The House of Delegates’ Health and Human Resources Committee sent three bills to the respective double referenced committee today.
House Bill 3009 relates to access to the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification to the Controlled Substances Monitoring Program database. The office is a sub department of the Department of Health and Human Resources.
HB 3009 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2498 would create a rebuttable presumption that development of certain cancers by professional or volunteer firefighters arose out of the course of employment. This would mean that a firefighter could come before a worker’s comp hearing with cancer and it would be presumed they got it from the job. There are exceptions regarding tobacco use and age however.
HB 2498 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2002 relates to parental notification of abortions performed on unemancipated minors. The exception for graduates of high school has been removed along with a few others. At least 48 hours must go by after the notice being received by the parents. The waiver may be waived if a parent gives notice that they have been notified. The bill would have physicians be punished by the board of physicians if they didn’t take notice of the bill.
HB 2002 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary with the recommendation that it pass.
