Sen. Shev Jones

State Recognition of Indian Tribes and Bands; Providing for state recognition of specified Indian tribes and bands; authorizing Indian tribes and bands to petition the Secretary of State for state recognition; authorizing the Secretary of State to review such petitions and make certain recommendations to the Legislature by specified dates; requiring the Secretary of State to consider certain factors when making such recommendations; requiring the Secretary of State to make the first recommendations pursuant to the act by a specified date, etc.

Health Insurance Cost Sharing; Requiring specified individual health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the total contributions of the insureds’ cost-sharing requirements; requiring specified contracts to require pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the insureds’ total contributions to cost-sharing requirements; requiring specified group health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the total contributions of the insureds’ cost-sharing requirements; requiring specified contracts to require pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the insureds’ total contributions to cost-sharing requirements, 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.

Health Care Provider Accountability; Providing criminal and civil immunity to health care workers of hospitals and nursing home facilities, respectively, who carry out directives of a supervising health care practitioner or entity; providing an exception; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide a report on the success of the personal care attendant program to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date each year; providing requirements for the report; requiring the agency to add a quality metric to its Quality Incentive Program for a specified purpose, etc.

Limited English-proficient Voter Assistance; Requiring a supervisor of elections or a political subdivision that administers an election to provide certain language-related assistance to a limited English-proficient voter under certain circumstances; requiring such supervisor of elections or political subdivision to provide election materials of a certain quality in a covered language; authorizing the use of automatic translation services under certain circumstances; requiring a supervisor of elections to operate and provide public notice of a language assistance hotline, etc.

HIV Infection Prevention Drugs; Authorizing licensed pharmacists to screen for HIV exposure and order and dispense HIV infection prevention drugs in accordance with a certain written supervisory protocol or statewide drug therapy protocol; requiring pharmacists to be certified by the Board of Pharmacy before ordering and dispensing HIV infection prevention drugs; requiring the board, in consultation with the Board of Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Department of Health, to develop a certain statewide drug therapy protocol, etc.

Toxic Mold Protection Advisory Council; Creating the advisory council adjunct to the Department of Health; providing for the purpose, membership, meetings, and duties of the advisory council; requiring the advisory council to submit an annual report to the Governor, State Surgeon General, and Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Special Risk Class Retirement Date; Revising the definition of “normal retirement date”; decreasing the age and years of service needed to reach the normal retirement date for certain members; authorizing certain members of the Special Risk Class to apply to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program within a specified time period; providing a declaration of important state interest, etc.

Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; Providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective upon the occurrence of specified circumstances; providing for the withdrawal of a member state, etc.

Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters; Exempting costs not exceeding a specified sum associated with certain upgrades to education facilities from being included in certain cost per student station calculations; specifying eligible upgrades; requiring costs associated with certain upgrades to be consistent with prevailing market costs in the area in which the education facility is located, etc.