Currently, regulation of an emergency medical service provider, including a paramedic, is referred to as certification. Section 1 of the bill changes 'certification' references to 'licensure'. Section 2 requires an emergency medical service provider applying for a new license or renewing, reinstating, or reactivating a license to comply with the 'Michael Skilnik Medical Transparency Act of 2010'. Sections 3 to 29 make conforming amendments.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
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Current law establishes and requires an annual adjustment of the minimum wage for certain employees. The bill allows an applicant for employment or an employee to negotiate a different wage that is agreeable to the employer and the applicant or employee. The bill requires employers to post a notice of the right to negotiate wages. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
Under current law, courts collect a $5 surcharge on certain court fees, and the surcharge is credited to the court security cash fund. The surcharge is imposed on: Docket fees and jury fees for specified civil actions; Docket fees for criminal convictions; Filing fees for specified probate filings; Docket fees for specified special proceeding filings; Fees for specified filings in water matters; and Docket fees for specified traffic infraction penalties. The bill increases the surcharge to $10, thereby increasing each of these fees by $5. On and after the effective date of the bill, for each $10 surcharge credited to the fund, the state court administrator shall award $5 to the court that collected the fee upon which the surcharge was assessed. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
The bill states that each entity of the state government and each entity of the government of each city, county, and city and county (government entity) shall broadcast its dispatch radio communications without encryption such that the communications may be monitored by commercially available radio receivers and scanners; except that: A government entity may encrypt tactical radio communications or investigative radio communications so long as the encryption is necessary to preserve the tactical integrity of an operation, protect the safety of law enforcement officers or other emergency responders, or prevent the destruction of property; and An investigative unit of a government entity engaged in the investigation of criminal conduct or potential criminal conduct may encrypt its radio communications. Any government entity that encrypts any of its dispatch radio communications shall disclose on its public website and make available for public inspection a list of its radio communication channels, a description of the functions allocated to those channels, and an indication of which of the channels are always encrypted or sometimes encrypted. In describing the functions of the channels, the government entity shall indicate whether each channel is used for tactical radio communications or investigative radio communications. Any person has standing to bring an action for injunctive relief in district court against any sheriff, chief of police, fire chief, or other administrative head of any government entity for an allegedly unlawful encryption of dispatch radio communications. Any person who monitors dispatch radio communications of a government entity for the purpose of perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate criminal activity or assisting another person in the furtherance of criminal activity commits a class 3 misdemeanor. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
The bill repeals the current 'Nurse Licensure Compact' and adopts the 'Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact'. The 'Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact' makes the following changes to the 'Nurse Licensure Compact': Provides authority to each party state licensing board to obtain and submit criminal background checks for multistate nurse licensure candidates; Allows the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators to adopt rules related to the compact; and Specifies the procedure for states to enter, withdraw from, or amend the compact.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
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