Health

State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Raising legal age for purchase of tobacco, alternative nicotine and vapor products to 21 [SB-37]
Raising legal age for purchase of tobacco, alternative nicotine and vaper products to 21

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Beach Reported Do Pass, But First To Finance on 02/17/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Requiring recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program be issued a photo identification card [HB-2175]
Requiring recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program be issued a photo identification card

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Hicks Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Relating generally to midwifery [SB-23]
Relating generally to midwifery

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Karnes Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Providing that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources may not change the state Medicaid program plan [HB-2113]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources may not change the state Medicaid program plan, without legislative approval if the change results in a gain or loss of $250,000.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Ellington Do Pass, But First To Finance on 02/15/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Student and Student Athlete Opioid Misuse Prevention Act [S.786]
Student and Student Athlete Opioid Misuse Prevention Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support programs for schools, athletic programs, or communities to prevent prescription drug misuse and addiction related to opioids and other medications for pain or injury recovery. SAMHSA must report annually on federal programs to prevent pain medication misuse and addiction.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/30/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Crohn's disease, colitis, etc.; identification cards and information. [SB-401]
Crohn's disease, colitis, and irritable bowel syndrome; identification cards and information. Directs the Department of Health to develop a process for issuing identification cards to individuals diagnosed by a health care provider as having Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or any other inflammatory bowel disease which shall include information about the symptoms of such conditions and the need for emergency access to restroom facilities of individuals diagnosed with such conditions. The bill also requires the Department to make information (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 12/01/2016

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State (Utah)
Utah 2017 General Session

Utah Health Care Workforce Financial Assistance Program Reauthorization [HB-31]
Utah Health Care Workforce Financial Assistance Program Reauthorization

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Edward Redd Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/20/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017 [HB-1838]
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the payment system for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revise quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) require the Department of Health and Human (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/12/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act [HB-1776]
Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act This bill amends provisions of various laws relating to prescription-drug pricing and affordability. Specifically, the bill: expands reporting requirements for drug manufacturers and establishes corresponding civil penalties for noncompliance; adds reporting requirements for certain nonprofit patient-assistance programs; requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress on the impact of patient-assistance programs on prescription-drug pricing and expenditures; requires (continued...)

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/05/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Onsite sewage systems; designs for treatment works from professional engineers. [HB-1080]
Onsite sewage systems. Clarifies that designs for treatment works from individuals licensed as professional engineers shall comply with horizontal setback requirements applicable to public and private drinking water sources, lakes and other impounded waters, streams and rivers, shellfish waters, and karst-related surface features necessary to protect public health and the environment. The bill also provides that effluent and ground water sampling requirements of the Board of Health shall not apply to alternative onsite sewage systems sized at 1,000 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 12/01/2016

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Prescription Reduction in Costs for Everyone (PRICE) Act of 2017 [HB-1775]
Prescription Reduction in Costs for Everyone (PRICE) Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the President, with respect to offering one or more Medicare-operated prescription drug plan options, to: (1) negotiate prices with drug manufacturers, and (2) establish and apply a formulary and formulary incentives. In general, a Medicare-operated drug plan must meet the same requirements as apply to other prescription drug plans. The President must report to Congress biannually on negotiations conducted (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Peter DeFazio Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/05/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; created, penalty. [HB-963]
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, the physician is required to terminate the pregnancy in (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/01/2016

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Prohibiting state funding of abortions [HB-2082]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit state funding of abortions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ralph Rodighiero Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Exempting managed care contracts from the bidding process [HB-2120]
The purpose of this bill is to exempt managed care contracts from the bidding process.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Ellington Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Authorizing the medical use of cannabis based pharmaceutical products [HB-2071]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the medical use of pharmaceutical cannabis to treat certain medical conditions for which no other satisfactory alternative treatment option exists.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mick Bates Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Medicaid nonemergency transportation providers; criminal history background checks. [HB-1021]
Medicaid nonemergency transportation providers; background checks. Requires every provider with whom the Department of Medical Assistance Services enters into a contract for the provision of nonemergency transportation services to individuals eligible for medical assistance to conduct national fingerprint-based criminal history background checks for every applicant hired for employment at the time of hiring and annually thereafter and establishes crimes conviction of which shall constitute a barrier to employment.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Sickles Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 12/01/2016

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Repealing West Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Act [HB-2119]
The purpose of this bill is to repeal the West Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Ellington Chapter 35, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Relating to the rule-making authority of local boards of health [HB-2095]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a procedure by which a local governing body may review and vote upon the adoption, amendment or revocation of existing local board of health rules and to require that a governing body officially adopt all proposed local board of health rules by a majority vote before any new rule may be enforced.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Folk Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Operating and maintaining a fully interoperable statewide network to facilitate public and private use of health care information in the state [HB-2068]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the board of directors of the West Virginia Health Information Network and the West Virginia Health Care Authority to determine and, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance, to implement the most efficient and cost effective method for providing an interoperable health information network, which may include transferring the assets and liabilities of the current health information network to a private nonprofit corporation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Rohrbach With Amendment, Do Pass, But First To Finance on 03/03/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act [S.771]
Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act This bill amends provisions of various laws relating to prescription-drug pricing and affordability. Specifically, the bill: expands reporting requirements for drug manufacturers and establishes corresponding civil penalties for noncompliance; adds reporting requirements for certain nonprofit patient-assistance programs; requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress on the impact of patient-assistance programs on prescription-drug pricing and expenditures; requires (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/29/2017

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