West Virginia Senate Bill 491 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-13 - Senator Unger requests to be removed as sponsor of bill

The purpose of this bill is to create the Unintentional Pharmaceutical Drug Overdose Fatality Review Team. The bill sets forth membership of the team and its responsibilities. The bill requires the examination and the providing of preventative education in cases that involve unintentional pharmaceutical drug overdose deaths. The bill requires other state agencies to cooperate with the team. The bill also grants rulemaking authority. This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.

Creating Unintentional Pharmaceutical Drug Overdose Fatality Review Team

Sen. Clark Barnes [R]	Sen. Richard Browning [D]	Sen. Dan Foster [D]	Sen. Evan Jenkins [D]
Sen. Jeffrey Kessler [D]	Sen. William Laird [D]	Sen. Robert Plymale [D]	Sen. Roman Prezioso [D]
Sen. Ron Stollings [D]	Sen. Earl Tomblin [D]	Sen. John Unger [D]	Sen. Randy White [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-13		Senator Unger requests to be removed as sponsor of bill
2010-02-17		To Government Organization
2010-02-17		Committee substitute reported, but first to Government Organization
2010-02-05		To Health and Human Resources
2010-02-05		To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
2010-02-05		Introduced in Senate
2010-02-05		To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
2010-02-05		Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
61	12A	1	New Code	See Bill Text
61	12A	2	New Code	See Bill Text
61	12A	3	New Code	See Bill Text
61	12A	4	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=491&year=2010&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill