Dental Services for Veterans; Establishes Veterans Dental Care Grant Program within DVA; specifies purpose of program; requires DVA to contract with direct-support organization to administer program; provides program funding is subject to legislative appropriation.
911 Public Safety Telecommunicator Certifications; Increases timeframe within which inactive 911 public safety telecommunicator certificate may be reactivated before it permanently expires; removes process by which certificateholder may voluntarily place his or her certificate in inactive status; prohibits DOH from requiring certificateholders to pay fee or to make election to place their certificates in inactive status, beginning on specified date; requires that certain fees paid by certificateholder before specified date be credited toward any future renewal fees required to be paid by certificateholder.
Deceased Individuals ; Defines "next of kin"; requires law enforcement agencies to provide certain information during investigation of death of minor.
Emergency Response Mapping Data; Creates School Mapping Data Grant Program within DOE; provides requirements for such program. APPROPRIATION: $14,000,000
High School Equivalency Diplomas; Prohibits district school board from requiring certain students to take course before taking high school equivalency examination unless student failed to earn passing score on specified practice test.
Telehealth Practice Standards; Revises definition of term "telehealth."
Foreign-licensed Physicians; Provides alternative to approved residency requirement for foreign-trained physicians.
Financing Improvements to Real Property; Authorizes residential or commercial property owner to apply to local government for funding to finance improvement & to enter into financing agreement with local government; provides that non-ad valorem assessment on certain commercial property is subject to certain fee; specifies requirements of financing agreement for government commercial property; specifies determinations local government must make before entering into such financing agreement; authorizes financing agreement to be executed for commercial property; restricts what improvements may be covered in certain agreements between local governments & commercial property owners; specifies requirements for local government before entering into financing agreement.
Natural Gas Fuel Taxes; Extends expiration date for levying penalties on natural gas retailers that do not have licenses; delaying effective date of certain taxes on natural gas fuel.
Articulation Agreements; Requires Articulation Coordinating Committee to convene workgroups for specified purposes relating to articulation agreements & teacher preparation program continuing education; revises provisions relating to transfer of postsecondary credits; requires review and redevelopment of specified resources; authorizes creation & approval of associate in arts specialized transfer degrees; provides requirements for such degree.
