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There are 126 bill(s) regarding Health (And Related Subheadings)

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 1 Revising immunization requirements for school children Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
SB 16 Establishing penalties for manufacturing, selling or dispensing certain controlled substances causing death Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/11/09 
SB 21 Allowing federal adjusted gross income deduction for cost of certain high deductible health plan Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/11/09 
SB 23 Requiring certain acupuncture treatment insurance coverage Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  02/11/09 
SB 27 Creating Physicians' Lien Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/11/09 
SB 28 Requiring Commissioner of Public Health assess health impact of certain rules proposed by Department of Environmental Protection Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
SB 29 Allowing paid sick leave to be used as paid family leave Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/11/09 
SB 33 Relating to parental notification for unemancipated minor obtaining abortion Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
SB 38 Allowing pharmacists to refuse dispensing certain abortion-related prescriptions Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
SB 39 Prohibiting certain state medical facilities from performing abortions Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
SB 50 Requiring women seeking abortion opportunity to view fetus ultrasound image Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
SB 54 Requiring abortion-related statistics' collection Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
SB 76 Prohibiting state funding of abortions Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/11/09 
SB 115 Prohibiting smoking in motor vehicle when child under 14 is present Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  02/11/09 
SB 116 Providing penalties for failure to report to Alzheimer's Disease Registry Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/11/09 
SB 127 Allowing emergency medical technicians to administer epinephrine Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/06/09 
SB 133 Providing certain medical providers tax credit Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/11/09 
SB 135 Providing certain fetuses anesthesia Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
SB 138 Prohibiting gender-based abortions Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
SB 250 Authorizing Regional Jail Authority assess charges for inmate medical services Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/13/09 
SB 278 Creating felony offense of willful failure to provide certain drug benefits Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2009)
SB 286 Expanding prepaid limited health service organizations services Pending  Senate Finance Committee  04/03/09 
SB 291 Relating to Emergency Medical Services Retirement System Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  02/18/09 
SB 293 Creating felony offense of unauthorized practice of certain health care professions Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2009)
SB 294 Defining criminal offense of incapacitated person's abuse or neglect Pending  House Senior, Children, and Family Issues Committee  03/09/09 
SB 304 Relating to Nurse Faculty Loan Program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/20/09 
SB 307 Creating Maternal Screening Act Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 5, 2009)
SB 321 Modifying certificate of need process Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 2, 2009)
SB 322 Exempting certain life insurance policies from Medicaid assignment Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2009)
SB 331 Relating to Emergency Medical Services Retirement System Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  02/24/09 
SB 332 Eliminating severance and health care provider taxes on behavioral health providers Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/24/09 
SB 339 Exempting certain licensed medical professionals from county hiring prohibition Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2009)
SB 343 Relating to Management of Pain Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/24/09 
SB 344 Authorizing mental hygiene commissioners sign readmission orders Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2009)
SB 387 Relating to mental hygiene guardians and conservators Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/26/09 
SB 397 Relating to mental hygiene commissioners' retirement Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  02/27/09 
SB 406 Requiring Department of Health and Human Resources provide list of certain contaminated properties Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/02/09 
SB 408 Relating to model health plan for uninsurable individuals Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 8, 2009)
SB 412 Creating Governor's Office of Health Enhancement and Lifestyle Planning Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  03/02/09 
SB 414 Creating Governor's Office of Health Enhancement and Lifestyle Planning Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (August 26, 2009)
SB 419 Creating Healthy Lifestyles Restaurant Calorie Posting Program Pending  House Government Organization Committee  04/03/09 
SB 426 Requiring certain medical providers accept Tricare military insurance Pending  Senate Military Committee  03/03/09 
SB 429 Creating Credentialing Verification Organization Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  03/03/09 
SB 431 Providing in-state medical providers notice of small group health benefit plan Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 6, 2009)
SB 491 Requiring handrails in handicap restrooms Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/06/09 
SB 493 Transferring central registry for head injuries to Center for Excellence in Disabilities Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2009)
SB 526 Relating to osteopathy post-doctoral training requirements Signed  Effective from passage - (April 7, 2009)
SB 529 Relating to certain nursing care provisions Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/10/09 
SB 533 Updating terms in consumers sales and service tax Signed  Effect from passage
SB 547 Prohibiting tobacco sales in pharmacies Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/11/09 
SB 570 Requiring Board of Optometry promulgate rules limiting practice Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/12/09 
SB 573 Continuing Pharmaceutical Cost Management Council as advisory council Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  03/31/09 
SB 581 Permitting certain minor blood donations with parental consent Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/25/09 
SB 586 Relating to Emergency Medical Services Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/13/09 
SB 592 Creating behavioral health service provider tax Pending  House Finance Committee  04/01/09 
SB 599 Regulating X ray second readings Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/16/09 
SB 604 Raising mental health refusal age of consent Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/16/09 
SB 628 Creating Unintentional Pharmaceutical Drug Overdose Fatality Review Team Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/18/09 
SB 669 Extending Preventative Care Pilot Program Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 8, 2009)
SB 670 Relating to court-ordered payment of certain children's medical or socially necessary services Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/23/09 
SB 672 Creating Mental Health Stabilization Act of 2009 Vetoed  Vetoed
SB 717 Requiring parental notification for unemancipated minor obtaining abortion Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/23/09 
SB 722 Clarifying filing and review of accountings of incapacitated protected persons' conservators Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/23/09 
SB 724 Relating to health care provider tax Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2009)
SB 747 Relating to medical power of attorney Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/23/09 
SB 767 Relating to certain Medicaid program contracts Signed  Effect from passage
HB 2019 Prohibiting employees at restaurants from handling drinking vessels by touching on or near the vessel's brim Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
HB 2022 Relating to the investigation and prosecution of cases involving child abuse and neglect Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/11/09 
HB 2028 Providing that when any body part of an unborn child is outside the womb, the child is born, and is considered a citizen of the state Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
HB 2034 Relating to the eliminating of mercury in vaccines Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
HB 2039 Establishing the Consent to Health Care of Minors Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
HB 2065 Relating to issuing a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/09 
HB 2073 Requiring that abortion providers notify the parents of a minor seeking an abortion forty-eight hours before performing the procedure Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/11/09 
HB 2091 Requiring public notice of state plan amendments prior to submission and increasing the membership of the Medicaid Advisory Board Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  03/27/09 
HB 2214 Medicine, Definition of Surgery Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/17/09 
HB 2215 Medicine, Licensure, Disciplinary and Complaint Procedures Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/27/09 
HB 2216 Medicine, Regulation of Restricted License Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/27/09 
HB 2221 Physical Therapy, General Provisions Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/27/09 
HB 2233 Veterinary Medicine, Schedule of Fees Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/27/09 
HB 2238 Providing rape victims with reliable emergency information regarding pregnancy and abortion, and providing those victims with emergency contraception if they desire Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/12/09 
HB 2255 Relating to the "Mandated Benefits Review Act" Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/12/09 
HB 2264 Requiring the Office of Miners Health and Safety to employ qualified diesel inspectors Pending  House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee  02/12/09 
HB 2302 Prohibiting the performance of any abortion when the woman seeking it is doing so solely on account of the gender of the fetus Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/12/09 
HB 2329 Requiring all high schools include in their health classes a course in fetal development Pending  House Education Committee  02/12/09 
HB 2332 Providing state health care services for all active and inactive duty military personnel Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  02/12/09 
HB 2344 Relating to medicaid monitoring and case management Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/13/09 
HB 2354 Creating the Traumatic Brain Injury Services Commission Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  02/13/09 
HB 2404 Relating to inmate reimbursement for medical services provided to persons held in regional jails Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2009)
HB 2417 Making any willful failure to provide benefits under a discount medical plan organization and discount prescription drug plan organization a felony Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/05/09 
HB 2431 Emergency Contraception Education Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/16/09 
HB 2439 Providing for the appointment of a commission to develop and conduct a field test of comprehensive, integrated statewide standardized electronic medical records access system Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/16/09 
HB 2503 Requiring licensed tattoo artist to inform patrons, prior to performing the tattoo procedure, of the potential problems that a tattoo may cause in relation to the reading of magnetic resonance imaging Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/26/09 
HB 2529 Relating to the practice of environmental health science and public health sanitation Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/27/09 
HB 2542 "Jason Flatt Act of 2009" Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/09 
HB 2583 Requiring health care providers to release unemancipated minor's medical records for drug testing to a parent or legal guardian without written consent from minor Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/18/09 
HB 2590 Requiring the Department of Health and Human Resources to maintain information for public dissemination relative to judicial bypasses to the requirement of parental notification relative to abortions performed on minors Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/18/09 
HB 2609 Establishing criminal penalties for interfering with medical treatment of a railroad employee Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/18/09 
HB 2693 Including testing for illegal drugs in newborns Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/20/09 
HB 2712 Relating to rule making requirements of the Department of Health and Human Services Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/20/09 
HB 2720 Genetic Information Privacy Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/20/09 
HB 2740 Eliminating the authority to appoint coguardians and coconservators for mental hygiene proceedings Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/23/09 
HB 2745 Relating to the Healthy West Virginia Program Pending  House Government Organization Committee  03/05/09 
HB 2748 Relating to the certificate of need process Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/23/09 
HB 2773 Increasing the monetary penalties for selling tobacco products to minors Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/24/09 
HB 2780 Emergency Credentialing for Health Care Providers Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/24/09 
HB 2788 Protecting incapacitated adults from abuse or neglect by a caregiver Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2009)
HB 2837 Uniform Maternal Screening Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/26/09 
HB 2838 Creating the Governor's Office of Health Enhancement and Lifestyle Planning to oversee coordination of state agencies, departments, bureaus and commissions Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/26/09 
HB 2847 Prohibiting the use of the body of a fetus for certain purposes Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/26/09 
HB 2878 Abortion Complication Reporting Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/27/09 
HB 2885 Establishing a uniform credentialing form and creating a single credentialing verification organization (CVO) Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2009)
HB 2908 Raising the age of consent that a minor may refuse health treatment Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/17/09 
HB 2916 Relating to the Emergency Medical Services Act Signed  Effective from passage - (April 11, 2009)
HB 2932 Requiring the approval of board of health rules relating to tobacco use in public or private places Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/17/09 
HB 2942 Prohibiting subsidies to entities that perform abortions Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/04/09 
HB 2949 Ensuring Patient Safety Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  03/04/09 
HB 3004 Permitting individual taxpayers a modification to state income tax for medical expenses exceeding two percent of their federal adjusted gross income Pending  House Finance Committee  03/09/09 
HB 3069 Providing medical and nonmedical exemptions from mandatory immunizations for school children Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  03/11/09 
HB 3083 Permitting blood donations by persons age sixteen with parental consent Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 24, 2009)
HB 3106 Relating to the care of aborted fetuses Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  03/12/09 
HB 3135 Reporting abortions that have been performed due to perceived congenital defects of fetuses and providing a civil penalty for failing to report an abortion Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  03/13/09 
HB 3166 Health Care Affordability Act Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  03/17/09 
HB 3234 Requiring that fetal models be displayed in public schools Pending  House Education Committee  03/19/09 
HB 3262 Relating to health care provider tax Pending  House Finance Committee  03/20/09 
HB 3292 Extending the expiration date of the Comprehensive Behavioral Health Commission Pending  House Government Organization Committee  03/23/09 
HB 3336 Continuing early intervention services to families with developmentally delayed infants and toddlers but eliminating the cost-free provision Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2009)