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Utah 2017 General Session
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Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Amendments [HB-175]
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[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Mental Health ]
Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Amendments
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Requiring abortions to be performed by a licensed physician [HB-2595]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
The purpose of this bill is to require that any abortion must be performed by a licensed physician.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Requiring state institutions of higher education to conduct Phase 3 clinical research studies for any cancer treatment [HB-2633]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to require state institutions of higher education to conduct Phase 3 clinical research studies for any cancer treatment that has been approved for Phase 3 study by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
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Expressing support for the designation of May as "National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month". [HR-310]
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[Public Health ]
Expressing support for the designation of May as "National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month". Supports the designation, and the goals and ideals, of National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month. Calls on the people of the United States, interested groups, and affected persons to: (1) promote awareness of bladder cancer and to foster understanding of the impact of the disease on patients and their families and caregivers, and (2) take an active role in the fight to end bladder cancer.
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MISSION ZERO Act Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act [S.1022]
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[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[National Security ]
MISSION ZERO Act Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to award grants to certain trauma centers to enable military trauma care providers and trauma teams to provide trauma care and related acute care at those trauma centers. Funds may be used to train and incorporate military trauma care providers into the trauma center, including expenditures for malpractice
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
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Relating to waiver of immunity in certain employment discrimination actions in connection with a workers' compensation claim. [HB-451]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Relating to waiver of immunity in certain employment discrimination actions in connection with a workers' compensation claim.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
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Creating Legislative Coalition on Diabetes Management [SB-360]
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[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a legislative coalition to study and report to the Legislature on diabetes in the state.
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US Congress 115th Congress
Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2017 [HB-2334]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Food ]
Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2017 This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt certain Food and Drug Administration user fees from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
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Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. [SB-15]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.
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Common SENSE Act of 2017 Common Sense Employer Notification of Special Enrollment Act of 2017 [HB-2342]
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[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Retirement ]
Common SENSE Act of 2017 Common Sense Employer Notification of Special Enrollment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to expand notification requirements for health plans regarding beneficiaries who would lose coverage if not for continuation coverage (e.g., due to job termination) to include providing notice of: (1) guaranteed availability of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including special enrollment
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to an advance directive and do-not-resuscitate order of a pregnant patient. [HB-439]
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[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to an advance directive and do-not-resuscitate order of a pregnant patient.
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Utah 2017 General Session
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Podiatric Physician Licensing Act Amendments [HB-167]
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[Public Health ]
Podiatric Physician Licensing Act Amendments
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RAISE Family Caregivers Act Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage Family Caregivers Act of 2017 [S.1028]
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[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
RAISE Family Caregivers Act Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage Family Caregivers Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and make publicly available a National Family Caregiving Strategy that identifies recommended actions for recognizing and supporting family caregivers in a manner that reflects their diverse needs. (Sec. 4) HHS shall convene a Family Caregiving Advisory Council to advise the department on recognizing and supporting family caregivers. (Sec. 6) The council
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To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a State Medicaid option to enhance administrative matching funds to support statewide behavioral health access program activities for children under 21 years of age, and for other purposes. [HB-2337]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a State Medicaid option to enhance administrative matching funds to support statewide behavioral health access program activities for children under 21 years of age, and for other purposes. This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state Medicaid program to provide, and receive an enhanced federal matching rate for providing, administrative activities carried out with respect to a behavioral health access program for individuals under 21 years of age.
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Utah 2017 General Session
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Air Ambulance Amendments [SB-95]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
Air Ambulance Amendments
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Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month". [HR-304]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month". Expresses support for: (1) the designation of National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, and (2) investment in asthma research. Salutes health care professionals and researchers who work on asthma and allergies.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hospitals; regulations governing, facilities performing abortions. [HB-1563]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
Regulations governing hospitals; facilities performing abortions. Removes language classifying facilities that perform five or more first trimester abortions per month as hospitals for the purpose of complying with regulations establishing minimum standards for hospitals.
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Family-Based Care Services Act of 2017 [HB-2290]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Family-Based Care Services Act of 2017 This bill establishes a definition, under Medicaid, for "qualified therapeutic family care services." Specifically, such services are those provided for children younger than age 21 who need institution-level care but can instead be cared for in a community placement through a licensed and accredited program that: (1) provides children with certain structured daily activities, and (2) provides parents and caregivers with specialized training and consultation.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
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Medicaid applications; information about advance directives. [HB-1567]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Medicaid applications; information about advance directives. Requires all entities approved by the Board of Medical Assistance Services to receive applications and to determine eligibility for medical assistance to provide each applicant for medical assistance with information about advance directives pursuant to Article 8 (§ 54.1-2981 et seq.) of Chapter 29 of Title 54.1, including information about the purpose and benefits of advance directives and how the applicant may make an advance directive.
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Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017 [S.1001]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Public Health ]
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
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