Full Text of HB0443 103rd General Assembly
HB0443ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth Filed: 5/6/2024 | | 10300HB0443ham001 | | LRB103 04013 CES 72218 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 443
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 443 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Deveraux Hubbard II Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Prevention of morbidity and mortality as a | 7 | | result of deep venous thromboembolism. | 8 | | (a) The Department of Public Health shall carry out | 9 | | projects to increase education, awareness, and diagnosis of | 10 | | deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism and to reduce the | 11 | | incidence of morbidity and mortality caused by blood clots. | 12 | | The projects may be carried out by the Department directly or | 13 | | through awards of grants or contracts to public or nonprofit | 14 | | private entities. The Department may directly, or through | 15 | | awards or grants, provide technical assistance with respect to | 16 | | the planning, development, and operation of the projects. |
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| 1 | | (b) A project under this Section may include: | 2 | | (1) the implementation of public information and | 3 | | education programs for: | 4 | | (A) the prevention of death from deep venous | 5 | | thrombosis or pulmonary embolism; | 6 | | (B) broadening the awards of the public | 7 | | concerning: | 8 | | (i) the risk factors for and the symptoms of | 9 | | deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism; | 10 | | (ii) target populations with greater risk for | 11 | | deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, | 12 | | including women, seniors, cancer patients, | 13 | | hospitalized patients, pregnant and postpartum | 14 | | women, Black Americans, and those in rural areas; | 15 | | and | 16 | | (iv) the public health consequences of deep | 17 | | venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism; and | 18 | | (C) increasing screening, detection, and diagnosis | 19 | | of deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism; and | 20 | | (2) surveillance of the prevalence and incidence of | 21 | | deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism to improve | 22 | | patient outcomes. | 23 | | (c) The Department may, in awarding grants or entering | 24 | | into contracts under this Section, give priority to entities | 25 | | seeking to carry out projects that target the populations | 26 | | referred to in item (ii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) |
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| 1 | | of subsection (b). | 2 | | (d) The Department shall ensure that projects carried out | 3 | | under this Section are coordinated, as appropriate, with other | 4 | | agencies that carry out activities regarding deep venous | 5 | | thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. | 6 | | (e) The Department shall: | 7 | | (1) collect and analyze the findings of research | 8 | | conducted with respect to deep venous thrombosis or | 9 | | pulmonary embolism; and | 10 | | (2) taking into account such findings, publish on the | 11 | | Department's website the best practices for physicians and | 12 | | other health care providers who provide care to | 13 | | individuals with deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary | 14 | | embolism. | 15 | | Section 10. Advisory Committee for Deep Venous Thrombosis | 16 | | or Pulmonary Embolism Prevention. | 17 | | (a) Not later than 180 days after the effective date of | 18 | | this Act, the Director of Public Health shall establish an | 19 | | advisory committee to be known as the Advisory Committee for | 20 | | Deep Venous Thrombosis or Pulmonary Embolism Prevention. | 21 | | (b) The Advisory Committee shall: | 22 | | (1) identify the aggregate number of individuals in | 23 | | the State who experience deep venous thrombosis or | 24 | | pulmonary embolism annually; | 25 | | (2) identify how data are collected regarding deep |
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| 1 | | venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism and the adverse | 2 | | outcomes associated with such conditions; | 3 | | (3) identify how deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary | 4 | | embolism impacts the lives of individuals in the State; | 5 | | (4) identify the standard of care for deep venous | 6 | | thrombosis or pulmonary embolism surveillance, detection, | 7 | | and treatment; | 8 | | (5) identify emerging treatments, therapies, and | 9 | | research relating to deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary | 10 | | embolism; | 11 | | (6) develop recommendations to help health care | 12 | | providers identify patients who may be at a higher risk of | 13 | | forming deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism in | 14 | | health care facilities; | 15 | | (7) develop recommendations to help improve patient | 16 | | awareness of deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism; | 17 | | (8) develop recommendations with respect to the | 18 | | standard of care for patients at risk of forming deep | 19 | | venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism; | 20 | | (9) develop recommendations relating to providing | 21 | | patients and their families with written notice of | 22 | | increased risks of forming deep venous thrombosis or | 23 | | pulmonary embolism; and | 24 | | (10) identify the estimated level of State funding | 25 | | needed for deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism | 26 | | services to meet the needs of high-risk populations. |
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| 1 | | (c) The Advisory Committee shall be composed of members | 2 | | appointed by the Director as follows: | 3 | | (1) at least one individual who has experienced blood | 4 | | clots; | 5 | | (2) at least one family member of an individual who | 6 | | died from deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism; | 7 | | (3) at least one health services researcher; | 8 | | (4) at least one health care provider; | 9 | | (5) at least one representative of a health plan; | 10 | | (6) at least one representative of a hospital or | 11 | | health system; | 12 | | (7) at least one epidemiologist; | 13 | | (8) at least one public health expert; | 14 | | (9) at least one patient representative or | 15 | | representative of a patient group; | 16 | | (10) at least one physician licensed to practice | 17 | | medicine in all its branches and who represents a | 18 | | statewide organization of physicians; and | 19 | | (11) such individuals representing other interested | 20 | | parties or associations, as the Director determines | 21 | | appropriate. | 22 | | (d) Not later than 18 months after the first meeting of the | 23 | | Advisory Committee, the Director shall submit to the General | 24 | | Assembly, and make publicly available, a report: | 25 | | (1) summarizing the meetings and findings of the | 26 | | Advisory Committee; and |
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| 1 | | (2) describing the recommendations of the Advisory | 2 | | Committee for legislative and administrative action to | 3 | | improve deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism | 4 | | prevention, treatment, and diagnosis, including the | 5 | | recommendations described in paragraphs (6) through (9) of | 6 | | subsection (b). | 7 | | (e) The Advisory Committee shall terminate on the earlier | 8 | | of: | 9 | | (1) the date on which the Director submits the report | 10 | | under subsection (d); or | 11 | | (2) the date that is 18 months after the first meeting | 12 | | of the Advisory Committee. | 13 | | Section 15. Deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism | 14 | | surveillance study and report. | 15 | | (a) The Department of Public Health shall conduct or | 16 | | support a study on model systems of deep venous thrombosis or | 17 | | pulmonary embolism surveillance, including the use of | 18 | | electronic medical record-based methods of detecting deep | 19 | | venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, International | 20 | | Classification of Diseases codes, or other population-based | 21 | | surveillance. | 22 | | (b) Not later than one year after the effective date of | 23 | | this Act, the Department shall submit to the General Assembly | 24 | | and the Advisory Committee for Deep Venous Thrombosis or | 25 | | Pulmonary Embolism a report detailing the results of the study |
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| 1 | | under subsection (a).". |
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