The following is a roundup of recently introduced legislation and legislative developments affecting the healthcare industry.
1. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed legislation that allows the denial of certain medical services to the LGBT community.
2. U.S. Sen. Lamara Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced a bill that would advance the nationwide Precision Medicine Initiative.
3. U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is co-sponsoring legislation that would change how debt collectors handle medical debt.
4. A Mississippi Senate committee passed a bill that would require the state to build a computerized record of Medicaid recipients' information.
5. The Senate Health Committee advanced five bills related to accelerating drug and medical device approval, and other FDA and NIH reforms
6. A bill that would prosecute the actors behind ransomware under a statute focused on cybercrime and extortion cleared the California senate's public safety committee.
7. Legislation that would allow Maryland health systems to open and shut down hospitals without receiving approval from the state's certificate of need process was approved on the final day of the 2016 Maryland General Assembly session.
8. A bill passed by a California Senate committee would require physicians to proactively tell patients if they are on probation before administering care.
9. Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill banning surprise medical charges.
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