Bill Status - 1999 Regular Session

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There are 143 bill(s) regarding Health

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 11 Relating to requirement of signs designating smoking and nonsmoking areas Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/99 
SB 82 Prohibiting female genital mutilation; penalties Signed    Governor  04/22/99 
SB 90 Providing free copies of medical records to indigent persons Signed    Governor  04/22/99 
SB 203 Creating automated external defibrillator program Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/03/99 
SB 220 Authorizing per diem reimbursement for occupational pneumoconiosis board Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/26/99 
SB 372 Implementing tobacco master settlement agreement Signed    Governor  04/22/99 
SB 389 Eliminating hospital rate-setting power and jurisdiction Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/02/99 
SB 442 Providing certain exemptions from mandatory immunizations Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/05/99 
SB 446 Creating Rural Health Infrastructure Preservation and Enhancement Act Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  02/05/99 
SB 452 Relating to uniform anatomical gift act Pending  Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee  02/05/99 
SB 459 Increasing sanitarians' salaries within division of health Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/08/99 
SB 492 Relating to certificate of need Signed    Governor  04/23/99 
SB 534 Decreasing time limit doctors have to report diagnosed cases of tuberculosis Signed    Governor  04/23/99 
SB 550 Relating to conversion of rural hospital acute care and psychiatric beds Signed    Governor  04/23/99 
SB 551 Creating Medicaid Prescription Drug Prior Authorization Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/17/99 
SB 604 Regulating health care liability Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  02/22/99 
SB 612 Clarifying definition of ambulance; staffing and personnel requirements Signed    Governor  04/23/99 
SB 614 Prohibiting additional requirements on septic system installers Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  03/08/99 
SB 624 Relating to permit approval of individual sewage systems with surface water discharge Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  03/08/99 
SB 645 Defining storm water Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/08/99 
SB 651 Establishing phlebotomist services and training program Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/22/99 
SB 697 Establishing state tobacco growers' settlement board Signed    Governor  04/23/99 
SB 709 Providing salary increase to certain state officials Pending    CONF  03/13/99 
HB 2001 Requiring insurance coverage of reconstructive surgery following mastectomy surgery Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2003 Permitting a physical therapist holding a temporary permit to practice under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2005 Revision and clarification of the open governmental proceedings law Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2007 Requiring state agencies to provide information for verifying eligibility for public housing programs Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2008 Tax credit for employers who provide child day care services for their employees Pending  House Finance Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2011 Patient Protection Act Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2013 Establishing a special volunteer medical license Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/26/99 
HB 2014 Requiring certain health insurance policy language Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2017 Permitting emergency medical service attendants to choose whether lost time is subtracted from regular pay or annual leave Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2020 Requiring that the drawing of blood be done only by a phlebotomist Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2025 Prohibiting employers from charging accumulated sick or annual leave against an employee who has missed work due to being on call as a firefighter, EMT or paramedic Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2035 Requiring HMOs, PEIA insurance coverages and group health coverages to provide equal payment coverage for prescription drugs Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2043 Creation and regulation of prepaid limited health service organizations Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2045 Relating to itemized statements of medicaid assistance or services Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2049 Requiring medicaid providers to publicly disclose staffing and performance data Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2050 Managed Care Consumer Protection Act Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2053 Establishment of pilot supervised visitation programs by the Department of Health and Human Resources Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2082 Amending the Medical Practice Act Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2083 Imposing a fee on prison and jail inmates for medical services Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2089 Incremental decrease in the tax assessed on dental and physicians' services Pending  House Finance Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2099 Prohibiting vehicles transporting hazardous materials from parking within one thousand feet of educational or health care facilities Pending  House Roads and Transportation Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2111 Homestead exemption from debts caused by catastrophic illness Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2113 Tanning Facility Act Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2119 Tobacco Products Excise Tax Act Pending  House Finance Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2124 Providing that certain advanced nurse practitioners may serve in lieu of an HMO subscriber's primary care physician Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2142 Allowing mental hygiene commissioners to carry concealed weapons Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2148 Regulations and safety standards for body piercing Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/01/99 
HB 2162 Requiring restaurant food handlers to wear protective gloves Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2163 Requiring diagnostic test results be reported to a patient within twenty-four hours of the time the physician receives the results Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2164 Requiring advised consent for induced abortions Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2166 Including school-based health care providers in the definition of primary care physician for children subscribers of HMO's Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2175 Requiring the county commission of the county in which an indigent individual resides to pay the expenses of a commitment hearing Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2176 Authorizing municipal law-enforcement officers to transport and present mentally incompetent persons to mental health care facilities Pending  House Finance Committee  01/19/99 
HB 2188 Establishing the West Virginia recreation therapy board Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2190 Requiring insurance coverage of breast reconstruction following mastectomy surgery Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2195 Repealing the provider tax on dental services Pending  House Finance Committee  01/13/99 
HB 2203 Sentencing alternative for violations of the ban on tobacco products for students over the age of eighteen years Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/14/99 
HB 2214 Elder Offense Registration Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/14/99 
HB 2228 General revision of the West Virginia Medical Practice Act Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/14/99 
HB 2229 Requiring parental consent before an unemancipated minor may obtain an abortion except in certain instances Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/14/99 
HB 2239 Uniform Anatomical Gift Act Pending  Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee  03/03/99 
HB 2260 Removing the requirement that the division of vocational rehabilitation transfer disproportionate share hospital funds to the medical services trust fund Pending  House Finance Committee  01/15/99 
HB 2268 Establishment of a state veterans' nursing home Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  01/15/99 
HB 2269 Limitation on liability for certain rendering of emergency medical care involving the use of an automatic external defibrillator Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2280 Requiring mental hygiene commissioners each year to receive training relative to mental illness Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/09/99 
HB 2286 Requiring the licensing of clinical exercise physiologists Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/19/99 
HB 2288 Providing for the payment of prescription drug services for senior citizens Pending  House Finance Committee  01/19/99 
HB 2299 Relating to the disposal of animal carcasses by incineration Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/19/99 
HB 2302 Relating to exemptions to the compulsory immunization requirement of school children Pending  House Education Committee  01/19/99 
HB 2303 Correcting the code to reflect that chiropractors are not qualified to engage in the discipline of physical therapy Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/19/99 
HB 2306 Clarifying the definition of community care services Pending  House Finance Committee  02/11/99 
HB 2308 Implementing a training or certification program which includes drug testing and criminal background checks for in-home health care workers Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/19/99 
HB 2313 Including the Legislature and the former departments of corrections and health within coverage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/20/99 
HB 2332 Prohibiting the use of funds from the public assistance medical services fund to pay for an abortion except in certain cases Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/21/99 
HB 2338 Relating to the registration and recordation of durable powers of attorney and medical powers of attorney Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/28/99 
HB 2344 Requiring at least one registered nurse to serve on certain state boards, commissions or task forces Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/22/99 
HB 2362 Establishing early defibrillation programs Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/28/99 
HB 2366 Requiring the provision of public toilet facilities in shopping malls Pending  House Industry and Labor Committee  01/25/99 
HB 2367 Removing the tax exemption status for certain nonprofit hospitals Pending  House Finance Committee  01/25/99 
HB 2371 Establishing a state veterans nursing home Pending  House Finance Committee  02/04/99 
HB 2379 Imposing an excise tax on smokeless tobacco products and dedicating the proceeds of the tax to the Children's Health Insurance Program Pending  House Finance Committee  01/26/99 
HB 2381 Clarifying compensation of the occupational pneumoconiosis board and when its members must be appointed Pending  House Finance Committee  02/10/99 
HB 2389 Requiring nursing homes to have sufficient nursing personnel Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/26/99 
HB 2391 Good Neighbor Water Expansion Act Pending  House Finance Committee  01/26/99 
HB 2394 Creating an office of actuarial services Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/26/99 
HB 2395 Minimizing the practice of defensive medicine Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/26/99 
HB 2410 Voluntary Small Employer Purchasing Pool Act Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/27/99 
HB 2450 Requiring law-enforcement agencies to immediately investigate reports of missing persons who have Alzheimer's disease Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/28/99 
HB 2452 Imposing special excise taxes on tobacco products Pending  House Finance Committee  02/25/99 
HB 2454 Increasing the excise tax on the sale and use of cigarettes Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/28/99 
HB 2461 Health insurance coverage for certain contraceptive drugs or devices approved by the food and drug administration Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/29/99 
HB 2463 Requiring nurse representation on hospital boards of directors Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/29/99 
HB 2602 Eliminating the hospital rate-setting powers and jurisdiction of the health care authority Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/05/99 
HB 2604 Creating a medicaid drug prior authorization advisory board Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/02/99 
HB 2611 Requiring verification of approved septic or sewage system prior to connection of public utilities Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/03/99 
HB 2617 Restoring certain spending authority to the director of the office of miners' health, safety and training Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2649 Making the joint commission on accreditation of health care organizations a review organization Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/04/99 
HB 2653 Providing a definition of "exclusivity" under the article relating to certificate of need Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/04/99 
HB 2658 Banning the advertisement of tobacco products or sponsorship by tobacco interests for any youth activity or event Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  03/04/99 
HB 2672 Exempting certified densitometry technologists from obtaining radiologic technologist licenses Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2681 Patient Safety Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/08/99 
HB 2693 Long-term Care Insurance Act Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2722 Patients' Access to Eye Care Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/05/99 
HB 2724 Making changes to the certificate of need law Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/10/99 
HB 2726 Changing definitions used with regard to respiratory therapists Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2735 Municipal authority to compel sewer connections outside corporate limits Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  02/11/99 
HB 2751 Salary increase for sanitarian employees of the division of health Pending  House Finance Committee  02/12/99 
HB 2771 Establishing responsibility of the division of juvenile services for juveniles accused of and convicted of crimes and requiring certain inter-agency agreements between the division and the department of health and human resources Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/15/99 
HB 2773 PSC jurisdiction over certain sewer systems and creating the Small Public Utility Customer Protection Act Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/10/99 
HB 2782 Conversion of rural hospital acute care and psychiatric beds to skilled nursing beds Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/16/99 
HB 2792 Providing an exemption from mandatory immunizations for good cause or due to religious prohibition Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/16/99 
HB 2800 Minimum requirement of physical education instruction for preschool through sixth grade Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/99 
HB 2802 Relating generally to the practice of physical therapy Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2806 Creating a health insurance program for small business employers Pending  House Finance Committee  02/17/99 
HB 2821 Providing Occupational Safety and Health Act coverage for municipal firefighters Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  02/17/99 
HB 2826 Relating to permit approval of individual sewage systems with surface water discharge under certain conditions Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2832 Sales tax exemption for certain purchases intended to counteract negative effects of cancer or cancer treatment Vetoed    Governor  04/08/99 
HB 2838 Relating to testing of kindergarten and prekindergarten students for tuberculosis Pending  House Education Committee  02/19/99 
HB 2840 Relating to nurse-patient ratios in hospitals Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/19/99 
HB 2841 Establishing the "James 'Tiger' Morton" catastrophic illness fund and commission Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2852 Enhancing protection for consumers of managed health care plans Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/19/99 
HB 2875 Expanding the number of days per year that a nursing facility resident's bed and personal space is reserved when the resident is away from the facility Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/23/99 
HB 2885 Clarifying the scope of chiropractic practice Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/24/99 
HB 2897 Creating the elderly prescription drug assistance program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/08/99 
HB 2901 Enhancing protection for consumers of managed health care plans Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/25/99 
HB 2905 Establishing a managed care policy board Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/25/99 
HB 2906 Managed Care Ombudsman Program Act Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/25/99 
HB 2910 Relating to insurance coverage for the treatment of serious mental illness Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/25/99 
HB 2915 Genetic Information Privacy Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/25/99 
HB 2928 Prohibiting county, city or other local governments from imposing additional requirements on septic system installers Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  02/25/99 
HB 2933 Establishing a blood borne pathogen standard governing exposure of public employees to blood and infectious materials Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/25/99 
HB 2956 Enhancement and preservation of rural health care services Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/25/99 
HB 2961 Establishing a special volunteer medical license Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2972 Regulation of traditional cheese-making methods Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 2986 Requiring insurance coverage for mental illness Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/25/99 
HB 2992 Clarifying the definition of ambulance and specifying staffing the personnel requirements for specialized multipatient medical transports Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/25/99 
HB 2994 Adding Schedule III and IV controlled substances to the program for targeted monitoring Pending    2nd Reading  03/05/99 
HB 3005 Assuring proper treatment of nursing home residents by providing minimum staffing levels, requiring criminal background checks of employees and prohibiting threatening activity at the facility Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/25/99 
HB 3021 Establishing authority over the commission for the deaf and hard-of-hearing to the department of health and human resources Signed    Governor  04/21/99 
HB 3031 Creating a tobacco settlement fund Signed    Governor  04/21/99