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There are 87 bill(s) regarding Health (And Related Subheadings)

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 1 Requiring colorectal cancer screening coverage for certain individuals Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/11/12 
SB 2 Creating medication therapy management services program for Medicaid recipients Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
SB 4 Declaring child's right to nurse Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/02/12 
SB 6 Relating to use of epinephrine in emergency situations Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/18/12 
SB 10 Increasing age of consent for refusal of mental health treatment Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/01/12 
SB 25 Requiring public health impact statement relating to new DEP air or water rules Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/11/12 
SB 28 Creating Smoke Free West Virginia Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
SB 50 Requiring parents objecting to immunizations provide written statement of belief in lieu of immunization proof Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/11/12 
SB 54 Relating to minors obtaining tattoos; parental consent Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/29/12 
SB 73 Regulating tanning facilities Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/29/12 
SB 114 Creating Medication Therapy Management Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
SB 122 Prohibiting certain abortions at state facilities Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
SB 126 Requiring photo on mobility impairment windshield placard; physician approval Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  01/11/12 
SB 173 Providing workers' compensation benefits for mental illness under certain circumstances Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/13/12 
SB 195 Creating Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Savings Act Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/16/12 
SB 198 Requiring Medicaid dental coverage for mothers of newborns Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/25/12 
SB 245 Authorizing Department of Health and Human Resources promulgate legislative rules Signed  Effective from passage - (March 10, 2012)
SB 341 Creating Restroom Access Act Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/22/12 
SB 364 Relating to compilation and availability of birth parents' social and medical histories prior to adoption Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/20/12 
SB 423 Relating to reimbursement for providing patient health care records Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/25/12 
SB 433 Relating generally to involuntary hospitalization of mentally ill persons Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/26/12 
SB 457 Continuing Rural Health Initiative; other provisions RQST    CONF  03/10/12 
SB 471 Authorizing Supreme Court establish mental hygiene commissioners' compensation Signed  Effect from passage
SB 504 Relating to several liability for health care providers Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/02/12 
SB 507 Relating to voluntary and involuntary hospitalization of mentally ill persons Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012)
SB 538 Relating to standards for registered family child care homes Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/22/12 
SB 557 Authorizing Office of Healthy Lifestyles establish WV Winner program Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/09/12 
SB 578 Authorizing statewide modified mental hygiene procedures program Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/13/12 
SB 581 Creating Provider Sponsored Network Act Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  02/14/12 
SB 583 Defining "advanced practice registered nurse" Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/14/12 
SB 589 Creating Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/14/12 
SB 601 Relating to jury service of breast-feeding women Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/15/12 
SB 642 Relating to sexually transmitted disease treatment Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/17/12 
SB 662 Creating Dyslexia Screening and Intervention Pilot Project and Dyslexia Teacher Training Pilot Program Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/20/12 
HB 2021 Permitting unlicensed personnel to administer medications in certain circumstances Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
HB 2032 Encouraging and assisting persons diagnosed with schizophrenic reality disorder in designating a durable medical power of attorney Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
HB 2090 Relating to the care of aborted fetuses Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
HB 2273 Requiring paramedics to be on site at coal mines Pending  House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee  01/11/12 
HB 2548 Permitting an individual taxpayer to decrease his or her federal adjusted gross income up to $1,000 for nursing home expenses Pending  House Finance Committee  01/11/12 
HB 2651 Relating to parental notification requirements for obtaining abortions by unemancipated minors Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
HB 2714 Creating the West Virginia Addictions Treatment and Recovery Fund Pending  House Finance Committee  01/11/12 
HB 2768 Providing a personal income tax exemption for living organ donors Pending  House Finance Committee  01/11/12 
HB 2817 Prohibiting healthcare providers from discriminating against or refusing treatment of a patient Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
HB 3159 Authorizing certain individuals to obtain a prescription for epinephrine, purchase epinephrine, and administer epinephrine in emergency situations and promulgating rules for the development of training programs Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
HB 3189 Clarifying that the Legislature is the sole authority regarding compulsory immunizations Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
HB 3221 Community-Based Services Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
HB 3247 Community-Based Services Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
HB 3261 BPA-Free Kids Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/12 
HB 4008 Requiring physicians and other licensed prescribers offer the drug Naloxone to their patients who are prescribed opiates for chronic pain Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/12/12 
HB 4012 Removing the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health from certain boards Signed  Effective from passage - (March 10, 2012)
HB 4025 Requiring health care providers to provide the first request for a copy of a patient's medical records without charge Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/12/12 
HB 4033 Requiring doctors and hospitals to bill patients within one year of when the goods and services were provided Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/12/12 
HB 4043 Relating to the hospitalization of emancipated and unemancipated minors in mental health facilities Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/17/12 
HB 4047 Relating to the practice of pharmacist care Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/22/12 
HB 4062 Creating an in-home direct care workforce registry Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012)
HB 4077 Relating to activities that may be performed by a dental hygienist without a prior exam by a dentist Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012)
HB 4096 Creating the Unintentional Pharmaceutical Drug Overdose Fatality Review Team Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/17/12 
HB 4099 Requiring the coverage by Medicaid of dental services for the mother of a child who is the recipient of Medicaid services Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/17/12 
HB 4111 Relating to the authority by state boards of examinations and registration to apply for an injunction Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/16/12 
HB 4132 Requiring the Department of Health and Human Resources to reimburse the circuit clerk of the county where involuntary commitment hearings are held for certain expenses Pending  House Finance Committee  02/07/12 
HB 4241 Establishing nurse health programs Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/02/12 
HB 4267 Studying the environmental and health impacts of shale gas development Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/23/12 
HB 4292 Authorizing the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to establish a reasonable fee of compensation for mental hygiene services Pending  House Finance Committee  01/27/12 
HB 4301 Relating to reimbursement for copies of medical records Pending    3rd Reading  03/10/12 
HB 4317 Relating to mentally ill persons Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/26/12 
HB 4321 Amending the code relating to the ability of certain individuals to petition a court to regain the right to possess firearms, and authorizing parents or guardians to commit children age twelve or older to mental health hospitalization Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/26/12 
HB 4327 Requiring pulse oximetry testing for newborns Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012)
HB 4336 Relating to substance abuse Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/27/12 
HB 4379 Relating to payments from the West Virginia Patient Injury Compensation Fund Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/01/12 
HB 4411 Requiring parents who object to immunizations to provide a written statement to that effect Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/03/12 
HB 4423 Creating the "West Virginia Winner" program to promote healthy living Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/06/12 
HB 4424 Relating to modified mental hygiene procedures Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012)
HB 4425 Requiring a landlord address issues of the accumulation of moisture and the growth of mold Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/01/12 
HB 4434 Relating to carbon monoxide detectors Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/06/12 
HB 4438 Provider Sponsored Network Act Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012)
HB 4442 Requiring automated external defibrillators in public schools Pending  House Education Committee  02/07/12 
HB 4481 Relating to the Comprehensive Behavioral Health Commission Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2012)
HB 4490 Providing that a plant based substance or biological organism determined to provide any potential medical benefit may not be designated or rescheduled as a Class I or II controlled substance Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/10/12 
HB 4491 Relating to the uniformed controlled substances act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/10/12 
HB 4498 Compassionate Use Act for Medical Cannabis Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/10/12 
HB 4516 Allowing for greater cooperation concerning reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of vulnerable adults among different entities Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/16/12 
HB 4532 Exempting motor vehicles used by the Department of Health and Human Resources solely for transporting Medicaid patients from the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission Pending  House Finance Committee  02/15/12 
HB 4570 Changing the student-school nurse staffing ratio Pending  House Education Committee  02/16/12 
HB 4617 Relating to the construction of the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/20/12 
HB 4636 Authorizing a responsible parent pilot project Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/06/12 
HB 4638 Requiring hospitals and other medical service providers to bill Medicaid for eligible inmate hospital and professional services Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/20/12 
HB 4651 Requiring Medicaid to have public notice and comment period and to have state plan amendments approved by LOCHHRA Pending  House Finance Committee  02/22/12