| WV | HB5379 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to ensure financial or product assistance are available for a prescription drug.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5297 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove pubertal modulation and hormonal therapy from prohibited practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5685 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require Medicaid to submit certain proposals with a $3 million or more impact through the rulemaking process, and requiring Medicaid to submit reports regarding program expenditures and recommendations regarding cost co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4408 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow the development of a specialized intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5192 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Pharmacy to create rules relating to the practice of pharmacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5530 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require hospital to disclose price and fee information for certain hospital services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5572 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5361 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow influenza immunizations to be offered to patients and residents of specified facilities on a voluntary basis based upon recommendations of the Center for Disease Control.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5635 | Engross
Sine Die | To allow patients or subscribers of medications to direct pharmacists to list the illness or condition for which a prescription is being issued be listed on the label of the prescription.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5691 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating biennial capitation rate review
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4978 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the duties and responsibilities of the Secretary of the Department of Health, the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health, and the state health officer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB857 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require insurance coverage for clinical genetic testing for an inherited gene mutation and evidenced-based cancer imaging; and providing that this testing is not subject to cost-sharing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB856 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require insurance providers to provide diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations without cost sharing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB852 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the ratio of children at family child care facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB831 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to ensure financial or product assistance are available for a prescription drug.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB825 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth from conversion therapy, also known as sexual orientation change efforts or reparative therapy. The bill makes legislative findings and sets forth a purpose. The bil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB796 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to give a preference to West Virginia providers of medical services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB793 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require contract terms for managed care contracts with the Bureau for Medical Services; requires the services of a Dental Contractor serving as a dental benefit manager or utilization review agent; requires managed care...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB792 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide Medicaid coverage for postpartum healthcare.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB776 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a Medicaid state plan amendment. The bill provides that the Bureau of Medical Services shall seek a state plan amendment. The bill provides that the state plan amendment provides for cost sharing and/or premiums ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5286 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the ability to sub-contract in the certificate of need process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB788 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prioritize providing medical services to West Virginia Medicaid beneficiaries within West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB787 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a limit for fees charged for medical records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5179 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create "Jaycie's Law." The bill provides for legislative intent. The bill allows for excused absences for student parents, with time periods for natural births and C-section births. The bill provides for excused absence...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB745 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit the price of prescription drugs to older West Virginians to the lowest price that drug is available in the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB748 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to generally provide for certified professional midwives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB759 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require a taxi company or network transportation company to provide annual training regarding human trafficking awareness to employees, and to provide for enforcement and rulemaking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB753 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy to propose a legislative rule establishing regulations permitting prescription of Schedule 5 (V) drugs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5054 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modernize the birthing center statute by updating language to make the statute more consistent with nationally recognized best practices in the field and by making the administrative requirements and processes associate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB739 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to include postpartum depression, anxiety, psychosis, and obsessive-compulsive disorders in existing public health programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB723 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Unmatched Medical Graduate Advisory Council; establishing findings and purpose; establishing membership of advisory council; setting forth subjects to be addressed by advisory council in reporting; providing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB718 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to ensure that all financial support presently available to certified foster parents is provided to kinship parents and fictive kin. The barriers and burdens placed upon kinship parents and fictive kin are too onerous.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB719 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that neither a parent nor legal guardian of a minor child shall be denied access to the minor child's medical records without requiring a child to sign a document permitting his or her parents to see the records...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB693 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a Chronic Weight Management Task Force to study obesity and make report of its findings to the Joint Committee on Health. The bill sets forth the members of the task force and provides for administrative support ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5310 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the creation of the Remote Patient Outcome Improvement Act. The bill provides for definitions. The bill provides for a short title. The bill creates definitions. Finally, the bill provides for utilization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB671 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill generally relates to tobacco products. The bill defines terms. The bill increases the tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes. The bill allocates revenue to the West Virginia Division of Tobacco Prevention. The bill rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB633 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to requiring training in brain injury screening for personnel at Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, requiring screening of all incoming and currently incarcerated individuals for brain injuries, requiring that the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB626 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a program to reward citizens for information on drug trafficking; to create an excise tax on opioid antagonists and test strips; create a special revenue account; to establish a program for providing rewards for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB563 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to do away with the Center for Nursing and transfer its duties and authorities to the Higher Education Policy Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4817 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to update the practice of nursing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4908 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit government agencies to contract with a West Virginia public health institute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4783 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to update the practice of optometry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB586 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish an insulin safety net program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB566 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a council to establish a state Alzheimer's Plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB576 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require child- care providers to be paid by enrollment rather than attendance of the child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB553 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a religious exemption to school attendance vaccines requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB560 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect medical practitioners, healthcare institutions, and healthcare payers from discrimination, punishment, or retaliation as a result of any instance of conscientious medical objection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4620 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement that a local county health department issue a food handler permit or card and to provide that food handlers must follow regulations issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration for foo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4432 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to update the practice of physician assistants and advanced practice register nurses relating to midlevel practitioners. It permits physician assistants to own a practice, and establishes grounds for discipline or denial o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB523 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require public schools to notify parents when dispensing contraceptives to minors. The bill provides a definition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
