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

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 13 Relating to Dental Practice Act generally Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 19 Revising immunizations requirements for school children Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
SB 23 Requiring Commissioner of Public Health assess health impact of certain rules proposed by Department of Environmental Protection Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
SB 37 Relating to sale of beverages in public schools Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
SB 59 Expanding prescriptive authority of advanced nurse practitioners Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
SB 83 Allowing advanced nurse practitioners sign death certificates Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
SB 89 Requiring medical means to preserve life of fetus aborted alive Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
SB 91 Reducing ratio of school nurses to school children Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/09/08 
SB 92 Relating to parental notification for unemancipated minor obtaining abortion Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
SB 121 Standardizing preferred drug lists and formularies Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
SB 127 Limiting certain asbestos claims Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 134 Providing penalties for failure to report to Alzheimer's Disease Registry Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 147 Relating to Management of Pain Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
SB 181 Providing funding for programs discouraging tobacco use Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/10/08 
SB 182 Relating to coal mine health and safety generally Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/10/08 
SB 185 Clarifying mental conditions which prohibit firearms' possession and creating state registry of such persons Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 215 Reducing behavioral health care provider's severance tax Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/11/08 
SB 221 Creating Uniform Maternal Screening Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/16/08 
SB 222 Permitting only healthy beverages and snacks in schools Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/16/08 
SB 234 Creating Maternal Mortality Review Team Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 235 Creating Office for Oral Health Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/29/08 
SB 307 Prohibiting state funding of abortions Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/23/08 
SB 341 Creating Revised Anatomical Gift Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/24/08 
SB 462 Raising mental health refusal age of consent Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/28/08 
SB 469 Defining offense of incapacitated or elderly persons' abuse or neglect Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/28/08 
SB 478 Relating to Department of Health and Human Resources' payments for professional services for certain children Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/29/08 
SB 481 Authorizing physician assistants to conduct mental health hygiene process examinations Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 506 Creating expectant mother parking permit Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  01/31/08 
SB 509 Requiring Bureau for Medical Services notify Legislature of Medicaid policy changes Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/31/08 
SB 527 Creating Restroom Access Act Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/31/08 
SB 544 Establishing electronic health information data-sharing pilot program Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/01/08 
SB 575 Creating Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Prescription Drug Plan Organizations Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/05/08 
SB 619 Defining certain external defibrillators' user terms Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 632 Creating Healthy Lifestyles Restaurant Calorie Posting Program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/15/08 
SB 637 Requiring CPR and first aid training in secondary school curriculum Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/11/08 
SB 705 Creating Consent to Health Care of Minor's Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/21/08 
SB 711 Clarifying State Police responsibility for certain medical expenses Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/18/08 
SB 738 Redefining "health care provider" to include pharmacist and pharmacy Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/18/08 
SB 749 Providing Medicaid coverage for certain ventilator patients Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/18/08 
SB 769 Appropriating certain moneys to Bureau for Medical Services Pending  House Finance Committee  02/27/08 
HB 2018 Providing for the use of neck braces by football players Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2072 Requiring the department of health and human resources to enforce specific abortion clinic regulations Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2438 Requiring employers to provide health insurance to employees working on public improvement projects Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2487 Ensuring Patient Safety Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2699 Relating to reports of inspections of schools by local boards of health Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2866 Requiring public notice of state plan amendments prior to submission and increasing the membership of the Medicaid Advisory Board Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2978 Genetic Information Privacy Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2984 Providing a cost-of-living adjustment for comprehensive community mental health care providers Pending  House Finance Committee  01/09/08 
HB 3014 Pharmaceutical Availability and Affordability Act of 2007 Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
HB 3027 Allowing the federal adjusted gross income deduction for the amount spent for medical expenses Pending  House Finance Committee  01/09/08 
HB 3156 Relating to issuing a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
HB 3263 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  01/09/08 
HB 4013 Requiring the Director of the Division of Veterans' Affairs to establish a healthcare database Pending  House Finance Committee  02/14/08 
HB 4020 Authorizing the disclosure of certain mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/15/08 
HB 4036 Granting the board of Respiratory Care Practitioners rulemaking authority and the issuance of temporary permits to students Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4052 Uniform Maternal Screening Act Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/29/08 
HB 4071 Creating a Maternal Mortality Review Team Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/17/08 
HB 4074 Creating an Office for Oral Health under the Bureau for Public Health and authorizing a full time director Pending    CONF  03/07/08 
HB 4124 Adding CPR and First Aid training to the health education curriculum in secondary schools Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4167 Relating to reports of inspections of primary and secondary schools by local boards of health Pending  House Education Committee  02/05/08 
HB 4236 Health and Human Resources, food establishments Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/29/08 
HB 4237 Health and Human Resources, water well regulations Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/05/08 
HB 4238 Health and Human Resources, water well design standards Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/31/08 
HB 4239 Health and Human Resources, hospice licensure rule Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/05/08 
HB 4240 Health and Human Resources, regulation of opioid treatment programs Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/07/08 
HB 4241 Health and Human Resources, newborn screening, system Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/12/08 
HB 4242 Health and Human Resources, clandestine drug laboratory remediation Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/31/08 
HB 4243 Hearing Aid Dealers, rule governing the board of hearing aid dealers Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/13/08 
HB 4258 Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology Board of Examiners, rule of the board Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/05/08 
HB 4259 Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, continuing education Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/05/08 
HB 4260 Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, standard of ethics Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/05/08 
HB 4263 Miners' Health, Safety and Training, criteria and standards for alternative training programs for apprentice coal mine electricians Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/22/08 
HB 4308 Exempting from the nursing licensing provisions the care of the sick when done in connection with the practice of religious tenets of any church or religious organization Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/26/08 
HB 4334 Reporting requirements when it is suspected that a women suffered injury or death due to induced abortion Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/30/08 
HB 4354 Providing state health care services for all active and inactive duty military personnel Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  01/31/08 
HB 4359 Relating to the eliminating of mercury in vaccines Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/31/08 
HB 4396 Relating to retention and destruction of health care records Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/27/08 
HB 4402 Relating to compulsive gambling Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4442 Relating to payment of various medical expenses and equipment on behalf of disabled members of the West Virginia State Police Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/06/08 
HB 4445 Relating to definitions under the Medical Professional Liability Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/26/08 
HB 4447 Healthy Families Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/06/08 
HB 4463 Prohibiting the destruction of frozen embryos Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/07/08 
HB 4515 Relating to reports by health care providers of persons incompetent to drive an automobile Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4532 Authorizing the county sheriff to charge a fee for conducting drug screens for the Department of Health and Human Resources Pending  House Finance Committee  02/20/08 
HB 4596 Establishing the Consent to Health Care of Minors Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/18/08 
HB 4616 Relating to health reimbursement accounts for local government employees Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/27/08 
HB 4635 Expanding the definition of limited health service Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/18/08