Sen. Lori Berman

Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations; Prohibiting the state group insurance program from imposing any enrollee cost-sharing liability with respect to coverage for diagnostic breast examinations and supplemental breast examinations; prohibiting the imposition of cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations by individual accident and health insurance policies; group, blanket, and franchise accident or health insurance policies, etc.

Support for the State of Israel; Expressing support for the State of Israel and condemning the attacks and hateful actions by the Hamas terrorist group, etc.

Controlled Substance Testing; Revising the definition of the term “drug paraphernalia” to exclude certain narcotic-drug-testing products used for a specified purpose, etc.

Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care; Citing this act as the “Nancy C. Detert Champion for Children Act”; requiring a case manager or other staff to provide a child with verbal and written information about certain topics; deleting limitations on the type of questions a child may ask; establishing the Office of the Children’s Ombudsman within the Department of Children and Families; requiring the department to consult with specified children and young adults when creating or revising certain print or digital written information, etc.

Support for Dependent Adult Children; Providing that civil suits to establish support for dependent adult children may be filed only in a certain court by specified individuals; requiring such support to be paid to the dependent adult child or other specified persons; specifying that a child support order does not terminate on the child’s 18th birthday in certain circumstances; requiring the court to consider certain factors when determining the amount of support for a dependent adult child; providing an additional circumstance under which a guardian advocate must be represented by an attorney in guardianship proceedings, etc.

Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup; Citing this act as the “Emily Adkins Prevention Act”; requiring the Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with the State Surgeon General, to establish a blood clot and pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; requiring the secretary to submit a final report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Enforcement of School Bus Passing Infractions; Defining the term “school bus infraction detection system”; authorizing school districts to install and operate school bus infraction detection systems for a specified purpose; requiring school districts that install a school bus infraction detection system to ensure that each such system meets certain requirements; requiring such school districts to enter into interlocal agreements with law enforcement agencies to enforce violations; providing that certain recorded video and images are admissible in certain proceedings, etc.

Domestic Violence; Citing this act as "Greyson’s Law"; requiring the court with jurisdiction over the proceeding to consider certain factors in deciding whether shared parental responsibility is detrimental to the child; providing additional conduct regarding domestic violence which the court must consider when ordering a parenting plan; providing an additional factor that the court must consider in determining whether a petitioner of a domestic violence injunction is in imminent danger, etc.

Lactation Spaces; Requiring each county courthouse to provide at least one lactation space for members of the public by a specified date; providing requirements for such lactation space; authorizing the use of state or private funds to provide lactation spaces in appellate courthouses; providing exceptions, etc.

Public School Student Progression for Students with Disabilities; Requiring comprehensive plans for student progression to provide for specified students with disabilities to be retained in prekindergarten at the discretion of a student’s parent; authorizing certain prekindergarten students to receive instruction in early literacy skills, rather than intensive reading interventions; requiring certain prekindergarten students to receive such instruction, etc.