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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to selling Jackie Withrow Hospital [HB-2366]
The purpose of this bill is to require the selling of Jackie Withrow Hospital by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources.Â
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Medicare You Can Opt Into Act of 2017 [HB-2065]
Medicare You Can Opt Into Act of 2017 This bill allows an individual to buy into Medicare for hospital insurance if the individual is residing in the United States and is a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or permanent resident. The Department of Health and Human Services must establish enrollment periods and coverage for individuals who buy the insurance.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty. [HB-1473]
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty. Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty. Creates the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (the Act). The Act prohibits an abortion after 20 weeks' gestation unless, in reasonable medical judgment, the mother has a condition that so complicates her medical condition as to necessitate the abortion to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. When an abortion is not prohibited post-20 weeks' gestation, and
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to the organizational structure of state government [HB-2376]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that the Bureau for Medical Services be renamed the Department of Medical Services with the Commissioner of the Bureau for Medical Services becoming the Secretary of the Department of Medical Services. The bill provides that the Department continue to operate as currently configured as the Bureau for Medical Services with the structure of the Department of the Health and Human Resources for administrative support, interagency cooperation and program support. The bill; removes the Human Rights Commission,
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan. [SB-163]
Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan.
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Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 [S.872]
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 This bill permanently extends the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients) and the program for increased payments under Medicare for low-volume hospitals.
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Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act [HB-2038]
Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to excise taxes on manufacturers, to impose a one cent per milligram fee on the sale of active opioids by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. The fee excludes prescription drugs used exclusively for the treatment of opioid addiction as part of a medically assisted treatment effort. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish a program to provide rebates or discounts to cancer and hospice patients to ensure that they do
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the sunset review date for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the time for awarding cancer research and prevention grants. [SB-224]
Relating to the sunset review date for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the time for awarding cancer research and prevention grants.
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Behavioral Health Infrastructure Improvement Act [HB-2047]
Behavioral Health Infrastructure Improvement Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to temporarily increase the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for behavioral health infrastructure and systems improvements under a state medical assistance program. For a period of five years, a state's FMAP for such improvements shall equal 90%. (Generally, a state's FMAP under Medicaid may range from 50% to 83%.) The bill also establishes a grant program for states to establish or support a behavioral health assistance
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Utah 2017 General Session
Insurance Opioid Regulation [HB-90]
Insurance Opioid Regulation
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage of preexisting conditions. [HB-224]
Relating to health benefit plan coverage of preexisting conditions.
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Utah 2017 General Session
Hygiene Tax Act [HB-71]
Hygiene Tax Act
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Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017 [HB-1909]
Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop model standards and guidelines for credentialing environmental health workers. HHS must develop a comprehensive and coordinated plan for the environmental health workforce that includes performance measures and identifies: (1) any gaps between existing programs and future environmental health workforce needs, (2) actions needed to address any identified gaps, and (3) any additional statutory authority required by HHS to implement
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Neonatal abstinence syndrome; Board of Health to adopt regulations to include as reportable disease. [HB-1467]
Board of Health to adopt regulations to include neonatal abstinence syndrome on the list of reportable diseases. Requires the Board of Health to adopt regulations to include neonatal abstinence syndrome on the list of diseases that shall be required to be reported. This bill is identical to SB 1323.
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Utah 2017 General Session
End of Life Options Act [HB-76]
End of Life Options Act
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Pornography; public health hazard. [HJR-549]
Pornography; public health hazard. Recognizes pornography as leading to individual and societal harms.
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Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017 [HB-1904]
Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise physician supervision requirements under the Medicare program for radiology services performed by advanced level radiographers. Specifically, with respect to a state that has established such requirements for those services, the bill aligns Medicare's requirements with state requirements. An "advanced level radiographer" is a radiographer who has obtained specified certification from either the American Registry of Radiologic
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Utah 2017 General Session
Reproductive Health and Medicaid Amendments [HB-57]
Reproductive Health and Medicaid Amendments
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At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2018 [HB-1925]
At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2018 This bill prohibits a state Medicaid program from terminating a juvenile's medical assistance eligibility because the juvenile is incarcerated. A state may suspend coverage while the juvenile is an inmate, but must reevaluate the juvenile's eligibility prior to the juvenile's release (without requiring a new application) and, if appropriate, restore coverage upon release. A state must also process an application submitted by, or on behalf of, an incarcerated juvenile in a manner that ensures the juvenile's
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SMASH Act Strengthening Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act [S.849]
SMASH Act Strengthening Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend through FY2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants for mosquito control programs. The grant program is expanded so that grants may be used to address emerging, infectious mosquito-borne diseases and to improve existing control programs. The CDC must give preference to applicants that have: (1) a public health emergency due to a mosquito-borne disease, or (2) a control program that is
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