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• Introduced by Rep. Fred Miller (D) on February 24, 2009, 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, 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 4458.
  • Referred to the House Regulatory Reform Committee on February 24, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on March 4, 2009, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Fred Miller (D) on April 30, 2009, 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 in the House on April 30, 2009.
• Passed 72 to 36 in the House on April 30, 2009.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on May 5, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee on May 5, 2009.
    • Reported in the Senate on September 21, 2010, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on December 1, 2010. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on December 1, 2010.