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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health Care

Newman (Chairman), Northam, Miller, Black, Garrett

Clerk: Patty Lung, Cheryl Law
Staff: Thomas Stevens, Ryan Brimmer
Date of Meeting: February 12, 2013
Time and Place: 1/2 Hour After Adjour. - 3rd Fl. East

H.B. 1422

Patron: O'Bannon

Dispensing of interchangeable biosimilar biological products. Permits pharmacists to dispense a biosimilar that has been licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as interchangeable with a prescribed biological product unless the prescriber indicates such substitution is not authorized or the patient insists on dispensing of the prescribed biological product. The bill requires any pharmacist who dispenses an interchangeable biosimilar to inform the patient prior to dispensing the biosimilar, provide notification of the substitution to the prescriber, and record the brand name or the product name and name of the manufacturer of the biosimilar on the record of dispensing and the prescription label.

H.B. 1796

Patron: Cosgrove

Death certificate; timely return to funeral director. Requires a funeral director to report to the Board of Medicine any physician required to complete a medical certification of death who fails or refuses to do so within 24 hours of the death, and requires the Board of Medicine to promulgate regulations requiring continuing education related to the requirements for completion and return of a medical certification to a funeral director for any physician who knowingly and willfully fails or refuses to complete a medical certification of death and return it to a funeral director within 24 hours of the death for a third or subsequent time.

H.B. 1876

Patron: McClellan

Sterilization operations for persons capable of informed consent. Eliminates the requirement for a 30-day waiting period prior to a sterilization operation for persons who are over the age of 18 and capable of giving informed consent who have not previously become the natural or adoptive parent of a child.

H.B. 2136

Patron: Hodges

Adding methasterone and prostanozol to Schedule III. Adds methasterone and prostanozol to Schedule III.

H.B. 2189

Patron: Hodges

Home care organizations; proof of initial reserve operating funds. Requires every applicant for an initial license to operate a home care organization to submit proof of sufficient initial reserve operating funds in an amount determined by the State Board of Health, which shall be sufficient to ensure operation of the home care organization for at least six months after licensure. Funds may include a mix of cash, cash equivalents, borrowed funds, and funds available through a line of credit.

H.B. 2262

Patron: Krupicka

Exemptions from requirements applicable to restaurants. Exempts, from the regulations applicable to restaurants, certain nonprofit organizations that hold occasional fund-raisers for the duration of the event at which food (i) prepared in the homes of members; (ii) prepared in the kitchen of the organization; or (iii) purchased or donated from a licensed restaurant is offered for sale to the public.  The bill also provides that licensed restaurants that donate or sell food at such fund raisers are not required to apply for additional permits or pay any additional permit fees to the Department of Health.