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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Accident and sickness insurance rate filings; agent commissions. [HB-1749]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
Accident and sickness insurance rate filings; agent commissions. Requires that premium rate filings for certain health benefit plans include a description of agent commissions and any limitations or exceptions as they relate to the payment of such commissions. The State Corporation Commission is required to review and approve rates for accident and sickness insurance policies offered in certain individual and small group markets.
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Utah 2017 General Session
Organ Donation Amendments [HB-267]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Organ Donation Amendments
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Utah 2017 General Session
Pharmaceutical Step Therapy [HB-266]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Pharmaceutical Step Therapy
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Catawba Hospital; DBHDS to develop a plan to expand, report. [SB-1078]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Catawba Hospital expansion. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to develop a plan to expand Catawba Hospital to include a step-down facility of 40 or more beds for individuals who no longer require acute care. The bill directs that the Department complete such plan and report it to the General Assembly by November 1, 2017.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. [HB-1722]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Adds colorectal cancer to, and removes rectal cancer from, the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act if contracted by certain firefighters and certain other employees who have had contact with a toxic substance in the line of duty.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Allowing pharmacists inform customers about lower cost alternatives to prescribed drugs [SB-507]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to permit pharmacists to inform customers about lower cost alternatives to prescribed drugs; and limit the ability of pharmacists and pharmacy benefit managers to charge retail prices for drugs in excess of the price paid for the drugs by said pharmacists or pharmacy benefit managers.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Abortion; informed written consent required, civil penalty. [HB-1762]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Abortion; informed written consent; civil penalty. Provides that any woman seeking an abortion be provided with a written informed consent form at least 24 hours before the performance of the abortion. The bill also provides that such form must contain information regarding the risks of the woman developing placenta previa and placenta accreta in future pregnancies from the performance of a surgical abortion and the attendant consequences of those conditions. The bill increases from $2,500 to $5,000 the civil penalty for a physician who fails to
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to coverage for treatment of craniofacial abnormalities under certain health benefit plans. [HB-831]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
Relating to coverage for treatment of craniofacial abnormalities under certain health benefit plans.
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US Congress 115th Congress
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017 [HB-242]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Current law prohibits CMS from doing so.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to indigent residents of the county. [HB-820]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to indigent residents of the county.
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US Congress 115th Congress
Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act [HB-285]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that: (1) individuals purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage, and (2) employers who have a workforce of 50 or more full-time employees provide health insurance coverage for their employees.
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US Congress 115th Congress
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [HB-246]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This bill repeals a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes an annual fee on a health insurance provider based on its net premium income.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to county residents who are indigent or who are Medicaid recipients. [HJR-50]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to county residents who are indigent or who are Medicaid recipients.
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US Congress 115th Congress
To prevent the territories of the United States from losing current Medicaid funding. [HB-259]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
To prevent the territories of the United States from losing current Medicaid funding. This bill amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to annually allocate, to each U.S. territory, at least as much Medicaid funding for primary care services as was allocated to the territory in 2017.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to prohibiting the use of an electronic device to film or photograph a traffic accident; creating an offense. [HB-809]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to prohibiting the use of an electronic device to film or photograph a traffic accident; creating an offense.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the provision of certain investigational stem cell treatments to patients with certain severe chronic diseases or terminal illnesses and regulating the possession, use, and transfer of adult stem cells; creating a criminal offense. [HB-810]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to the provision of certain investigational stem cell treatments to patients with certain severe chronic diseases or terminal illnesses and regulating the possession, use, and transfer of adult stem cells; creating a criminal offense.
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Utah 2017 General Session
Homeless Youth Health Care Amendments [SB-160]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
Homeless Youth Health Care Amendments
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Utah 2017 General Session
Health Care Billing Amendments [HB-247]
[Healthcare ]
Health Care Billing Amendments
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder. [HB-786]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the provision of embryo donation information. [HB-785]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to the provision of embryo donation information.