Sentences with phrase «senate health committee»

The Golden State could become the first in the country to require its public universities to offer abortion pills on campus under a legislative proposal that passed through the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday.

1998 The New Jersey Senate Health Committee and Assembly Health Committee consider a bill proposing a mandatory 24 - hour delay for women seeking abortions.

Members of the Senate health committee released a bipartisan mental health bill in early March.

Since the plant's closure, members of Kenya's senate health committee have toured the former smelter site.

Sen. Martin Golden discusses the Medical Marijuana Bill in the Senate Health Committee hearing on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)

A bill that would allow limited use of medical marijuana cleared an important hurdle on Tuesday when the Senate Health Committee narrowly voted to move the measure forward.

Sen. Brad Hoylman discusses the Medical Marijuana Bill in the Senate Health Committee hearing on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)

Sen. Kemp Hannon discusses the Medical Marijuana Bill in the Senate Health Committee hearing on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)

Sen. Diane Savino discusses the Medical Marijuana Bill in the Senate Health Committee hearing on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)

Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon (R - Nassau County) said the proposal is currently «under discussion» in his committee and did not rule out a floor vote before the end of the Legislature's session in June.

Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon (R - Nassau), a private - practice lawyer, didn't mince words as he confronted the issue head on with a «no comment.»

«I think we are focused on specific bills and not getting into this larger debate that is clouding the politics,» Senate Health Committee chairman Kemp Hannon (R - Garden City) said.

Senator Gustavo Rivera, the ranking member of the State Senate Health Committee, announced the passage of bill S. 7560 in the State Senate today.

Governor Andrew Cuomo [phone] Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos [phone] Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie [phone] Chair of Senate Health Committee Kemp Hannon [phone] Your local state senator and assembly member In Albany: Take Part in Advocacy Day and a Press Conference in Support of Emergency Medical Marijuana Access at the State Capitol, 10 AM — 4 PM!

(Albany, NY)-- State Senator Gustavo Rivera released the following statement after bill S169 passed the New York State Senate Health Committee.

ALBANY — A bill that would make New York the 23rd state to legalize medical marijuana passed the Senate health committee by one vote today, clearing the first hurdle on its path to becoming law.

Senate Health Committee chairman Kemp Hannon (R - Garden City) suggests requiring doctors to list the insurance plans they accept.

A bill proposed earlier this year passed in the state Senate Health Committee in April, and is currently before the Assembly Health Committee as well.

The New York State Nurses Association has endorsed Democratic Senate candidate Ryan Cronin on Thursday, giving the nod to the challenger over the incumbent Senate Health Committee chairman Kemp Hannon.

The state Senate Health Committee will hold a hearing on Cuomo's DOH nominee, Dr. Nirav Ramesh Shah, at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Rm.

Hannon's rival, Democrat Ryan Cronin, in a statement called the funding effort a problem, given Hannon's duty to regulate the health care industry as the Senate Health Committee chairman.

To recipients include Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon and Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle.

Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon on Thursday called on Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office to investigate the hike in the cost of EpiPens after its manufacturer boosted the price in the last year by 75 percent.

Senator Thomas Duane, ranking member of the Senate Health Committee said, «I applaud Governor Cuomo for putting forth such a qualified and distinguished medical professional to lead the Department of Health.

«Mylan has spent billions of dollars making EpiPen a household name synonymous with epinephrine, but there are lesser - known products such as generic Adrenaclick, which can be purchased for approximately $ 140 for a two - pack,» said Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon, a Long Island Republican.

«I think we have a good structure for moving forward,» said Sen. Kemp Hannon, R - Long Island, the Senate Health Committee chairman.

This year, both Gottfried and the Senate health committee chairman, Long Island Republican Kemp Hannon, think the health agenda will be dominated by the need to secure additional investment in hospitals.

A bill that would have codified the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in New York State law was voted down in the Senate Health committee Wednesday.

Sen. Kemp Hannon, a Long Island Republican and head of the powerful Senate Health Committee, has up to $ 130,000 in investments in pharmaceutical and other health - related companies, state records show.

The Republicans initially cited «Obamacare» in the wake of the same - sex marriage bill passage as the reason why they wouldn't follow the Assembly's lead last summer and pass the health care exhange bill, even though one of their veteran members, Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon, had been involved in drafting the measure and supported it.

But they also want Hannon, the Senate Health Committee chairman, to go further and release the information gained by lawmakers when reviewing the PFOA contamination in the village, which has been blamed on Honeywell and Saint Gobain facilities.

She recently used a parliamentary procedure to force the measure onto the Senate Health Committee agenda, and Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos has said he expects there will be a full Senate vote on some version of the med - mar bill before the session is over next month.

Sen. David Valesky will hold a vice chairmanship of the Senate Health Committee, while Avella will also be vice chairman of the Environmental Conservation Committee.

Key to the issue advancing in the Senate was 86 - year - old Sen. Bill Larkin, a retired Army colonel who approved an earlier version of the bill, then known as the Compassionate Care Act, in the Senate Health Committee.

The measure had been discharged by the Senate Health Committee, picking up the support of GOP Sen. Bill Larkin.

Previously, the hospital PAC had committed $ 115,199 in independent expenditure spending to aid the re-election effort of Republican Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon on Long Island.

«Nick Spano's vast experience in Albany, service on the Senate Health Committee, and time as chair of the Senate Mental Health Committee have enabled him to deliver great value to GNYHA's [Greater New York Hospital Association] government affairs activities,» says client GNYHA's senior vice president of communications, Brian Conway.

This is in support of a bill sponsored by Senator Tim Kennedy and co-sponsored by Senator Pat Gallivan, which is currently stalled in the Senate Health Committee.

Statements below from representatives of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access and the Marijuana Policy Project A bipartisan bill that would add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a qualifying condition for New York's medical marijuana program passed the Senate Health Committee 15 - 1 on Tuesday.

On Monday, one of the seven senators, Patty Ritchie, a Republican from Watertown, near Lake Ontario, said she would consider returning some of the $ 15,000 she was paid this year after being misidentified as the chairwoman of the Senate Health Committee.

It's the taxpayers picking up the tab for Medicaid,» said Martin Golden (R - Brooklyn), a member of the state Senate Health Committee.

Supporters cheer after the New York Senate Health Committee advanced the bill to legalize medical marijuana on May 20.

«We want the same restrictions for e-cigarettes as regular cigarettes,» said Sen. Kemp Hannon, who represents Nassau County and is chairman of the Senate Health Committee.

Senator Duane serves as Chair of the Senate Health Committee.

Senate Health Committee Chair Kemp Hannon said, «Each year the wait list for organ transplants grows longer, with nearly 10,000 New Yorkers currently awaiting transplant.

Sen. Kemp Hannon (R - Garden City), chairman of the Senate Health Committee, noted that Mylan Pharmaceutical has raised the price by more than 75 percent over the last year, bringing the cost of a two - pen set to $ 600.

Hannon is the chairman of the Senate Health Committee, and would likely be in line for calling the still - unscheduled hearings on water quality issues Hoosick Falls residents and Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin have sought.

The Lee Newspapers State Bureau examined fundraising data for Baucus, Grassley, Sen. Ted Kennedy (who chairs the Senate Health Committee, which is drafting health - reform legislation), the other two members of Montana's congressional delegation, and President Barack Obama.

Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon (R - Nassau County) did not rule out supporting the measure but said he needs more information about how the drug would be used and the impact it might have before deciding how to proceed.

Schumer placed his hopes in resumption of bipartisan negotiations between Senate health committee chairman Lamar Alexander (R - Tenn.)