care and transportation provided to a sexual assault survivor by a health care facility. [HB-3152] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ] [Crime ]
Relating to the care and transportation provided to a sexual assault survivor by a health care facility.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard Signed By The Governor on 06/15/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the duty of an excavator to notify a notification center or to make a 9-1-1 emergency call in response to underground facility damage or an emergency. [HB-3162] [Public Safety ] [Telecommunications ] [Infrastructure ] [Energy ] [Construction ]
Relating to the duty of an excavator to notify a notification center or to make a 9-1-1 emergency call in response to underground facility damage or an emergency.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Bonnen Read First Time on 03/30/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Primary and Secondary Education - Health and Safety (Sugar-Free Schools Act) [SB-60] [Education ] [Food ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring specified county boards of education to develop a plan on or before August 1, 2018, for reducing students' total sugar intake per school meal based on specified recommendations; requiring each county board to convene a workgroup to study the best practices of other jurisdictions to lower students' total sugar intake per school meal, consider whether the results of the study would be appropriate in the local school system, and make recommendations to the county board based on specified information; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 01/30/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Family Law - Destitute Adults - Extraordinary Medical Expenses for Developmental Disabilities and Civil Action [SB-79] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Healthcare ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
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: Sen. Edward R. Reilly Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/20/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Health Insurance - Coverage for Digital Tomosynthesis [SB-61] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ]
Establishing that a specified coverage requirement that applies to specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations includes coverage for digital tomosynthesis, a radiologic breast cancer screening procedure, under specified circumstances; prohibiting a copayment or coinsurance requirement that is greater than for other breast cancer screenings; applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2018; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton Approved By The Governor - Chapter 677 on 05/25/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the carrying of a handgun by certain first responders and volunteer emergency services personnel. [SB-1408] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the carrying of a handgun by certain first responders and volunteer emergency services personnel.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Donald Blaine Huffines Comte Report Filed With Committee Coordinator on 05/19/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Renaming [SB-82] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ]
Renaming the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to be the Maryland Department of Health; renaming the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to be the Secretary of Health; providing that the Maryland Department of Health is the successor of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing that specified names and titles of a specified unit and officials in laws and other documents mean the names and titles of the successor unit and officials; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton Approved By The Governor - Chapter 214 on 04/18/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain emergency medical services. [HB-3186] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to certain emergency medical services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Guillen Read First Time on 03/30/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Disposable Medical Supplies and Condoms [SB-52] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Specifying that an exemption from the sales and use tax for the sale of disposable medical supplies includes specified items; and providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for the sale of condoms.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young Hearing 1/18 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/18/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain notice requirements regarding fluoridation of a water supply system. [HB-3153] [Water ] [Public Health ]
Relating to certain notice requirements regarding fluoridation of a water supply system.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. J.D. Sheffield Placed On General State Calendar on 05/11/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the re-creation of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force. [HB-3183] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Relating to the re-creation of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Guillen Placed On General State Calendar on 05/11/2017

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State (Montana)
Montana 2017 Regular Session

Revise dental auxiliary laws [SB-80] [Healthcare ] [Consumer Protection ]
Revise dental auxiliary laws

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Fitzpatrick (s) Died In Standing Committee on 04/28/2017

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State (Montana)
Montana 2017 Regular Session

Generally revise laws on Medicaid overpayment audits [SB-82] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Health ]
Generally revise laws on Medicaid overpayment audits

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Albert D. Olszewski (s) Signed By Governor on 03/20/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to health care information provided by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities. [HB-3099] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Relating to health care information provided by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis R. Paul Read First Time on 03/27/2017

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