Introduced
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To impose new regulations on medical waste disposal procedures, expand the list of entities subject to these regulations, require new medical waste treatment technology to be reviewed and approved by the state (including $500 fees on manufacturers or providers for each review), and more. The bill also increases the fees and regulations on health care providers and other entities that generate medical waste, and it adds to the Public Health Code the same registration and regulation of “trauma scene waste management practitioners” that is proposed by House Bill 5574.
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 61 to 47 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
