Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2017 [S.980]
Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow payment under Medicare for certain services furnished to hospice patients by rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). With respect to a patient who elects to receive hospice care under Medicare, current law generally limits payment for services that are either duplicative of such care or related to the treatment of the individual's terminal illness. However, current law exempts from this limitation: (1) physicians'
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S.980: Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/27/2017
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to records of public bodies. [HB-1539]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); public access to records of public bodies. Clarifies the definition of public record. The bill also (i) defines "personal contact information" that is excluded from FOIA's mandatory disclosure provisions in certain cases; (ii) clarifies that a requester has the right to inspect records or receive copies at his option; (iii) clarifies language in certain record exclusions under FOIA that certain records may be disclosed at the discretion of the custodian; (iv) consolidates the personnel record exclusion
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HB-1539: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to records of public bodies.
Sponsored by: Rep. James LeMunyon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0778) on 04/05/2017
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017 [S.977]
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017 This bill establishes circumstances under which an occupational therapist may conduct an initial or comprehensive assessment for an individual who is eligible for home health services under Medicare. Specifically, an occupational therapist may conduct the assessment if the physician's referral order does not include skilled nursing care but does include: (1) occupational therapy, and (2) physical therapy or speech language pathology.
S.977: Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S2619-2620; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2620) on 04/27/2017
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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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
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SB-885: Tests for infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B, C virus; order of magistrate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/26/2017
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.
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.
SB-895: Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 01/16/2017
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.
HB-2164: Medical Device Safety Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017
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.
HB-2519: Medicaid program compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Cooper
Chapter 127, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017