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State (Utah)
Utah 2017 General Session

Health Care Debt Collection Amendments [HB-128]
Health Care Debt Collection Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Curtis Bramble Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/24/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Permitting medication administration by unlicensed personnel in nursing homes [HB-2497]
The purpose of this bill is to permit medication administration by unlicensed personnel in nursing homes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adrian Criss Filed For Introduction on 02/16/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry. [HB-243]
Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard Read First Time on 02/13/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a health care practitioner counseling requirement for persons claiming an immunization exemption on the basis of conscience, including a religious belief. [HB-241]
Relating to a health care practitioner counseling requirement for persons claiming an immunization exemption on the basis of conscience, including a religious belief.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard Read First Time on 02/13/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Requiring all DHHR-licensed facilities access WV Controlled Substances Monitoring Program Database [SB-333]
The purpose of this bill is to require all facilities licensed under the provisions of chapter sixteen to access the controlled substances monitoring database.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Stollings Chapter 43, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Tests for infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B, C virus; order of magistrate. [SB-885]
Testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C virus; order of magistrate. Allows a magistrate to issue an order requiring a person to provide a blood specimen for testing for human immunodeficiency virus or the hepatitis B or C virus when exposure to bodily fluids occurs between a person and a health care provider, person employed by or under the direction and control of a health care provider, law-enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical services personnel, or school board employee and the person whose blood (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke Stricken At Request Of Patron In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/26/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Required immunizations; meningococcal conjugate. [HB-1533]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent. [SB-895]
Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent. Removes the prohibition on inpatient psychiatric hospital admission for defendants who have already been ordered to receive treatment to restore their competency to stand trial. This bill was incorporated into SB935.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 01/16/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Medical Device Safety Act [HB-2164]
Medical Device Safety Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to declare that an action for damages or a person's liability under state law is not affected by the federal prohibition on state or local requirements regarding medical devices. This bill is retroactively effective and applies to pending civil actions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the creation of an open burn pit registry for certain service members and veterans. [SB-158]
Relating to the creation of an open burn pit registry for certain service members and veterans.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Juan Hinojosa Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/12/2017

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State (Utah)
Utah 2017 General Session

Health Insurance Right to Shop Amendments [HB-127]
Health Insurance Right to Shop Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Thurston House/ Filed In House File For Bills Not Passed on 03/09/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Medicaid program compact [HB-2519]
The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Health and Human Resources to enter into a compact to ensure payment for health care services provided to other states’ Medicaid participants.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Cooper Chapter 127, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Medical Device Guardians Act [HB-2163]
Medical Device Guardians Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Louise Slaughter Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to performance incentive funding for certain medical schools based on public health impact. [HB-123]
Relating to performance incentive funding for certain medical schools based on public health impact.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James White Read First Time on 02/14/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the motor vehicle sales tax imposed on the purchase, rental, or use of certain emergency services vehicles. [HB-359]
Relating to the motor vehicle sales tax imposed on the purchase, rental, or use of certain emergency services vehicles.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Cyrier Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 03/15/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Supporting State, local, and community initiatives to encourage parents, teachers, camp counselors, and childcare professionals to take measures to prevent sunburns in the minors they care for, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State, local, and community entities should continue to support efforts to curb the incidences of skin cancer beginning with childhood skin protection. [HR-282]
Supporting State, local, and community initiatives to encourage parents, teachers, camp counselors, and childcare professionals to take measures to prevent sunburns in the minors they care for, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State, local, and community entities should continue to support efforts to curb the incidences of skin cancer beginning with childhood skin protection. Expresses support for efforts to: (1) exempt sunscreen from over-the-counter medication bans in schools, and (2) encourage health care professionals (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty Assuming First Sponsorship - Mr. Joyce Asked Unanimous Consent That He May Hereafter Be Considered As The Primary Sponsor Of H.res 282, A Bill Originally Introduced By Representative Dent, For The Purpose Of Adding Cosponsors And Requesting Reprintings Under Clause 7 Of Rule Xii. on 06/05/2018

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Making the Department of Corrections and the Division of Health, and their respective workplaces, subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act [HB-2454]
Making the Department of Corrections and the Division of Health, and their respective workplaces, subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kelli Sobonya Filed For Introduction on 02/15/2017

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State (Utah)
Utah 2017 General Session

Student Residency Amendments [HB-125]
Student Residency Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Derrin Owens Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/21/2017

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State (Utah)
Utah 2017 General Session

Medicaid Waiver for Postpartum Mental Health Coverage [HB-122]
Medicaid Waiver for Postpartum Mental Health Coverage

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Edward Redd House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/09/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Relating to regulation of health care and the certificate of need process [HB-2459]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify certain requirements of the certificate of need process.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Ellington Chapter 185, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017

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