SB-267: 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
You have voted SB-267: 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..
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.
SB-395: Relating to WV Health Care Authority
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan J. Ferns
To Health And Human Resources Then Finance on 02/22/2017
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
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HB-2360: Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017
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
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HB-2392: Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/18/2017
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.
HB-2379: Robin Danielson Feminine Hygiene Product Safety Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Gwen Moore
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017
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
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HB-2368: Right to Try Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 06/07/2017
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.
S.1049: Opioid Addiction Risk Transparency Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/04/2017
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.
HB-2351: Minority Diabetes Initiative Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017
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
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S.1063: Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/04/2017
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
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S.1044: Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/04/2017