Bill Status - 2017 Regular Session

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Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
SB 187	Providing for confidentiality of patients' medical records	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 6, 2017)
SB 188	Correcting definition of "telehealth" in medication-assisted treatment programs	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2017)
SB 193	Prohibiting smoking of tobacco products in motor vehicle when person 16 years old or younger is present	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/03/17
SB 197	Excluding certain medical care amounts from compensatory damage awards	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/08/17
SB 198	Expanding Health Sciences Program to allow certain medical practitioners in underserved areas	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 3, 2017)
SB 250	Establishing tax credit for certain physicians who locate in WV to practice	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/10/17
SB 253	Relating to licensing requirements for physicians and osteopathic physicians in WV	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/10/17
SB 318	Offering flu immunizations to patients 65 or older in specific facilities	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/15/17
SB 333	Requiring all DHHR-licensed facilities access WV Controlled Substances Monitoring Program Database	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2017)
SB 339	Creating Legislative Coalition on Chronic Pain Management	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 6, 2017)
SB 347	Relating to modernization of Physician Assistant Practice Act	Vetoed	Vetoed
SB 360	Creating Legislative Coalition on Diabetes Management	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 6, 2017)
SB 389	Creating exemption from certificate of need for services and equipment purchased for use in private physician offices	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/22/17
SB 390	Relating to practice of medicine and telemedicine	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/22/17
SB 391	Establishing call-in center for Bureau for Public Health for state residents to receive assistance with health care	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/22/17
SB 397	Granting immunity to health care providers	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/22/17
SB 398	Creating Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 4, 2017)
SB 402	Relating to covenants not to compete between physicians and hospitals	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 6, 2017)
SB 406	Relating to generic drug products	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/29/17
SB 422	Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/23/17
SB 430	Relating to hospital open meetings	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/24/17
SB 465	Relating to medical professional liability	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/30/17
SB 469	Prohibiting waste of game animals, birds or fish	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/30/17
SB 486	Relating to health care provider taxes	Signed	Effective July 1, 2017
SB 526	Requiring mandatory insurance coverage for inherited enzymatic disorders	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/31/17
SB 560	Creating medical malpractice peer review panel by Board of Medicine	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/27/17
SB 564	Relating to Statewide Independent Living Council	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 4, 2017)
SB 607	Allowing use of larger horsepower boats on limited horsepower lakes	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/15/17
SB 670	Establishing WV Advisory Council on Rare Diseases	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	03/20/17
SB 675	Providing rule-making authority to Board of Licensed Practical Nurses	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/20/17
SB 677	Increasing tax rate on cigarettes and e-cigarette liquid	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/20/17