Telecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Requires certain 911 public safety telecommunicators to complete biennial telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training; authorizes certain agencies to enter into reciprocal agreements to provide telephonic assistance in administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Uterine Fibroid Research and Education; Requires DOH to develop & maintain electronic database of information related to uterine fibroids; requires health care providers to submit information to DOH for inclusion in database; prohibits database from including personal identifying information; requires DOH to develop & include information related to fibroids in literature currently made available to public; provides appropriation & authorizes position. APPROPRIATION: $802,900
Living Organ Donors in Insurance Policies; Prohibits insurers under specified policies from declining or limiting coverages & discriminating against persons based solely on their status as living organ donors.
Funding for Sheriffs; Authorizing sheriffs who provide child protective investigative services to carry forward a certain percentage of unexpended state funds each fiscal year; requiring certain funds to be returned to the Department of Children and Families; requiring that certain expenditures be reported to the department, etc.
Homeless Youth; Revises & provides provisions relating to specified homeless youth, including ability to receive documents at no charge, aid in achieving postsecondary education success, assistance in acquiring motor vehicle insurance & driver licenses, certification as unaccompanied homeless youth, removal of disability of nonage, card issued by school board containing specified information, ability to consent to certain care, & fee exemption eligibility.
Step-therapy Protocols; Revises circumstances under which step-therapy protocols may not be required; requires health insurers & HMOs to publish on their websites & provide to their insureds & subscribers specified information; provides requirements for procedures for requests & appeals of denials of protocol exemptions; provides requirements for authorizations & denials of protocol exemption requests; authorizes health insurers & HMOs to request specified documentation.
Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Professional Counselors Licensure Compact; Provides exemption from public records requirements for information held by Department of Health or Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, & Mental Health Counseling pursuant to Professional Counselors Licensure Compact; provides exemption from public meetings requirements for meetings or portions of meetings of Counseling Compact Commission or committees of commission; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statements of public necessity.
Occupational Therapy; Revising eligibility requirements for the occupational therapist licensure examination; authorizing certain licensed occupational therapists to use a specified title and the associated initials; prohibiting certain persons from using a specified title and the associated initials; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Prescription Drugs Used in the Treatment of Schizophrenia for Medicaid Recipients; Authorizing the approval of drug products or certain medication prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia or schizotypal or delusional disorders for Medicaid recipients who have not met the step-therapy prior authorization criteria, when the drug product or certain medication meets specified criteria, etc.
Governor’s Medal of Freedom; Abrogating the repeal of provisions authorizing the Governor to present the Governor’s Medal of Freedom to certain persons, etc.
Nursing Homes; Specifies functions that do not constitute direct care staffing hours for purposes of required nursing home staffing ratios; requires facilities to determine their direct care staffing needs based on certain assessment & resident care plan; revises nursing home staffing requirements; revises provisions relating to applications for change of ownership; revises provisions relating to facility's failure to comply with minimum staffing requirements.
OGSR/Substance Abuse Impaired Persons; Amending a provision relating to an exemption from public records requirements for involuntary assessment and stabilization, court orders, related records, and personal identifying information regarding substance abuse impaired persons; removing the scheduled repeal date of the exemption, etc.
