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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to properly recorded diacritical marks in vital statistics records, driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, and personal identification certificates. [HB-1823]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
Relating to properly recorded diacritical marks in vital statistics records, driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, and personal identification certificates.
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US Congress 115th Congress
Hallways to Health Act [HB-1027]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
Hallways to Health Act This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to: establish a grant program for school-based health centers to, with respect to children who are eligible for Medicaid and CHIP, facilitate access to services and encourage the adoption of healthy behaviors; establish a demonstration program for the provision or expansion of telehealth services in school-based health centers; and require state Medicaid and CHIP programs to cover services furnished by school-based
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Compassionate Freedom of Choice Act of 2017 [HB-1020]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Compassionate Freedom of Choice Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to declare that nothing in that Act or in the Public Health Service Act prevents or restricts, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may not prevent or restrict, the manufacture, importation, distribution, or sale of drugs or medical devices that are intended for terminally ill patients, have been the subject of a clinical trial, and have not been approved by the FDA. The FDA may not require the disclosure, collection, or reporting of certain
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Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 [HB-1017]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 This bill waives Medicare coinsurance requirements with respect to colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of the code billed for a resulting diagnosis or procedure.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Neonatal abstinence syndrome; Board of Health to adopt regulations to include as reportable disease. [SB-1323]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
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 HB 1467.
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Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2017 [HB-994]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Mental Health ]
Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2017 This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on inpatient and outpatient treatment capacity, availability, and needs, including detoxification programs, clinical stabilization programs, transitional residential support services, rehabilitation programs, treatment programs for pregnant women or adolescents, and treatment through Indian health programs. The report must include the barriers to real-time reporting of drug overdoses at the federal, state, and local level and ways
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Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2017 [HB-992]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2017 This bill requires the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to states to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse or addiction. States must use these grants to provide up to 60 consecutive days of services to individuals who otherwise would not have access to substance abuse services.
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Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2017 [S.348]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate lower prices on behalf of Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries for covered prescription drugs that the CMS deems appropriate for negotiation based on: (1) program and per-beneficiary spending, (2) unit price increases over the preceding years, (3) initial launch price, (4) availability of similarly effective alternative treatments, (5) status of the drug as a follow-on to previously approved drugs,
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Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017 [HB-993]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states to develop a peer review process to identify and investigate questionable or inappropriate prescribing and dispensing patterns of drugs classified as schedule II or III under the Controlled Substances Act, which are drugs with an accepted medical use that have the potential to be abused and addictive. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require HHS to establish grant programs to: (1) facilitate
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the operation of medical supply transport vehicles during a declared state of disaster. [HB-1816]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the operation of medical supply transport vehicles during a declared state of disaster.
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Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017 [HB-931]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and maintain a voluntary registry of firefighters in order to collect history and occupational information that can be used to determine the incidence of cancer among firefighters. The registry must be used to improve monitoring of cancer among firefighters and to collect and publish epidemiological information. The CDC should seek to include specified information in the registry, including the number and type of fire
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Critical incident stress management team; peer support team privileged communications. [SB-1330]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
Critical incident stress management team and critical stress management team privileged communications. Provides that certain communications regarding a critical incident to a peer support team member are included in the critical incident stress management team privilege. Under current law, the privilege applies only to members of a critical incident stress management team. The bill specifies that a peer support team shall be headed by a Virginia-licensed clinical psychologist, Virginia-licensed psychiatrist, Virginia-licensed clinical social worker,
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the establishment of the Work Group on Mental Health Access for First Responders. [HB-1794]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
Relating to the establishment of the Work Group on Mental Health Access for First Responders.
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Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2017 [HB-908]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Healthcare ]
Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to disregard the application of certain percentage quality increases when calculating the maximum payment that may be made to a Medicare Advantage organization.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to annual testing of certain child-care facility employees for tuberculosis. [HB-1809]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Relating to annual testing of certain child-care facility employees for tuberculosis.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the mandatory spinal screening of public and private school students. [SB-850]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
Relating to the mandatory spinal screening of public and private school students.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Abortion; informed written consent. [SB-1424]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Abortion; informed written consent. Provides that a woman seeking an abortion may waive in writing any requirement establishing a mandatory time period or mandating that a physician provide to or review with the woman specific information or materials before an abortion may be performed. The bill requires that a copy of such waiver be maintained in the woman's medical records. The bill also provides that, regardless of any waiver, a physician is still obligated to satisfy the applicable standard of care.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Division of Emergency Management for certain persons. [SB-854]
[Food ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Division of Emergency Management for certain persons.
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Lymphedema Treatment Act [HB-930]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
Lymphedema Treatment Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover certain lymphedema compression treatment items as durable medical equipment under Medicare. (Lymphedema is a condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling that is caused when the lymphatic system is damaged or blocked.)
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to displaying certain informational materials and videos in driver's license offices. [SB-853]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Relating to displaying certain informational materials and videos in driver's license offices.