Rep. Daisy Morales

Resident Care in Nursing Home Facilities; Requires resident's attending health care provider to consult with resident's personal physician under certain circumstances; requires resident's attending health care provider to document consultations in resident's records; requires facilities to take certain measures before admitting residents; requires facilities to provide resident with opportunity to select personal physician; provides requirements for residents' records; revises timeframe in which facilities must furnish requested records; requires facilities to post specified information on their websites.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Benefits and Peer Support Programs for Law Enforcement, Correctional, and Correctional Probation Officers; Provides special provisions for posttraumatic stress disorder to part-time & auxiliary law enforcement officers; revises timeframes for notices of injury or death & of claims in cases of compensable posttraumatic stress disorder for first responders; provides peer support programs for part-time & auxiliary law enforcement officers; provides special provisions for posttraumatic stress disorder for correctional officers & part-time correctional officers & for correctional probation officers & part-time correctional probation officers; specifies requirements for certain educational training.

Rural Development; Reduces required grant match percentage rate & authorizes in-kind contributions under Regional Rural Development Grants Program; removes match requirement under specified conditions; increases percentage of grants that DEO may award; revises criteria for awarding grants; removes local match requirement.

Certificates of Completion; Provides students who have been awarded certificate of completion are eligible to enroll in certain programs; requires identification of such programs by charter technical career centers; & requires students who will be awarded certificate of completion to be advised of specified educational options.

Landlord's Obligation to Maintain Premises; Requires landlords to provide functioning facilities for air-conditioning.

Certified Domestic Violence Service Providers; Requires DCF to certify domestic violence service providers; provides requirements for such service providers; authorizes department to deny, suspend, or revoke certification of service provider; provides for expiration of such certification; authorizes service providers to be certified throughout state if funds & need is demonstrated; provides requirements for service providers to receive state funds; authorizes service providers to enter into subcontracts if approved by DCF; authorizes service providers to carry forward funds.

Animal Abuse; Revises prohibition on sexual activities with animals; increases criminal penalties for such activities; requires orders to prohibit persons convicted of such activities from ownership of animals & other conduct related to animals.

Telephone Solicitation; Authorizes use of automated systems with live messages or text messages in response to certain requests & consent; provides limitation & exception; prohibits certain telephonic sales calls.

Recreational Licenses and Permits for Military Servicemembers and Veterans; Provides free & discounted hunting, freshwater fishing, & saltwater fishing licenses & permits to certain military servicemembers & veterans.

Medical Treatment of Animals; Authorizes use of veterinary telemedicine; authorizes veterinarian practicing veterinary telemedicine to order, prescribe, or make available certain drugs or controlled substances under specified circumstances; prohibits such veterinarian from ordering, prescribing, or making available specified controlled substances; provides exception; revises grounds for disciplinary action against veterinarian; provides supervising veterinarian assumes responsibility for person working under or at his or her supervision; provides exception to certain vaccination requirements; authorizes certain employees, agents, or contractors to administer rabies vaccinations.