Every Wednesday, Stateside Associates selects some health care-related state and local events to highlight in This Week in Health Care.
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COLORADO
The Medical Services Board will hold a public hearing September 14 regarding proposed amendments to physician services rules to add pharmacists as a provider type. Amy Cole at amc@stateside.com
IOWA
The Board of Pharmacy will accept comments until September 18 regarding proposed new rules to establish the minimum standards required of third-party logistics providers of prescription drugs and devices. Melissa Martin at mpf@stateside.com
NEW JERSEY
The Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee will hold a public hearing September 13 regarding A.B. 2031, which expands health insurance coverage for behavioral health care services and autism and enhances enforcement and oversight of mental health parity laws. Jermaine Collins at jac@stateside.com
PENNSYLVANIA
The House Professional Licensure Committee will hold a public hearing September 12 regarding S.B. 780, which determines that a health care practitioner who provides a health care service to an individual located in this Commonwealth through telemedicine shall establish a practitioner-patient relationship with the individual as part of the telemedicine services. Jermaine Collins at jac@stateside.com
VIRGINIA
The Board of Nursing will hold a meeting September 18 regarding amendments to rules related to the elimination of a separate license for prescriptive authority. Madison Hetzner at mah@stateside.com