Health

State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to education programs regarding AIDS and HIV infection. [HB-226]
Relating to education programs regarding AIDS and HIV infection.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard Read First Time on 02/13/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Relating to parental notification of abortions performed on unemancipated minors [HB-2002]
The purpose of this bill is to modify the law requiring parental notification of abortions performed on unemancipated minors.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Arvon Chapter 186, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act [HB-2224]
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.)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

DPOR and DHP; licensure, certification, registration, and permitting. [SB-922]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0423) on 03/13/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry. [SB-54]
Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini Read First Time on 01/24/2017

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State (Utah)
Utah 2017 General Session

Medicaid Housing Coordinator [SB-88]
Medicaid Housing Coordinator

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Stewart Barlow Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/23/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2017 [HB-2202]
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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gene Green Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/28/2017

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State (Utah)
Utah 2017 General Session

Partial Filling of a Schedule II Controlled Substance Prescription [HB-146]
Partial Filling of a Schedule II Controlled Substance Prescription

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Evan Vickers Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/17/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Cigarette Smoking Reduction and Electronic Vapor Alternatives Act of 2017 [HB-2194]
Cigarette Smoking Reduction and Electronic Vapor Alternatives Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/28/2017

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State (Utah)
Utah 2017 General Session

Administration of Anesthesia Amendments [HB-142]
Administration of Anesthesia Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. J. Stuart Adams Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/21/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the operations of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas; authorizing a fee. [HB-63]
Relating to the operations of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas; authorizing a fee.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Davis Referred To Health & Human Services on 05/22/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

CREATES Act of 2017 Creating and Restoring Equal Access To Equivalent Samples Act of 2017 [HB-2212]
CREATES Act of 2017 Creating and Restoring Equal Access To Equivalent Samples Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/28/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

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]
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 (continued...)

  

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

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2017 [S.986]
Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a hospital that meets specified criteria and is located in a state with no rural areas to be considered a Medicare-dependent hospital. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall establish and implement a process for reimbursing impacted hospitals for any underpayments resulting from this bill's implementation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/27/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Veterans Access to Care Act [S.968]
Veterans Access to Care Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to automatically designate medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as health professional shortage areas. Individuals may not participate in both the VA's Health Professionals Education Assistance Program and the National Health Service Corps scholarship or loan repayment programs. The Department of Health and Human Services, in carrying out the National Health Service Corps Program, must consult with the VA regarding health professional shortage areas (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/27/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2017 [S.967]
Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/27/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Creating Legislative Coalition on Chronic Pain Management [SB-339]
The purpose of this bill is to create a legislative coalition to study and report to the Legislature on chronic pain management in the state.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sue Cline Chapter 193, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

CREATES Act of 2018 Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2018 [S.974]
CREATES Act of 2018 Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2018

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Committee On The Judiciary. Reported By Senator Grassley With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 06/21/2018

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Eliminating the certificate of need program [HB-2523]
The purpose of this bill is to terminate the certificate of need program for healthcare facilities and delete references to the certificate of need program throughout the code. §16-2D-1 has been completely rewritten; therefore, it has been completely underscored..

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rupert Phillips Filed For Introduction on 02/16/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Addressing increase of fentanyl, fentanyl derivatives and analogs in state [SB-329]
The purpose of this bill is to address the recent prevalence of fentanyl, fentanyl derivatives and fentanyl analogs in this state, as well as the practice of misrepresenting the identity of a Schedule I controlled substance.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Plymale Filed For Introduction on 02/16/2017

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