Office Surgeries; Requiring medical offices performing specified office surgeries to demonstrate to the department that they have established financial responsibility in a specified manner; revising standards of practice for office 12 surgeries; etc.
Substance Abuse Treatment; Provides levels of care at certified recovery residences & their respective levels of care for residents; defines "community housing"; authorizes DCF to issue license for service components operated by service provider; requires certified recovery residences to remove individuals from their positions under certain circumstances; prohibits certified recovery residences from denying individual access to housing under specified circumstances.
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requiring persons or entities licensed or permitted by the department's Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, or applying for such license or permit, to create and maintain an account with the division's online system and provide an e-mail address to the division; revising the amount of an initial corporate surety bond required as a condition of licensure as a tobacco product distributor; requiring certain persons or entities certified or registered under the Elevator Safety Act, or applying for such certifications or registrations, to create and maintain an online account with the department's Division of Hotels and Restaurants and provide an e-mail address to the division; etc.
Transparency in Health and Human Services; Establishes 3-year statute of limitations for action to collect medical debt for services; provides personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts; requires licensed facility to post on its website consumer-friendly list of standard charges; requires licensed facility to provide estimate to patient & patient's insurer; requires licensed facility to establish internal grievance process for patients to dispute charges; prohibits collection activities by licensed facility; requires health insurer to provide insured with advanced explanation of benefits for scheduled services; provides shared savings incentive offered by health insurer or HMO constitutes medical expense for rate development & rate filing purposes.
Permanency for Children; Revises & creates provisions relating to dependent children, including criminal history records checks, removing children from court-ordered placement, evidence required to amend case plans, Guardianship Assistance Program, notice requirements, review of DCF denial of application to adopt, home studies, adoption assistance services, adoption fees & court orders, required reports, advertising adoption services, & photo listing component of statewide adoption exchange.
Clerks of Court; Revises fund into which moneys recovered by state attorneys must be remitted; revises fund into which payments received must be remitted as related to public defenders or regional counsels; revises entity that funds capital collateral regional counsel; revises list of court-related functions that clerks may fund from filing fees, service charges, court costs, & fines; revises fund into which filing fees are to be deposited; revises distribution of administrative fees; creates Clerk of Court Driver License Reinstatement Pilot Program; revises funds into which certain moneys received by state attorneys must be deposited.
Interpersonal Violence Injunction Petitions; Revises verification requirements for specified interpersonal violence injunction petitions.
Designation of a Diagnosis on Motor Vehicle Registrations; Requires language on application form for motor vehicle registration to allow applicant to indicate that applicant has been diagnosed with, or is parent or legal guardian of child or ward who has been diagnosed with, specified disabilities or disorders; requires specified designation to be included in motor vehicle record; prohibits inclusion of specified information in motor vehicle record for certain purposes; requires DHSMV to allow specified persons to update motor vehicle registration to include or remove specified designation at any time.
Pub. Rec./Recording Notification Service; Providing that certain information submitted to the clerk of the circuit court or property appraiser for the purpose of registering for a recording notification service or a related service is confidential and exempt from public records requirements; providing an exception; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a directive to the Division of Law Revision; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Court Interpreter Services; Authorizes state courts system to use state revenues, if available, to provide court-appointed interpreting services to nonindigent individuals; requires such services to be provided as prescribed by Supreme Court; removes cost recovery requirement for court-appointed interpreting services; provides exception for translation services.
