Legislative Update

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TPS LEGISLATIVE ACTION

Testimony   Senate Appropriations Committee
Testimony          House Appropriations Committee - Article 2
Letter   SB 50 (Zaffirini): relating to the Children's Policy Council, including the composition of the council.
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Testimony (H)		   SB 62 (Nelson)/HB 565 (Laubenberg): relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education.

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    SB 63 (Nelson): elating to consent to the immunization of certain children
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Background		   SB 64 (Nelson)/HB 1150 (Zerwas): relating to a policy on vaccine-preventable diseases for licensed child-care facilities.
Testimony   SB 65 (Nelson): relating to a program to recognize public schools with successful student health and fitness programs.
Testimony   SB 92 (Van de Putte)/HB 91 (Thompson): relating to the designation of a juvenile court and a program for certain juveniles who may be the victims of human trafficking.
    SB 329 (Huffman)/HB 598 (Zerwas): relating to a prohibition on the use of a tanning facility by a minor.
Background   SB 406 (Nelson)/HB 1055 (Kolkhorst): relating to the practice of advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants and the delegation of prescriptive authority by physicians to and the supervision by physicians of certain advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants.
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Testimony (H)		   SB 684 (Deuell)/ HB 2052 (Phillips):relating to a physical assessment of students by a public school.
Letter   SB 1191 (Davis)/HB 2560 (Thompson): relating to the duties of health care facilities, health care providers, and the Department of State Health Services with respect to care provided to a sexual assault survivor in an emergency department of a health care facility.
Background   SB 1013 (Taylor)/HB 2938 (Laubenberg): relating to the administration of an immunization or vaccination by a pharmacist.
Testimony   HB 15 (Kolkhorst): relating to level of care designations for hospitals that provide neonatal and maternal services.
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Background		   HB 46 (Flynn): relating to the regulation of raw milk and raw milk products.
Testimony   HB 63 (Craddick)/SB 28 (Zafirrini): relating to the creation of an offense for use of a handheld wireless communication device for text-based communication while operating a motor vehicle.
Testimony   HB 217 (Alvarado)/ SB 317 (Uresti): relating to the types of beverages that may be sold to students on public school campuses.
Testimony   HB 473 (Turner, Sylvester): relating to the provision under the medical assistance program of certain medications to children younger than five years of age.
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Background		   HB 740 (Crownover): relating to newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease and other disorders.
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Background		   HB 772 (Howard): relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry.
Letter   HB 915 (Kolkhorst): relating to the administration and monitoring of health care provided to foster children.
Testimony   HB 1018 (Patrick, Diane): relating to the establishment of community partnerships and the development of policy recommendations for increasing physical activity and improving fitness among public school students.
Letter   HB 1039 (Eiland)/SB 402 (Rodriguez): relating to the regulation of the practice of physical therapy.
Testimony   HB 1156 (Bonnen): relating to eliminating the requirement that a school district assess the physical fitness of students.
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Background		   HB 1310 (Button): relating to the exclusion from total revenue of the cost of certain vaccines for purposes of the franchise tax.
Letter   HB 1319 (Turner, Sylvester): relating to cardiac assessments of participants in extracurricular athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.
Letter   HB 2217 (Bonnen, Greg)/SB 1764 (Deuell): relating to the provision of a cranial molding orthosis under the medical assistance and child health plan programs.
Testimony   HB 3276 (Simmons): relating to the coverage by certain health benefit plans for the screening and treatment of autism spectrum disorder.

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