SB-81: Relating to the operations of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas; authorizing a trust company to charge the institute an investment fee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jane Nelson
Signed By The Governor on 06/09/2017
You have voted SB-81: Relating to the operations of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas; authorizing a trust company to charge the institute an investment fee..
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for use of telemental health; report. [HJR-568]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
Study;Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for increasing the use of telemental health services in the Commonwealth, including the issues and recommendations set forth in the report of the Telemental Health Work Group of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century and to report its findings to the Joint Subcommittee by November 1, 2017.
HJR-568: Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study options for use of telemental health; report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter F. Farrell
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
Patient Experience in Research Act of 2017 [HB-2244]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
Patient Experience in Research Act of 2017 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to carry out a pilot project under which sponsors of new drugs or biological products agree to evaluate: (1) the distress experienced by patients in clinical trials for medications intended to treat a serious condition, and (2) the effects of providing support to distressed patients on the outcome of a clinical trial. The user fee is waived for new drug applications that include data from such an evaluation.
HB-2244: Patient Experience in Research Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Yvette D. Clarke
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017
HEARTS Act Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act [HB-2243]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
HEARTS Act Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act This bill extends TRICARE eligibility to certain former members of the Armed Forces regardless of whether they enroll (as required under current law) in Medicare's supplementary medical insurance program. Specifically, the bill applies to former members who are: (1) younger than 65 years of age, (2) medically retired from the Armed Forces, and (3) entitled to Medicare hospital insurance benefits on the basis of their former entitlement to disability insurance benefits
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HB-2243: HEARTS Act Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 05/23/2017
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Certificates of public need; conditions on certificates, alternative plans of compliance. [HB-1544]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Poverty ]
Certificates of public need; alternative plans of compliance. Provides that in cases in which a certificate holder holds more than one certificate of public need with conditions, and the certificate holder is unable to satisfy the conditions of one certificate, the Department of Health may provide for satisfaction of the conditions on that certificate by the provision of care at a reduced rate to indigent individuals in excess of the amount required by another certificate issued to the same holder, in an amount approved by the Department as part
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HB-1544: Certificates of public need; conditions on certificates, alternative plans of compliance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard P. Bell
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 768 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/27/2017
Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act [HB-2224]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act This bill requires that the Medicare hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas be calculated using state-specific, rather than national, budget neutrality. (The Medicare hospital wage index is used to calculate geographic adjustments to Medicare reimbursements.)
HB-2224: Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David P. Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017
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DPOR and DHP; licensure, certification, registration, and permitting. [SB-922]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Department of Health Professions; licensure, certification, registration, and permitting. Provides that certain powers of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, the Department of Health Professions, and health regulatory boards and certain requirements of persons regulated by such entities apply, inclusively, to permits as well as licenses, certifications, and registrations and to holders of permits as well as holders of such licenses, certifications, and registrations.
SB-922: DPOR and DHP; licensure, certification, registration, and permitting.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Chapman Petersen
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 423 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/13/2017
Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2017 [HB-2202]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to make certain doctors of chiropractic (chiropractors) eligible for appointment to the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. To be appointed, a chiropractor must be eligible for licensure in a majority of the states or approved by a body acceptable to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS and the Surgeon General must ensure that such chiropractors are trained, equipped, and otherwise
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HB-2202: Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Gene Green
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/28/2017
To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff. [HB-2192]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, if the American Health Care Act (H.B. 1628) is enacted, to make plans made available by the federal government to Members of Congress and congressional staff subject to state waivers of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requirement for health insurance to cover the essential health benefits and PPACA restrictions on
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HB-2192: To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 06/07/2017
You have voted HB-2192: To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff..