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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]
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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.
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Relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day. [HB-2986]
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Relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day.
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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]
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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.
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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]
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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.
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Relating to the medical authorization required to release protected health information in a health care liability claim. [HB-2891]
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Relating to the medical authorization required to release protected health information in a health care liability claim.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to an annual report on laws regarding access, use, and sharing of protected health information. [HB-2896]
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Relating to an annual report on laws regarding access, use, and sharing of protected health information.
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US Congress 115th Congress
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the process for inspections of device establishments and for granting export certifications. [HB-1736]
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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the process for inspections of device establishments and for granting export certifications. This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise provisions regarding Food and Drug Administration (FDA): (1) inspections of establishments that manufacture or process medical devices, and (2) certification of medical devices for export. The biannual inspection schedule for medical device establishments handling higher risk devices is replaced with a risk-based schedule. In establishing
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A resolution designating the first week of April 2017 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week". [SR-98]
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A resolution designating the first week of April 2017 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week". Designates the first week of April 2017 as National Asbestos Awareness Week. Urges the Surgeon General to warn and educate people about asbestos exposure, which may be hazardous to their health.
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ObamaCare Repeal Act [HB-1718]
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ObamaCare Repeal Act This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of December 31, 2017. Provisions of law amended by those Acts are restored.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the designation of the San Angelo State Supported Living Center as a forensic state supported living center. [SB-1300]
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Relating to the designation of the San Angelo State Supported Living Center as a forensic state supported living center.
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US Congress 115th Congress
ACCESS Act of 2017 Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS Act of 2017 [HB-1704]
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ACCESS Act of 2017 Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS Act of 2017 This bill establishes provisions governing health care lawsuits where coverage for the care was provided or subsidized by the federal government. The bill does not preempt certain state laws and federal vaccine injury laws and rules. The statute of limitations is three years after the injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, whichever occurs first, with exceptions. Noneconomic damages are limited to $250,000. Juries may not be informed of this limitation.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
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Relating to access to criminal history record information by an emergency communication district. [SB-1290]
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Relating to access to criminal history record information by an emergency communication district.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to elimination of the requirement that a school district establish a local school health advisory council. [SB-1310]
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Relating to elimination of the requirement that a school district establish a local school health advisory council.
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A resolution designating March 25, 2017, as "National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day". [SR-96]
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A resolution designating March 25, 2017, as "National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day". Designates March 25, 2017, as National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day.
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Medical Product Communications Act of 2017 [HB-1703]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Medical Product Communications Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to state that the intended use of a drug, biological product, or device shall be determined by the objective intent of the manufacturer and sponsor of such drug, biological product, or device, as demonstrated by statements contained in labeling, advertising, or analogous oral statements. The intended use of these medical products shall not be determined by actual or constructive knowledge of the manufacturer or sponsor that these products will be
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on Trumpcare, also known as the American Health Care Act of 2017. [HR-225]
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on Trumpcare, also known as the American Health Care Act of 2017. Expresses support for efforts to ensure access to quality and affordable health care for all Americans and rejects any effort to take away health care from Americans.
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A resolution designating March 22, 2017, as "National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day". [SR-95]
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A resolution designating March 22, 2017, as "National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day". Designates March 22, 2017, as National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day. Commends rehabilitation counselors and professional organizations assisting individuals who require rehabilitation.
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PATH Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-1717]
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PATH Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, which provide services to individuals who: (1) are suffering from serious mental illness, or are suffering from serious mental illness and from substance abuse; and (2) are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. The minimum allotment of program funding for each state and territory is increased on the condition that appropriations are sufficient to provide the minimum allotment to all states
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A concurrent resolution recognizing the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks during Women's History Month. [SCR-11]
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A concurrent resolution recognizing the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks during Women's History Month. Celebrates, during Women's History Month, the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks. Honors Lacks as a hero of modern medicine for contributions to the medical discoveries resulting from her HeLa cells, which helped make possible some of the most important medical advances of the last century. Recognizes her legacy, which has contributed to developments in bioethics and patient rights.
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Recognizing the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks during Women's History Month. [HCR-38]
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Recognizing the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks during Women's History Month. Celebrates, during Women's History Month, the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks. Honors Lacks as a hero of modern medicine for contributions to the medical discoveries resulting from her HeLa cells, which helped make possible some of the most important medical advances of the last century. Recognizes her legacy, which has contributed to developments in bioethics and patient rights.