Legislative Browser - Subject Health (And Related Subheadings)
| State | Bill Number | Summary/Title | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV | HB2773 | The purpose of this bill is to increase the monetary penalties for selling tobacco products to minors; and to increase the monetary penalties for minors possessing tobacco products. | Effective Date | 2010-06-11 |
| WV | SB372 | The purpose of this bill is to update language in the West Virginia Medical Practice Act and provide current terminology. | Effective Date | 2010-06-11 |
| WV | SB422 | The purpose of this bill is to limit liability for anticipated automatic external defibrillator users who are not health care providers. | Effective Date | 2010-06-11 |
| WV | SB664 | The purpose of this bill is to more specifically address the social needs of the protected person with regard to visits with friends and family. It requires the guardian to arrange for, and report on, social activities and visits with friends or fami... Read more | Effective Date | 2010-06-11 |
| WV | HB2503 | The purpose of this bill is to require licensed tattoo artists to inform patrons, prior to performing the tattoo procedure, of the potential problems that a tattoo may cause in relation to the clinical reading of magnetic resonance imaging studies, s... Read more | Effective Date | 2010-06-09 |
| WV | HB4167 | The purpose of this bill is to create a new special revenue fund entitled the Department of Health and Human Resources Safety and Treatment Fund which was previously administered by the Division of Motor Vehicles. This bill transfers the authority t... Read more | Effective Date | 2010-06-09 |
| WV | SB584 | The purpose of this bill is to detail the Center's data collection responsibilities and establish that data submitted to the Center is confidential. The bill further amends this section by deleting a statutory provision regarding establishment of a l... Read more | Effective Date | 2010-06-08 |
| WV | SB122 | The purpose of this bill is to change the age of consent for refusal of mental health treatment from twelve to eighteen. The bill also clarifies that the state is not obligated to pay for voluntary hospitalizations. | Vetoed by Governor 4/1/10 - House Journal | 2010-03-20 |
| WV | SB371 | Legislative status for West Virginia WV Senate Bill SB371 | Senator Unger requests to be removed as sponsor of bill | 2010-03-13 |
| WV | SB524 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the board of Registered Professional Nurses to develop a pilot program for unlicensed personnel to administer medication in a nursing home. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have... Read more | Senator Unger requests to be removed as sponsor of bill | 2010-03-13 |
| WV | SB572 | The purpose of this bill is to give latitude to the board of the Children's Health Insurance Program in setting eligibility criteria for all children, including those that have had coverage under an employer sponsored plan within the previous twelv... Read more | Senator Unger requests to be removed as sponsor of bill | 2010-03-13 |
| WV | SB678 | The purpose of this bill is to delete language allowing a county commission to reimburse a mental health care facility for security services for the period of time a person is at the hospital prior to the determination of mental competence or incompe... Read more | Senator Unger requests to be removed as sponsor of bill | 2010-03-13 |
| WV | HB4138 | The purpose of this bill is to include radiologist assistants under the regulating authority of the West Virginia Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology Board of Examiners . | Effective Date | 2010-03-12 |
| WV | HB4563 | The purpose of this bill is to extend the termination date of the modified mental hygiene procedures pilot project until June 30, 2012. | Tabled on 3rd reading, Special Calendar | 2010-03-05 |
| WV | SB120 | The purpose of this bill is to require all children who enter a public or private school for the first time, whether it be in kindergarten or first grade, to prove adequate proof of having undergone a dental examination by a licensed dentist. | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-26 |
| WV | SB652 | The purpose of this bill is to is allow payment of workers compensation benefits for mental illness when a person becomes ill after being a victim of a crime. | On 2nd reading to Finance | 2010-02-26 |
| WV | HB4658 | The purpose of this bill is to limit the amount of money that can be carried forward in the Medical Services Trust Fund in a calendar year to $300 million and to direct excess dollars to critical health care needs in the state through appropriation b... Read more | To House Finance Committee | 2010-02-24 |
| WV | HB4640 | The purpose of this bill is to initiate the Healthy Lifestyles Restaurant Calorie Posting Program, to require restaurants to participate in this program and will benefit from the marketing of this program through state agencies. This section is new... Read more | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | SB639 | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Oral Health Pilot Program in the Mid-Ohio Valley Region. The bill makes legislative findings and creates the pilot program for two years. The bill funds the program in the amount of $100,000 per year. The ... Read more | To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | SB642 | Legislative status for West Virginia WV Senate Bill SB642 | To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | SB680 | The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to propose legislative rules concerning the management of concussions and head injuries in youth sports. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs... Read more | To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | HB4596 | The purpose of this bill is to remove the Commissioner for the Bureau for Public Health from professional licensure boards. | To House Government Organization Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | HB4613 | Legislative status for West Virginia WV House of Delegates Bill HB4613 | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | HB4607 | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Oral Health Pilot Program in the Mid-Ohio Valley Region. The bill makes legislative findings and creates the pilot program for two years. The bill funds the program in the amount of $100,000 per year. The ... Read more | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | HB4574 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize regional water authorities, regional wastewater authorities and regional water and wastewater authorities to provide for the joint maintenance of its participating public agencies. The bill authorizes regional... Read more | To House Government Organization Committee | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | HB4572 | The purpose of this bill is to direct the Department of Health and Human Resources and the state Board of Pharmacy to implement a pilot program through which unused prescription drugs, other than opiates, can be transferred from nursing home faciliti... Read more | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | HB4569 | The purpose of this bill is to review the rates of all stand alone rehabilitation hospitals and develop and implement a rate methodology that limits excess revenue over expenses after taxes. | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | HB4499 | The purpose of this bill is to change the age of consent for refusal of mental health treatment from twelve to eighteen. The bill also clarifies that the state is not obligated to pay for voluntary hospitalizations. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-18 |
| WV | HB4520 | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit healthcare providers from discriminating against or refusing treatment to persons based upon the manner by which they were injured. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored. | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-17 |
| WV | HB4220 | The purpose of this bill is to require the board of Medicine to treat a person qualified as a radiologic practitioner assistant as a radiologist assistant. | To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-17 |
| WV | HB4415 | Legislative status for West Virginia WV House of Delegates Bill HB4415 | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-16 |
| WV | HB4100 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Fees for Services. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | HB4101 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Distribution of State Aid Funds to Local Boards of Health. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and unde... Read more | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | HB4229 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Out-of-school-time Child Care Center Licensing Requirements. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | HB4462 | The purpose of this bill is to allow a modification reducing federal adjusted gross when medical expenses exceed $2,000 a year. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored. | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | SB523 | The purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources to make recommendations to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance relating to seeking a Medicaid waiver for traumatic brain injury patients. | To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-10 |
| WV | HB4434 | The purpose of this bill is to allow nurse practitioners to practice independently. | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-10 |
| WV | SB423 | The purpose of the bill is to provide a tax incentive to dental practitioners to perform dental services at no cost to indigent patients as defined. | To Senate Finance Committee | 2010-02-01 |
| WV | SB327 | The purpose of the bill is to create an Office for Oral Health under the Bureau for Public Health and to authorize a full- time director. | To Senate Finance Committee | 2010-01-29 |
| WV | SB400 | The purpose of this bill is to exempt from the nursing licensing provisions the nonmedical care of the sick when done in connection with the practice of religious tenets of any church or religious organization and by or for its members. | To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee | 2010-01-29 |
| WV | HB4221 | The purpose of this bill is to permit a person who has practice nuclear medicine technology for the previous fifteen years in this state to be eligible for licensure. | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-01-28 |
| WV | HB4099 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Grade "A" Pasturized Milk. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted... Read more | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-26 |
| WV | HB4102 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Nurse Aid Abuse Registry. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-26 |
| WV | HB4153 | The purpose of the bill is to create an Office for Oral Health under the Bureau for Public Health and to authorize a full time director. | To House Finance Committee | 2010-01-26 |
| WV | HB4103 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Health Care Authority to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Hospital Ambulatory Health Care Facilities. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-21 |
| WV | SB332 | The purpose of this bill is to make technical changes to the Emergency Medical Services Retirement Act; to alphabetize definitions; to define "employer error", "participating public employer" and "retirant"; to clarify t... Read more | To Senate Pensions Committee | 2010-01-21 |
| WV | HB2264 | The purpose of this bill is to require the Office of Miners Health and Safety to employ qualified diesel inspectors. | To House House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2332 | The purpose of this bill is to provide state health care services for all active and inactive duty military personnel. | To House Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB11 | The purpose of this bill is to provide penalties for failure to report under the provisions of this section. | To Senate Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB110 | The purpose of this bill is to prevent abuse and/or disregard of the provisions of medical power of attorney documents and to further ensure that people signing medical powers of attorney are fully informed of the powers that their representative wil... Read more | To Senate Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |