2009 House Bill 4459

Increase medical waste disposal regulations and fees

Introduced in the House

Feb. 24, 2009

Introduced by Rep. Fred Miller (D-31)

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 Committee on Regulatory Reform

March 4, 2009

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

April 30, 2009

Substitute offered by Rep. Fred Miller (D-31)

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 72 to 36 (details)

Received in the Senate

May 5, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

Sept. 21, 2010

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Dec. 1, 2010

Substitute offered

The substitute passed by voice vote