Sen. Tina Polsky

Medicaid Coverage of Prescribed-food Programs for Disease Treatment and Prevention; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, in conjunction with the Department of Health, to, by a specified date, establish the Food Is Medicine Program for a specified purpose, seek certain federal approval and waivers for implementation of the program, and adopt certain rules; providing requirements for the rules, etc.

Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requiring that the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders be taught in the public schools; requiring that instructional materials used in teaching this subject area include specified information, etc.

Equal Rights for Men and Women; Ratifying the proposed amendment to the United States Constitution relating to equal rights for men and women, etc.

911 Public Safety Telecommunicators; Revising the definition of the term “first responder” to include 911 public safety telecommunicators, for purposes of applying special provisions relating to employment-related accidents and injuries to 911 public safety telecommunicators; revising the definition of the term “public safety telecommunication training program,” to increase the number of hours of required training and specify the nature of the additional training; specifying circumstances under which 911 public safety telecommunicators are considered to be acting within the scope of their employment so as to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits, etc.

Required Instruction; Requiring that instruction on information literacy be taught in public schools; defining the term “information literacy”; providing a requirement for the development of curriculum, etc.

Sale, Transfer, or Storage of Firearms; Revising the standard by which adults and minors may be considered criminally negligent in the storage of a firearm under specified circumstances; redefining the term “minor”; revising requirements for the safe storage of loaded firearms; requiring the seller or transferor of a firearm to provide each purchaser or transferee with specified information; providing criminal penalties, etc.

Value of Motor Vehicles Exempt from Legal Process; Revising the value of a motor vehicle owned by a natural person which is exempt from legal process, etc.

Crime Victim Compensation; Revising the definition of the term “crime” to provide victim compensation for additional offenses, etc.

Corporate Income Tax; Requiring the subtraction from adjusted federal income certain expenditures of a taxpayer that is a medical marijuana treatment center, etc.

Protections for Public Employees Who Use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients; Prohibiting a public employer from taking adverse personnel action against an employee or a job applicant who is a qualified patient for his or her use of medical marijuana; providing exceptions; providing a cause of action and damages, etc.