High court limits jury's power
The state's highest court is allowing a grand jury to keep investigating one of the few U.S. doctors who performs late-term abortions but is limiting its power to subpoena his patients' records.
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Archive of Health Care on Wednesday May 07, 2008
High court limits jury's power
The state's highest court is allowing a grand jury to keep investigating one of the few U.S. doctors who performs late-term abortions but is limiting its power to subpoena his patients' records. Read More
Health insurance reform plan could aid 284,000
A health insurance reform plan adopted by the state House and awaiting Senate action could within 10 years cover some 284,000 uninsured Pennsylvanians, while remaining affordable and sustainable, state officials said. Read More
Ohio legislators dismantle tobacco prevention agency
Gov. Ted Strickland yesterday pounded the last nail into the coffin of the state's quasigovernment anti-smoking agency that dared to defy lawmakers' plans to take the bulk of its money to help pay for a $1.57 billion economic stimulus package. Read More
Bay Area bids for stem cell bonanza
California voters who raised $3 billion for stem cell research in 2004 finally will see their tax dollars at work - not yet in the form of diseases cured, but in the rise of vast laboratories built of concrete, glass and steel. Read More
House speaker wants to study state autism bill costs
A state senator who could not get the House of Representatives to hear his measure to require insurance companies to cover autism diagnosis and treatment costs said Tuesday he is disappointed the issue appears dead this session. Read More
Tax hike a big reason N.Y. smokers may quit
Smokers may be fuming that New York's cigarette tax will become the nation's highest starting June 3, but the state health commissioner predicted Tuesday that the increase will prompt more than 100,000 people to quit. Read More
Senate passes $1-a-pack hike on cigarettes
The state Senate has approved a nearly $500 million tax package, including a dollar-a-pack hike on cigarettes Read More
Lawmakers tout law that pays nurses more money
Iowa House speaker Pat Murphy and other lawmakers paid a visit to University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City Tuesday to highlight legislation passed on the final day of this year's session. The bill earmarks this year's Medicaid provider reimbursement increase to go directly to increasing the wages of registered nurses. Read More
State needs more health care professionals, experts say
Arkansas' dwindling health care work force needs a boost to meet the needs of the state's aging baby boomer population, health care officials told legislators Tuesday. Read More
State spends $18 million to right wrongs
In a day of righting government injustice, a wrongfully convicted man was finally compensated for 24 years in prison Tuesday, just hours after Gov. Charlie Crist signed off on an $18 million payment plan for a brain-damaged girl whom the system failed. Read More
Crist signs bill giving abused girl $2.9M with promise of $18.2M
With 9-year-old Marissa Amora at his side and smiling brightly from her wheelchair, Gov. Charlie Crist signed legislation Tuesday that could eventually award her $18.2 million for a Department of Children and Families mistake that led to horrific abuse and permanent brain damage. Read More
Abused child gets $18.2 million settlement from Florida
When she was 2, Marissa Amora was so badly abused at her Lake Worth home she suffered catastrophic brain damage that requires her to eat through a feeding tube. Seven years later, she looked on at the Governor's Mansion as Gov. Charlie Crist signed a settlement Tuesday giving her $18.2 million for the role negligent child-abuse investigators played in her case. Read More
State campaign aims to stomp out roaches
The state will pass out hundreds of cockroach traps to residents at Kalihi Valley Homes this month in a pilot campaign to raise awareness about the danger that the insects pose to people with asthma. Read More
Lawmakers react to proposed casino smoking ban in Sioux City
The city council in Sioux City is considering an ordinance which would ban smoking at the city's gambling casino. The state law which goes into effect July 1st bans smoking in most pubic places, but would allow it on the gambling floors at casinos. Read More
Sexual abuse alleged at mental health facility
Kansas City police are investigating allegations that an employee at the Western Missouri Mental Health Center sexually assaulted at least four teenage girls who were patients. Read More
Funds scant for disabled services
It was a loud day at the state Capitol Tuesday as people with disabilities and their supporters tried to shout their way to additional funding. Read More
Kansas high court limits grand jury's power in abortion case
TOPEKA, Kan. - The state's highest court Tuesday allowed a grand jury to keep investigating one of the few U.S. doctors who performs late-term abortions but limited its power to subpoena his patients' records. Read More
Mitchell tackles U.S. health care
If ever there were a time for high-level intervention in the debate over reforming the American health care system, former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell of Maine says, this is it. Read More
Tax credit pushed for children who care for aged parents
LANSING, Mich. -- When her ailing mother-in-law moved in for six months, Lynn Coursey, of Three Rivers, had to make some changes in her house and lifestyle. Read More
Bills advance local projects
The Missouri Senate approved budget items yesterday to build several facilities in Columbia, including an item that reauthorizes millions of dollars for the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. Read More
Legislators critical of Human Services
Members of the Assembly Budget Committee yesterday demanded top Human Services officials devise more ambitious plans to make New Jersey's largest and most troubled psychiatric hospital safer and reduce the seemingly infinite waiting lists of disabled people in need of housing. Read More
UMC thefts on overtime alleged
Not only did University Medical Center employees help their bosses steal from the public hospital ? they also charged the hospital tens of thousands of dollars in overtime while doing it, according to police. Read More
Retired teachers' health plan pact reached
After months of haggling, the Clark County School District and the teachers union have a tentative agreement to offer health insurance to the district?s retired educators. Read More
Medical board refuses to release Desai complaints
The criminal investigation into the conduct of Dr. Dipak Desai, the physician at the center of the nation's biggest hepatitis C scare, has hit a roadblock: the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners. Read More
State watch for 2 percent of doctors
More than 2 percent of all doctors practicing in New York last year landed on the state medical board's watch list because of problems including substance abuse, mental health concerns or their professional conduct. Read More
Gov. signs bill snuffing anti-smoking foundation
The foundation that operated Ohio's anti-smoking programs is gone. Read More
In some bars, battle over smoking ban not over
Akron, OHIO - Corky's Thomastown Caf has the distinction of being one of the top bars in the state. Read More
Fire-safe cigarette bill on Henry's desk
Legislation that would require retailers to sell only "fire safe" cigarettes in Oklahoma is awaiting Gov. Brad Henry's signature. Read More
State economy is healthy but not for the poor
The state's economy continues to be robust, but low- and middle-income households in the state aren't faring as well because of stagnant wages and rising fuel, food and health care costs, a study released Tuesday shows. Read More
Kids' fatal injuries in state drop sharply
Fatal injuries to children have declined sharply since 1995, state officials report. Read More
Cascadia gets loans from state, county
State and Multnomah County officials agreed Tuesday to provide up to $2.5 million in loans to keep Oregon's largest mental health care provider operating for the next two months. Read More
Senate adopts amendment to raise cigarette tax by 50 cents
The Senate on Tuesday adopted an amendment to raise the cigarette tax by 50 cents per pack and to allow for automatic future increases tied to medical inflation. Read More
Tax on smokes may benefit uninsured
As many as 200,000 uninsured South Carolinians could get health-care coverage if the state Legislature sticks to a plan to increase the cigarette tax by 50 cents a pack. Read More
Texas House battle over 'ghost workers' continues
State Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, said he hired Twee Nguyen last fall as his liaison to the burgeoning Asian community in his southeast Houston district, listing her as a full-time employee with full state insurance and benefits, even though she worked only a few hours a week. Read More
Identity thieves prey on patients' medical records
Doctors' offices, clinics and hospitals are a fruitful hunting ground for identity thieves, who are using increasingly sophisticated methods to steal patient information, lawyers and privacy experts say. Read More
Utah teen birth rate on rise, first time since '97
For the first time in a decade, Utah's teen birth rate is on the rise. Read More
Utah's teen birth rate increases for first time in 10 years
Confirming the findings of a national study released in December, the state Department of Health on Tuesday announced that Utah's teen birth rate is up slightly for the first time in 10 years. Read More
Gov. Kaine signs bill allowing service dogs into state schools
With two service dogs at his side, Gov. Tim Kaine yesterday ceremonially signed a bill that will require schools to allow children who need such dogs to bring the animals to school. Read More
State focuses on controlling asthma
A new state effort aims to remind Wisconsinites suffering from asthma that they can control the disease. Read More
Parents turn to states for autism help
(UPDATED 4 p.m. EDT, Thursday May 1) One of the toughest problems facing autism patients, their families and policymakers is paying for treatment. Families are increasingly relying on states to help them cope with the financial, medical and educational needs. Read More
Legislators prod Congress on Medicaid, Real ID
As some states tumble into what they fear is a recession, state lawmakers from across the country are pushing Congress for relief from impending federal rules that would force states to pick up more Medicaid costs and spend billions to make drivers’ licenses more secure. Read More
More states offer choice in long-term care
More states are poised to offer a successful alternative to traditional Medicaid plans that allows elders and the disabled to avoid moving to a nursing facility by hiring friends, neighbors or family members to look after them in their own homes. Read More
Medicaid: Biggest insurer is a budget buster
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