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- HB 13 Tuberculosis; establishing library of isolates for purpose of disease strain analysis.
- HB 32 Child day programs; exemption from licensure for local recreation programs.
- HB 48 CHAMPS program; coordinated medical care in City of Chesapeake.
- HB 56 Child abuse or neglect; mandatory reporting by eligibility workers; penalty.
- HB 66 Caregivers Grant Program; applicability to physically or mentally handicapped person.
- HB 73 Social services; city council member appointed to local board.
- HB 74 Comprehensive Services Act; parental co-payments.
- HB 123 Medical assistance services; mental health services to be developed for at-risk youth.
- HB 129 Public health; Board of Health may declare area hazardous thereto and require sewer services.
- HB 151 Resident trainee; name changed to funeral service interns.
- HB 173 Medical and health services to minors; notification to parents.
- HB 187 Unmarried women; prohibition on provision of certain intervening medical technology.
- HB 189 Abortion clinics; regulations and licensure.
- HB 218 Jail farm board or regional jail authority; allows state to partner with city to establish.
- HB 227 Domestic violence; confidentiality of records.
- HB 229 Chronic conditions; DMAS to provide for payment of assistance for prevention thereof.
- HB 231 Assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, etc.; emergency preparedness training.
- HB 237 Abortion services; requires physicians to reside and practice in State.
- HB 267 Nursing home bed projects; conditions for issuance of certificate of public need.
- HB 290 Pharmacy, Board of; specific powers and duties.
- HB 299 Registered pharmacy tech.; authorized to accept oral prescriptions for certain radiopharmaceuticals.
- HB 300 Physician assistants; provides that they may sign various forms and certificates, etc.
- HB 302 Nonresident pharmacies; inspections for those seeking registrations to conduct business.
- HB 332 Nursing education programs; to report to Board of Nursing annually their enrollment, etc.
- HB 343 Hospice programs; regulation thereof.
- HB 351 Health regulatory boards; prohibition of certain transfers of moneys collected on behalf thereof.
- HB 352 Detention orders; extends maximum emergency custody period.
- HB 353 Mental health facility; transportation by sheriff's office of individuals to be admitted.
- HB 354 Audiology; Board to issue provisional license.
- HB 355 Pharmacy, Board of; specific powers and duties.
- HB 365 Jail facilities, local or regional; extends deadline for consideration of construction, etc.
- HB 381 Certificate of public need; authorization of certain amendment.
- HB 412 Gamete donors; anonymous donations thereof prohibited in medical procedures.
- HB 413 Cord Blood Bank Initiative; created.
- HB 425 Home Care Consumer and Worker Protection Act; created.
- HB 426 Comprehensive Services Act; receipt of funds by children's residential facilities.
- HB 427 Residential treatment; Office of Comprehensive Services to negotiate contracts for services.
- HB 437 Autism; DMAS to seek Medicaid waiver to establish program for support of children with disability.
- HB 443 Health care provider; definition includes marriage and family therapists, & professional counselors.
- HB 444 Stem cell research; authorizes research involving derivation & use of human embryonic cells, etc.
- HB 465 Emergency response; notification of location of certain facilities.
- HB 548 Education expenses; requires Dept. of Juv. Justice to pay for any juvenile placed in corrections.
- HB 555 Registered nurses; Board of Health to require circulator duties.
- HB 571 Preneed funeral contracts; clarifies deposits in trust accounts thereof.
- HB 572 Medical assistance services; burial expenses disregard from countable resources.
- HB 577 Children's group homes and residential facilites; regulatory requirements for licensure.
- HB 583 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; person not ineligible due to drug possession conviction.
- HB 586 Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; guidelines for staffing.
- HB 594 Emergency medical services; allows certain vehicles to carry oxygen, required training on handling.
- HB 598 Emergency medical services personnel; required to report child abuse or neglect.
- HB 618 Dialysis patient care technician; definition thereof.
- HB 620 Physicians; definition of office practice.
- HB 622 Prescriptions; exception to requirement for patients in certain correctional institutions.
- HB 625 Human remains; Commissioner of Department of Health to determine if hazardous to public health.
- HB 634 Assisted living facilities; not required to connect to temporary emergency electrical power source.
- HB 635 Correctional officer; warden, assistant warden and supervisor added to defintion thereof.
- HB 637 Health records; allow individuals to obtain their records before destroying.
- HB 714 Health partnership authorities, local; repeals sunset provision.
- HB 726 Adoption; parental consent prior to minor petitioning therefor.
- HB 727 Adoption laws; changes in provisions.
- HB 728 Putative Father Registry Fund; created, additional adoption fee to be used for Fund.
- HB 729 Adoption; allows birth parent to recommend adoptive parents.
- HB 730 Mutual Consent Adoption Registry; created.
- HB 743 Statewide Independent Living Fund; created, report.
- HB 757 Medical Assistance Services; contracting for delivery of disease management for chronic disorders.
- HB 758 Medical assistance services; State Plan amendment or application for certain waiver.
- HB 759 Medical assistance services; development of public-private long-term care partnership program.
- HB 760 Health care; determination of data concerning safety & quality services rendered by physicians.
- HB 768 Hospitals & Health care practioners; use of reprocessed single-use medical devices; penalty.
- HB 774 Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; joint agreements.
- HB 787 Health partnership authorities, local; repeals sunset provision.
- HB 806 Foster care; adds provision of care to child & family when identified as needing services.
- HB 831 Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; individuals in health maintenance organizations.
- HB 849 Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority; Board of Directors to appoint executive director.
- HB 851 Vaccines; authorizes hospitals to provide for administration of influenza and pneumococcal.
- HB 853 Health records; rights of privacy thereof.
- HB 855 Guardianship; petition by parent of incapacitated person.
- HB 856 Public Guardianship Program; authority to make funeral arrangements.
- HB 868 Morning-after pill; parental consent for minors required; penalty.
- HB 873 Child abuse; adds information technology professionals to list required to report.
- HB 875 Dextromethorphan (DXM); Health Commissioner restrict access to over-the-counter medicine containing.
- HB 899 Detention process, temporary; transportation by sheriffs.
- HB 937 Anabolic steroids; electronic ordering of Schedule II drugs and additions to Schedules IV and V.
- HB 969 Adult Fatality Review Team; created, report.
- HB 996 Dental hygienists; can administer certain Schedule VI analgesia and anesthesia.
- HB 1035 Medical Assistance Services, Office of Inspector General for; created, report.
- HB 1037 Sexually Violent Predators Services, Office of; established.
- HB 1056 Dietitians and nutritionists; requirements for licensure by Board of Health Professions.
- HB 1062 Geriatric mental health services, specialized; DMHMRSAS to develop pilot program.
- HB 1111 Physical therapy; prohibits anyone not licensed from advertising services thereas.
- HB 1112 Physical therapy; removes referral and supervision requirements thereof.
- HB 1139 Hospice programs; regulation thereof.
- HB 1145 Emergency medical services agencies; surface transportation and removal surfaces exemption.
- HB 1146 Social workers; must have license issued by Board of Social Work.
- HB 1147 Prescription drugs; training and regulations for administering to child in child day program.
- HB 1151 Family planning services; restrictions on funding.
- HB 1156 Sexual and domestic violence; confidentiality of records.
- HB 1165 Domestic violence victims; procedures to keep personal documents confidential.
- HB 1199 Oral contraceptives; requirements for prescribing for minors.
- HB 1213 Faith-based Community Services, Office of; created within Department of Social Services.
- HB 1274 Abortion; physicians to report medical treatment for complication thereof.
- HB 1280 Placements of children; entire record of criminal history to be obtained when contemplating thereof.
- HB 1299 Preneed Funeral Contract Recovery Fund; created.
- HB 1300 Funeral services licensees, funeral directors, and embalmers; continuing education requirements.
- HB 1317 Foster care; requires a nationwide criminal background check before placement of child.
- HB 1330 Optometrists; allowed to locate practice within commercial or mercantile establishments.
- HB 1351 Adult abuse; requires mandated reporters to notify law-enforcement directly in cases thereof.
- HB 1358 Assisted living facilities; exempt from requirement to have staff member who is awake 24 hrs.a day.
- HB 1389 Practice of naturopathy; establishes licensure requirements.
- HB 1391 Congenital Anomalies Reporting and Education System; secure system to be provided.
- HB 1398 Nursing homes, etc.; authorized to hire certain persons convicted of misdemeanors.
- HB 1399 Barbers and Cosmetology, Board for; regulation of laser or light therapy technicians.
- HB 1455 Medical assistant; administration of drugs or devices.
- HB 1472 Medical assistance services; provision for family planning services.
- HB 1474 Viral hepatitis; certain awareness program required.
- HB 1487 Healing arts, practitioners of; Board of Medicine authority to issue restricted volunteer licenses.
- HB 1501 Health regulatory board; investigations of licensees, certificate holders or registrants thereby.
- HB 1504 Medical care facility; exempts from definition certain specialized centers for provision of MRI.
- HB 1531 Healing arts; unprofessional conduct in practice thereof.
- HB 1534 Adoption; one convicted of felony drug possession may adopt/foster provided 10 years have elapsed.
- HB 1538 Child day care facilities; exemptions from licensure.
- HB 1579 Volunteer Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Service Award Fund Board; membership changes.
- HB 1583 Identity theft; protection of incapacitated people thereof.
- HB 1589 Family day homes; unlawful to operate family day home if any employee is convicted sex offender.
- HB 1607 Phenylketonuria; special foods for management thereof.
- SB 25 Social services boards; city council member appointed to local board.
- SB 32 Social services; time limit on receipt of TANF.
- SB 48 Kinship foster care; social services to seek thereof.
- SB 112 Tuberculosis; establishing library of isolates for purpose of disease strain analysis.
- SB 116 Immunizations; minimum requirements for children entering public or private schools or centers.
- SB 117 Immunizations; adds booster dose of tetanus toxoid for certain children.
- SB 119 Donor Registry; created.
- SB 187 Prescription Monitoring Program; modifies reporting requirements.
- SB 188 Health and Human Resources, Secretary of; duties.
- SB 190 Group homes and residential facilities; suspension of licenses under certain circumstances.
- SB 214 Health professions; reinstatedment hearing for mandatory suspension or revocation of license.
- SB 235 Address Confidentiality Program; established to keep victims of crime personal address confidential.
- SB 240 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; person not ineligible due to drug possession conviction.
- SB 244 Statewide Independent Living Fund; created, report.
- SB 252 Health partnership authorities, local; repeals sunset provision.
- SB 257 Child day program; exemption from licensure for programs of recreational activities.
- SB 281 Dentists & Dental Hygienists; not required to display licenses when volunteering for charitable org.
- SB 353 Involuntary admission or certification order; appeal.
- SB 370 Cord Blood Bank Initiative; established.
- SB 416 Health professions; Board of Dentistry to issue temporary permits for certain clinicians.
- SB 420 Family day homes; unlawful to operate family day home if any employee is convicted sex offender.
- SB 428 Congenital Anomalies Reporting and Education System; secure system to be provided.
- SB 456 Nurse practitioners; expands prescriptive authority.
- SB 488 Certified nurse midwives; clarifies relationship with licensed physicians.
- SB 519 Hospitals; if designated Medicare dependent then considered rural.
- SB 534 Adoption laws; creation of putative father registry.
- SB 602 Criminal history background checks; required for employees of providers licensed by DMHMRSAS.
- SB 620 Nursing homes, etc.; authorized to hire certain persons convicted of misdemeanors.
- SB 691 Adoption; prohibited to sexually violent offenders.
- SB 702 Health regulatory board; investigations of licensees, certificate holders or registrants thereby.
- SB 703 Nursing education programs; to include instruction in child abuse recognition & intervention.
- SB 704 Family day homes; those not covered by liability insurance.