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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Prohibiting the establishment of methadone treatment programs and clinics in this state; providing exceptions [HB-2070]
Prohibiting the establishment of methadone treatment programs and clinics in this state; providing exceptions
Sponsored by: Rep. Ralph Rodighiero
Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017
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Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017 [S.769]
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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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/29/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Nurse practitioners; eliminates requirement that they practice as part of patient care team. [SB-620]
Nurse practitioners. Eliminates the requirement that a nurse practitioner practice as part of a patient care team with a practice agreement with a patient care physician. The bill also eliminates a Board of Health pilot program authorizing certain nurse practitioners to practice without a practice agreement as the bill makes such pilot obsolete. The bill requires regulations to be promulgated within 280 days of enactment.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Left In Education And Health on 12/02/2016
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Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 [S.774]
Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 This bill establishes: (1) the Interagency Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care; (2) the National Law Enforcement Child and Youth Trauma Coordinating Center; (3) the Native American Technical Assistance Resource Center to provide trauma-informed technical assistance; and (4) Medicaid demonstration projects to test innovative, trauma-informed approaches for delivering early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services to eligible children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/29/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Abortion; removes requirement that a woman undergo ultrasound prior to procedure. [SB-53]
Ultrasound prior to abortion. Removes the requirement that a woman undergo a fetal transabdominal ultrasound prior to an abortion.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Left In Education And Health on 12/02/2016
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Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 [HB-1757]
Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 This bill establishes: (1) the Interagency Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care; (2) the National Law Enforcement Child and Youth Trauma Coordinating Center; (3) the Native American Technical Assistance Resource Center to provide trauma-informed technical assistance; and (4) Medicaid demonstration projects to test innovative, trauma-informed approaches for delivering early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services to eligible children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 04/12/2017
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Medical Practice Freedom Act of 2017 [HB-1766]
Medical Practice Freedom Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services or any state from requiring a health care provider, as a condition of the provider's licensure, to participate in a health plan or comply with requirements for meaningful use of electronic health records.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/31/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Palliative Care Information and Education Program; established. [HB-473]
Palliative Care Information and Education Program. Directs the Board of Health to include in its regulations a requirement that every hospital, nursing home, and certified nursing facility licensed by the Board (i) establish a system for identifying patients or residents who may benefit from palliative care and (ii) provide information about and facilitate access to appropriate palliative care services for patients or residents experiencing illness, injuries, or conditions that substantially affect quality of life for more than a short period of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 12/01/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Veterans Recovery Grant Program; established, etc. [SB-550]
Virginia Veterans Recovery Program. Creates the Virginia Veterans Recovery Program for the purpose of providing diagnostic services, hyperbaric oxygen treatment, and support services to eligible veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder or a traumatic brain injury. The program reimburses eligible facilities that provide hyperbaric oxygen treatment to an eligible veteran at no cost to the veteran and reimburses the eligible veteran for any necessary travel and living expenses required to receive treatment.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Left In Education And Health on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Certificates of public need; creates three-phase process to sunset requirements for medical care. [HB-193]
Certificates of public need. Creates a two-phase process to sunset certificate of public need requirements for many categories of medical care facilities and projects, with the requirement for a certificate of public need (i) for ambulatory and outpatient surgery centers other than rural ambulatory and outpatient surgery centers and for capital expenditures at medical care facilities other than rural medical care facilities repealed in effective July 1, 2016, and (ii) for all medical care facilities other than nursing homes, rehabilitation hospitals
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Left In Education And Health on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Lyme disease; treatment of a patient. [SB-671]
Treatment of a patient for Lyme disease. Provides that no health care provider who provides treatment for Lyme disease or other tick-borne disease in accordance with a clinical practice guideline maintained by the National Guideline Clearinghouse after obtaining informed consent shall be the subject of any disciplinary proceeding by the Board of Medicine for following such clinical practice guideline, absent gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Black
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 12/01/2016