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- Summary:
- This bill expands mental health services by requiring the Department of Health to issue request for proposals to create a coordinated behavioral health crisis response system. The system will include the...
- Topic:
- Mental Health
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Colorado Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill expands access to reproductive health care in California by allowing qualified health care professionals to perform early abortions. The bill allows nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives,...
- Topic:
- Reproductive Health, Contraception, Abortion, Pregnancy
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- California Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill would direct the state to create health homes for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who have chronic health conditions and frequently use emergency rooms as their primary source of care.
- Topic:
- Medicaid
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- California Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill would establish a notice and appeals process for eligibility determinations related to the state health insurance exchange, Medi-Cal, and Access to Infants and Mothers (AIM) program. The introduced...
- Topic:
- Health Insurance
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- California Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill implements various provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Including provisions relating to determining eligibility for Medicaid funded programs for certain groups....
- Topic:
- Medicaid
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- California Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill expands the criteria for developing content standards for human sexuality education in public K-12 schools. School districts and charter schools that offer a planned curriculum in sex education are...
- Topic:
- Level - K-12 Education, Curriculum and Programming, Reproductive Health, Sexual Health
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Colorado Legislature
- Summary:
- The act makes numerous changes in the laws governing firearms and expands mental health services. The major changes pertain to assault weapons, handguns (pistols and revolvers), long guns (rifles and...
- Topic:
- Guns / Firearms, Mental Health
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Connecticut Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Beginning January 1, 2014, the bill extends benefits under the State's medical assistance program to persons aged 19 or older,...
- Topic:
- Medicaid
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Illinois Legislature
- Summary:
- This act allows for the investigational use of marijuana for medical purposes. Specifically, the act establishes, as an independent commission within the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), the...
- Topic:
- Pharmaceuticals
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Maryland Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill modifies state law to further implement the federal health care reform under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill expands Medicaid eligibility, establishes a dedicated...
- Topic:
- Medicaid, Health Insurance
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Maryland Legislature