The following is an update of NCOTA-tracked bills as of June 5, 2009.
Bill: HB18
Title: SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST QUALIFICATIONS
Summary: An Act to Amend Specific Experience Hours of the Four Hundred Clock Hours Required for Permanent Licensure as a Speech and Language Pathologist.
History: 06/04/2009 – S Passed 2nd & 3rd
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Bill: HB221
Title: OVERSIGHT OF LICENSING BOARDS
Summary: An Act to Authorize the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee to Review the Activities of Occupational Licensing Boards, to Require that Certain Licensing Boards be Audited Annually, to Specify a Date for Filing of Reports, to Establish Sanctions for Failure to File Reports, and to Require that Board Members Receive Training, as Recommended by the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee.
Related: 2009:SB303
History: 06/04/2009 – S Passed 2nd & 3rd
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Bill: HB535
Title: HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE/LYMPHEDEMA
Summary: An Act to Require Health Insurers, Including the State Health Plan, to Provide Coverage for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lymphedema.
History: 06/04/2009 – S Withdrawn From Com.
06/04/2009 – S Referred To Senate Committee On Health Care . If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget.
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Bill: HB813
Title: UNIFORM APPORTIONMENT OF TORT RESPONSIBILITY
Summary: An Act to Enact the Uniform Apportionment of Tort Responsibility Act.
Related: 2009:SB679
History: 05/19/2009 – S Referred To Senate Committee On Judiciary I.
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Bill: HB819
Title: POLYSOMNOGRAPHY PRACTICE ACT
Summary: An Act to Establish the Polysomnography Practice Act.
Related: 2009:SB892
History: 06/04/2009 – H Passed 2nd
Scheduled: 06/08/2009 – House Calendar, 7:00 pm., House Chamber
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Bill: HB917
Title: IMPLEMENT EXEC. ORDER #11/PROTECT EMPLOYEES
Summary: An Act to Make the Effect of Executive Order Number Eleven Applicable to the Legislative and Judicial Branches and to Protect State Employees Under that Order.
Related: 2009:SB1093
History: 05/18/2009 – G Signed by the Governor 5/18/2009.
05/18/2009 – R Chaptered Session Law 2009-26.
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Bill: HB1297
Title: PROVIDER CREDENTIALING/INSURERS
Summary: An Act Pertaining to the Credentialing of Health Care Providers Under Health Benefit Plans.
History: 05/20/2009 – S Referred To Senate Committee On Health Care.
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Bill: SB204
Title: RETIRED NURSES RETURN TO WORK
Summary: An Act to Enable Retirees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System to Return to Employment as Nursing Instructors Without Losing Retirement Benefits.
Related: 2009:HB329
History: 06/04/2009 – H Passed 2nd & 3rd
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