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There are 103 bill(s) regarding Health

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 17 Relating generally to advance nurse practitioners and certified nurse-midwives Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
SB 18 Increasing membership of Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/13/16 
SB 26 Requiring midwives report annually to Bureau for Public Health Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
SB 42 Permitting school nurses to possess and administer opioid antagonists on or near school premises Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
SB 47 Rewriting licensing requirements for practice of medicine and surgery and podiatry Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2016)
SB 48 Establishing Mental Health, Veteran and Service Members Court Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/19/16 
SB 49 Excluding mobile x-ray services from health care provider tax Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
SB 50 Clarifying certain nonprofit-owned hospitals may have only one governing body Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/10/16 
SB 68 Disallowing Health Care Authority to conduct rate review and set rates for hospitals Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2016)
SB 100 Requirements for employment of public school nurses Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/13/16 
SB 123 Treatment for sexually transmitted diseases Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 16, 2016)
SB 145 Requiring preventative dental care for adult Medicaid recipients Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
SB 276 Requiring all health care workers receive flu vaccination Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/14/16 
SB 281 Requiring health care providers and facilities to notify patient when mammogram indicates dense breast tissue Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/14/16 
SB 284 Providing for approval by county commission of all health policies enacted by local boards of health Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/14/16 
SB 296 Excluding amounts claimant would not pay from compensatory damages awarded for medical expenses Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/15/16 
SB 304 Providing insurance coverage for abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drugs Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/15/16 
SB 320 Permitting practice of telemedicine Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/17/16 
SB 372 Modifying administration of local boards of health Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/21/16 
SB 375 Establishing procedure for involuntary treatment of persons suffering from alcohol and other drug abuse disorders Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/25/16 
SB 401 Establishing criteria for hospital be designated comprehensive stroke center Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/27/16 
SB 404 Removing prohibition on billing persons for testing for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
SB 416 Allowing terminally ill patients access to investigational products Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2016)
SB 431 Authorizing pharmacists and pharmacy interns dispense opioid antagonists Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
SB 433 Allowing advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to complete physician orders for scope of treatment Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/29/16 
SB 438 Requiring DHHR be present at judicial proceedings Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/24/16 
SB 460 Repealing regulation of opioid treatment programs and creating licenses for all medication-assisted programs Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/01/16 
SB 467 Creating new simplified and expedited certificate of need process Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/02/16 
SB 486 Relating to licensure of behavioral health centers Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/03/16 
SB 490 Requiring managed care programs participate with health providers providing services to Medicaid recipients Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/03/16 
SB 506 Modifying local boards of health Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/04/16 
SB 530 Authorizing Community Health Equity Initiative Demonstration Project Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/05/16 
SB 545 Relating to asbestos abatement on oil and gas pipelines Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2016)
SB 569 Regulation of chronic pain clinics Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/04/16 
SB 597 Relating generally to Health Care Authority Signed  Effective from passage - (March 12, 2016)
SB 606 Establishing advisory council on rare diseases Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/15/16 
SB 609 Relating to jurisdiction of Health Care Authority Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/16/16 
SB 627 Permitting physician to decline prescribing controlled substance Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2016)
SB 628 Permitting treating physician direct palliative or emergent treatment for patients Pending    2nd Reading  03/12/16 
SB 629 Regarding reports by Board of Pharmacy Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/18/16 
SB 640 Creating Compassionate Use Act for Medical Cannabis Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/20/16 
SB 666 Exempting certain veterans' organizations and video lottery licenses from local indoor smoking prohibition Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/22/16 
SB 694 Regulation of pharmacy benefits managers Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/22/16 
SB 699 Reauthorizing amendment allowing certain food products produced in private home kitchen for sale at farmers market Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/22/16 
HB 2009 Allowing State Police, police, sheriffs and fire and emergency service personnel to possess naloxone or other approved opioid antagonist Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2026 Allowing terminally ill patients to have access to investigational products that have not been approved by the federal food and drug administration Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/15/16 
HB 2269 Requiring rules of the Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Natural Resources and Department of Commerce be no more stringent than corresponding federal laws Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2373 Prohibiting the establishment of new methadone treatment programs and clinics; providing exceptions Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2390 Relating to public health Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2393 Requiring recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program be issued a photo identification card Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2397 Prohibiting the establishment of methadone treatment programs and clinics in this state; providing exceptions Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2511 Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act Pending  Senate Rules Committee  02/25/16 
HB 2711 Providing for a scratch-off game to fund a drug treatment facility on post-mine land in Mingo and Logan Counties Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2825 Requiring the Department of Health and Human Resources to review rates it pays to care providers and to increase direct care rates Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2869 Making the Department of Corrections and the Division of Health, and their respective workplaces, subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act Pending  House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2920 Vesting the Public Employees Insurance Agency with the authority to negotiate and executing all health care and ancillary contracts for the Medicaid program Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2924 Directing the Health Care Authority to establish a council to investigate and recommend to the authority pricing guides for pharmaceuticals that exclude advertising costs Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 4004 Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 4034 Relating to abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drugs Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/18/16 
HB 4035 Permitting pharmacists to furnish naloxone hydrochloride Pending  Senate Rules Committee  03/12/16 
HB 4038 Relating to insurance requirements for the refilling of topical eye medication Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4166 Relating to health insurance coverage for prescribed medications Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/20/16 
HB 4177 Exempting drug rehabilitation facilities from certificate of need requirements Pending  House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee  01/20/16 
HB 4183 Relating generally to reporting opioid overdoses Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/02/16 
HB 4221 Relating to the administration of an opioid antagonist Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/20/16 
HB 4243 Extending the time that certain nonprofit community groups are exempt from the moratorium on creating new nursing home beds Pending  Senate Rules Committee  03/11/16 
HB 4248 Relating to methadone regulation Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/02/16 
HB 4249 Creating the Commission to Accelerate Statewide Coordination of Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/25/16 
HB 4259 Relating to the regulation of vapor products Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/03/16 
HB 4335 Authorizing a pharmacist or pharmacy intern to dispense, pursuant to a protocol, an opioid antagonist without a prescription Pending  House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee  01/29/16 
HB 4344 Establishing local needle exchange programs Pending  House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee  02/01/16 
HB 4353 Relating to testing for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/02/16 
HB 4358 Relating to out of state physicians and surgeons traveling with sports teams within this state Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/27/16 
HB 4365 Relating to the certificate of need process Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4380 Adding the spouse of an indigent person as a possible individual who may be liable for the funeral service expenses Pending    Concurrence  03/12/16 
HB 4386 Requiring the Department of Health and Human Resources to be notified of hearings involving criminal defendants to be placed in state inpatient mental health facilities Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/19/16 
HB 4388 Relating to stroke centers Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4395 Relating to the licensing and regulation of medication-assisted treatment programs for substance use disorders Pending  House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee  02/04/16 
HB 4399 Permitting pharmacists to furnish naloxone hydrochloride in accordance with standardized procedures Pending  House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee  02/04/16 
HB 4412 Assessing the health impact of any new, or modification to, rule proposed by the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/05/16 
HB 4423 Requiring various professionals who provide mental health-related services complete a minimum number of fifteen contact hours of course work in suicide assessment, treatment and management before that person may be issued a license Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/05/16 
HB 4425 Modifying the definition of “accrued benefit” by increasing the retirement benefit multiplier for certain EMSRS members Pending  House Pensions and Retirement Committee  02/05/16 
HB 4438 Relating to the involuntary examination of individuals experiencing a psychiatric emergency or mental illness Pending    UNF  03/12/16 
HB 4441 Prohibiting the sale of paraphernalia designed or marketed for use with controlled substances Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/10/16 
HB 4463 Permitting the practice of telemedicine Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2016)
HB 4470 Expanding newborn testing to include Adrenoleukodystrophy Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/24/16 
HB 4471 Clarifying the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Public Health as it relates to administration of local boards of health Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  02/09/16 
HB 4472 Relating to the rule-making authority of local boards of health Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/09/16 
HB 4475 Removing the certificate of need exemption for an ambulatory health care facility located in the same zip code as certain hospitals Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/10/16 
HB 4480 The Ryan Brown Addiction Treatment Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/02/16 
HB 4509 Raising the legal age for purchase of tobacco and tobacco products Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/11/16 
HB 4520 Clarifying that certain hospitals have only one governing body whose meetings shall be open to the public Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2016)
HB 4526 Establishing an advisory council on rare diseases Pending  House Finance Committee  02/26/16 
HB 4531 Requiring hospitals, or other similar institutions, to publish a cost list for the most commonly performed procedures that are billed Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/12/16 
HB 4533 The Mental Health and Military Service Members Court Act Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  02/15/16 
HB 4537 Relating to the regulation of chronic pain clinics Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4545 Relating to regulation of pharmacy benefits managers Pending  House Finance Committee  02/24/16 
HB 4553 Relating to the West Virginia Health Care Authority Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/16/16 
HB 4659 Authorizing local health departments to bill health insurance plans for services Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4663 Establishing an on-call center for state residents to receive assistance with healthcare Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/22/16 
HB 4680 Creating a medical exemption to criminal laws against marijuana use and possession Pending  House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee  02/23/16 
HB 4704 Operating and maintaining a fully interoperable statewide network to facilitate public and private use of health care information in the state Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/23/16 
HB 4713 Authorizing the medical use of cannabis based pharmaceutical products Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/23/16