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Law requires 1 form for authorization of medicine
A new Michigan law calls for the creation of a universal form that doctors can use when patients need prior authorization for coverage of prescription drugs. Bills signed last week by Gov. Rick Snyder ask the state insurance commissioner to develop a standard form for physicians when insurers require prior ...
Amendments add money for Nevada mental health
Legislative money committees approved $6.4 million for new mental health programs Saturday to fund a home visit pilot program, community interaction services and more beds for mentally ill inmates at a northern Nevada psychiatric hospital. The late budget amendments proposed by Gov. Brian Sandoval will be paid for by a ...
Parking fees fight at Calif. state beaches heat up
Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less developed north coast where it's customary to ditch cars on the shoulder of Highway 1 to surf, swim or picnic. That sandy line that long defined the state's ...
Welcome home party for RI marathon bombing victim
A Rhode Island woman who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombings is preparing to attend a welcome home party at Rosecliff, a Newport mansion featured in the film version of "The Great Gatsby." Heather Abbott of Newport had gone to Boston on to watch the Red Sox play on ...
Minn. Legislature approves care worker pay hikes
The Legislature has sent Gov. Mark Dayton a $11 billion package of spending on health and assistance programs that includes a 5-percent pay increase for nursing home workers. The Senate passed the Democratic-crafted bill on Saturday afternoon by a 39-28 vote along party lines. The House passed the bill late ...
Minn. House backs nursing home pay hike
The Minnesota House has voted to give nursing home workers in the state a 5-percent pay increase. The pay hike is included in a broader, $6 billion a year budget for health and human services programs that the House passed Friday night by a party-line vote of 73-61. It's one ...
Judge grants injunction in Ark. abortion ban case
An Arkansas law banning most abortions 12 weeks into a woman's pregnancy won't take effect while a legal challenge is pending, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a request for a preliminary injunction against the ban, which was set to take effect in August. ...
Mo. lawmakers pass budget patch for kids' program
Legislation passed in the closing hours of Missouri's annual session Friday could patch a hole in the state budget for early childhood programs and some health care initiatives. Legislators gave final approval to two measures, each of which would order the transfer $55 million of general revenues into a newly ...
Senate Medicaid battle leaves GOP majority split
An Arizona Senate battle over expanding Medicaid revealed a fractured Republican majority that is likely to be exposed next in the House of Representatives as it takes up Gov. Jan Brewer's top priority. Thursday's daylong Senate fight between conservative Republican senators and five GOP moderates who joined Democrats to vote ...
Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill
Illinois lawmakers agreed to legalize the use of medical marijuana on Friday under a plan that's being billed as the strictest in the nation among states that have authorized the drug's medicinal use, though it was unclear whether the Democratic governor plans to sign it. The plan authorizes a pilot ...
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