Health

State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the licensing and regulation of hospitals in this state; increasing the amount of administrative penalties assessed or imposed against certain hospitals; authorizing the imposition of a fee. [SB-267] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Finance ]
Relating to the licensing and regulation of hospitals in this state; increasing the amount of administrative penalties assessed or imposed against certain hospitals; authorizing the imposition of a fee.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles J. Schwertner Comte Report Filed With Committee Coordinator on 05/19/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Relating to WV Health Care Authority [SB-395] [Healthcare ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the Health Care Authority and Certificate of Need and to transfer the State Privacy Office to the Office of the Governor and transfer the West Virginia Health Information Network to the Office of Technology and to make conforming amendments.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan J. Ferns To Health And Human Resources Then Finance on 02/22/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Medical Device Safety Monitoring Act [S.1069] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Consumer Protection ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Medical Device Safety Monitoring Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/08/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2017 [HB-2404] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H4418-4419) on 05/22/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a waiver for certain programs from youth camp licensing. [HB-492] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to a waiver for certain programs from youth camp licensing.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Perry Signed By The Governor on 06/15/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2017 [HB-2360] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Science ] [Sports ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Mental Health ]
Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) establish and oversee a national system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth, and (2) begin implementation of such system within one year of this bill's enactment. The data collected shall include: the incidence of sports related concussions in individuals 5 through 21 years of age; demographic information of the injured individuals; pre-existing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Drug Diversion and Counterfeit Crackdown Act of 2017 [HB-2376] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Healthcare ] [Overdose Prevention ]
Drug Diversion and Counterfeit Crackdown Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Leonard Lance Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Allowing exemptions from certificate of need to develop and operate nursing home in county without skilled nursing facility [SB-361] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ] [Nonprofit ]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the certificate of need standards relative to the limitation only allowing the development of a nursing home in any county which is currently without a skilled-nursing facility by a nonprofit community group.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sue Cline Filed For Introduction on 02/21/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 [HB-2392] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Hospitals must post a notice regarding nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit and maintain records of actual ratios for each shift in each unit. HHS must adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs incurred in providing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/18/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Robin Danielson Feminine Hygiene Product Safety Act of 2017 [HB-2379] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Consumer Protection ] [Children and Youth ]
Robin Danielson Feminine Hygiene Product Safety Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health to conduct or support research on the extent to which components (including contaminants and substances used as fragrances, colorants, dyes, and preservatives) in feminine hygiene products pose health risks to women who use the products or to the children of women who use the products during or before pregnancy.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gwen Moore Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

FDA Reporting Transparency and Accountability Act [S.1062] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ]
FDA Reporting Transparency and Accountability Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/04/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Right to Try Act [HB-2368] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ]
Right to Try Act This bill requires the federal government to allow unrestricted manufacturing, distribution, prescribing, and dispensing of experimental drugs, biological products, and medical devices that are authorized by state law and intended to treat terminally ill patients. Patients receiving these treatments must be certified by a physician as having exhausted all other treatment options and as being at greater risk from their medical condition than the treatment. The physician must explain the treatment to the patient, including that the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 06/07/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Opioid Addiction Risk Transparency Act [S.1049] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Overdose Prevention ]
Opioid Addiction Risk Transparency Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Food and Drug Administration to require a communication plan that is part of a medication's risk evaluation and mitigation strategy to include informing health care providers about the meaning of terms related to properties of the medication described in the labeling.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/04/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 6 through May 12, 2017, as National Nurses Week. [HR-315] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 6 through May 12, 2017, as National Nurses Week. Expresses support for the goals and ideals, and the designation, of National Nurses Week. Recognizes the contributions of nurses to the U.S. health care system.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Enhanced Clinical Trial Design Act of 2017 [S.1048] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Science ]
Enhanced Clinical Trial Design Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/04/2017

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Federal
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BENEFIT Act of 2017 Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2017 [S.1052] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ]
BENEFIT Act of 2017 Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 08/11/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Minority Diabetes Initiative Act [HB-2351] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ]
Minority Diabetes Initiative Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities. HHS must ensure that these grants cover a variety of diabetes-related health care services, including routine care for diabetic patients, public education on diabetes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and treatment for kidney disease and other complications of diabetes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017

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Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 [S.1063] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Hospitals must post a notice regarding nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit and maintain records of actual ratios for each shift in each unit. HHS must adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs incurred in providing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/04/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Save Women's Preventive Care Act [S.1045] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Public Health ]
Save Women's Preventive Care Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/04/2017

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Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017 [S.1044] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Health ]
Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017 This bill modifies requirements regarding access to preferred pharmacies (i.e., pharmacies that provide reduced enrollee cost sharing for prescription drugs) under a Medicare prescription drug plan (PDP). Specifically, if a Medicare PDP has, in its pharmacy network, one or more preferred pharmacies located in a health shortage or medically underserved area, then the PDP sponsor must allow any pharmacy in the health shortage or medically underserved area to join the preferred pharmacy network (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/04/2017

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