Bill Status - 2014 Regular Session
Committee Activity
94 Bills Pending in Committee — House Health and Human Resources
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 366 | Transferring CHIP from Department of Administration to DHHR | 02/25/14 |
| HB 2083 | Relating to the care of aborted fetuses | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2086 | Establishing a funding source and programs for persons with traumatic brain injury | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2113 | Establishing a two year pilot program on the disposal of unused pharmaceuticals | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2123 | Requiring the DHHR to annually review and adjust rates it pays to care providers | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2130 | Establishing prohibited acts relating to possession of controlled substances obtained from more than one health practitioner | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2168 | Prohibiting insurance companies from discriminating against certain health care providers | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2177 | Authorizing a responsible parent pilot project | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2206 | Creating the "West Virginia Winner" program to promote healthy living | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2235 | Relating to restrictions on dispensing oxycontin extended release or fentanyl patches | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2239 | Requiring doctors and hospitals to bill patients within one year of when the goods and services were provided | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2240 | Requiring physicians performing abortions take steps designed to save the life of any aborted live fetus | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2241 | Adding pharmacist and pharmacy to the definition of "health care provider" as used in the Medical Professional Liability Act | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2242 | Requiring abortion facilities to have certain written policies and procedures | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2243 | Requiring that abortions be performed in hospitals or by physicians with admitting privileges to a hospital within the local service area | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2244 | 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 | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2261 | Requiring hospitals and other medical service providers to bill Medicaid for eligible inmate hospital and professional services | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2276 | Providing a tax incentive to dental practitioners to perform dental services at no cost to indigent patients | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2285 | Providing immunity from civil liability hospital volunteers who in good faith render emergency care at a hospital | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2305 | BPA-Free Kids Act | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2306 | Clarifying that the Legislature is the sole authority regarding compulsory immunizations | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2322 | Providing a mechanism whereby unused, unexpired nonnarcotic drugs previously owned by a deceased nursing home patient or resident may be donated to free health care clinics in the state | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2325 | Authorizing immediate discharge and transportation to a regional jail for aggressive and violent behavior of persons committed to state hospitals | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2327 | Adding the county sheriff, or his or her designee, to those law-enforcement officials who are granted access to certain confidential pharmaceutical information | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2349 | Increasing the number of child protective service workers | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2364 | The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act | 02/11/14 |
| HB 2371 | Prohibiting the performance of any abortion when the woman seeking it is doing so solely on account of the gender of the fetus | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2375 | No State-Funded Transportation for Abortion Act | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2384 | Permitting unlicensed personnel to administer medications in certain circumstances | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2440 | Adopting guidelines to permit pharmacists to prescribe medications | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2482 | Prohibiting school employees from promoting abortion | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2485 | 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 | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2501 | Creating the West Virginia Addictions Treatment and Recovery Fund | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2502 | Including oral or written inquiry of a patient about possession, ownership or storage of firearms as a reason for invoking disciplinary proceedings against physicians | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2588 | Relating to requiring notification to foster parents | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2599 | Prohibiting recipients of state assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from purchasing sugary soft drinks | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2724 | Relating to the Emergency Medical Services Act | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2740 | Restricting the use of "4-point mechanical restraints" on patients | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2766 | Creating the "West Virginia Winner" program | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2768 | Regulating tanning facilities | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2773 | Relating to state responsibilities for the protection and care of children | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2797 | Eliminating the requirement that health facilities receive a certificate of need before opening | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2831 | Relating to mandatory immunizations for school children | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2841 | Prohibiting the federal government from requiring state agencies to enforce the provisions of federal health care legislation | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2905 | Establishing anesthesia patient safety standards for office-based surgery | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2918 | West Virginia Fair Health Insurance Act of 2013 | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2926 | Requiring health insurers to reimburse ambulance service providers directly for ambulance services covered under a person's health insurance policy | 01/09/14 |
| HB 2995 | Adding fifty new positions to the staff at the William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital | 01/09/14 |
| HB 3036 | Improving program integrity for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program | 01/09/14 |
| HB 3073 | Creating the "Health Care Choice Act" | 01/09/14 |
| HB 3081 | Preventing taxpayer subsidization of health insurance covering elective abortions | 01/09/14 |
| HB 3088 | Prohibiting healthcare providers from discriminating against or refusing treatment of a patient regardless of how that person was injured or became ill | 01/09/14 |
| HB 3103 | Making it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent of both parents | 01/09/14 |
| HB 3121 | "Parents' Bill of Rights" | 01/09/14 |
| HB 3147 | Requiring health insurance coverage for eosinophilic disorders | 01/09/14 |
| HB 3155 | Establishing a definition of "no significant additional fiscal burden" in the minimum criteria for certificate of need reviews | 01/09/14 |
| HB 4122 | Permitting a court to take into consideration a parent's drug or alcohol abuse when implementing a parenting plan | 01/09/14 |
| HB 4161 | Allowing State Police, police, sheriffs and fire and emergency service personnel to possess Naloxone or other approved opioid antagonist | 01/14/14 |
| HB 4163 | Requiring outpatient surgical facilities to meet the same facility and surgical standards as ambulatory surgical facilities | 01/14/14 |
| HB 4169 | Offer of Emergency Aid Medication to Patients Prescribed Opiates | 01/14/14 |
| HB 4170 | Requiring a person convicted of a prior felony drug offense to have a valid prescription to purchase ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine | 01/14/14 |
| HB 4190 | Relating to controlling methamphetamine | 01/15/14 |
| HB 4191 | Increasing the excise tax on cigarettes and all other tobacco products | 01/15/14 |
| HB 4212 | Establishing a methamphetamine registry | 01/17/14 |
| HB 4213 | Moving the Children's Health Insurance Program ("CHIP") from the Department of Administration to the Department of Health and Human Resources | 01/17/14 |
| HB 4240 | Regulating synthetic marijuana and other synthetic drugs as Schedule I drugs | 01/21/14 |
| HB 4244 | Requiring a person restraining a mentally ill or mentally challenged person in a "four point restraint" to administer sedation by injection at the time the patient is secured | 01/21/14 |
| HB 4264 | Creating the Compassionate Use Act for Medical Cannabis | 01/23/14 |
| HB 4273 | Permitting co-owners of cows to receive raw milk from those cows | 02/13/14 |
| HB 4289 | Modernizing the licensure and regulation of physician assistants by the West Virginia Board of Medicine | 01/24/14 |
| HB 4292 | Funding for substance abuse services through increased taxes on beer, wine and liquor | 01/24/14 |
| HB 4297 | Relating to the operation and oversight of certain benefit programs | 01/24/14 |
| HB 4299 | Removing the expiration date for the tax rate on eligible acute care hospitals | 01/24/14 |
| HB 4311 | Preventing taxpayer subsidization of health insurance covering elective abortions | 01/24/14 |
| HB 4342 | Expanding prescriptive authority of advanced practice registered nurses and certified nurse-midwives | 01/27/14 |
| HB 4418 | Career ladder for direct service workers | 02/05/14 |
| HB 4422 | Relating to copayments required in certain policies, provisions, contracts, plans or agreements to provide health care benefits | 02/06/14 |
| HB 4423 | Relating to the Health Care Authority | 02/06/14 |
| HB 4446 | West Virginia Child Welfare Act | 02/07/14 |
| HB 4471 | Relating to limiting health insurance coverage for elective abortions | 02/11/14 |
| HB 4486 | Relating to circumstances requiring a prescription to dispense drug products that contain ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine and other precursors | 02/12/14 |
| HB 4489 | Preventing taxpayer subsidization of health insurance covering elective abortions | 02/12/14 |
| HB 4494 | Relating to Emergency Medical Technicians - Mining | 02/13/14 |
| HB 4505 | Creating a new article relating to federal health care legislation | 02/13/14 |
| HB 4514 | Creating the Office of Child Protection Ombudsman | 02/13/14 |
| HB 4524 | Creating within the State Police a methamphetamine registry | 02/13/14 |
| HB 4531 | Telemedicine for quality improvement and healthcare modernization act | 02/14/14 |
| HB 4532 | Continuing the Rural Health Initiative | 02/14/14 |
| HB 4563 | Relating to health insurance exchange navigators and nonnavigator assisters | 02/17/14 |
| HB 4564 | Providing for the protection and privacy of persons seeking health insurance assisted by navigators and nonnavigator assisters under the federal Affordable Care Act | 02/17/14 |
| HB 4587 | Relating to food handlers' licenses | 02/17/14 |
| HB 4591 | Relating to the purchase, receipt, acquisition and possession for illicit purposes of substances containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine | 02/17/14 |
| HB 4593 | Women's Health Protection Act | 02/17/14 |
| HB 4596 | Continuing the fraud control unit in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit | 02/17/14 |