Authorizes health care providers under the state medicaid program to ask about supplemental nutrition assistance program (food stamp) participation on medicaid certification and re-certification forms.
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Establishes various provisions to address homelessness. Increases the conveyance tax and directs the additional revenues towards experimental or demonstration housing projects administered by the HPHA and the HFDC and homeless facilities and programs administered by DHS. Establishes civil rights boards to address civil rights of homeless. Requires a survey of available state property for affordable rental housing. Requires DHS to conduct a homeless summit. Provides job assistance for homeless individuals. Establishes a working group in DHS to seek material and services for the Next Step Shelter. Appropriates moneys.
Clarifies that treatment drugs such as suboxone may be used in the maintenance or detoxification of narcotic dependent persons.
Applies an inflation adjustment factor to long-term care providers' annual costs or basic prospective payment system rates. Appropriates funds. (HB92 HD1)
Establishes the homelessness fund. Increases the conveyance tax and directs revenues towards experimental or demonstration housing projects administered by HFCD and by HPHA and homeless facilities and programs administered by DHS.
Entitles designated family members and other interested persons of a person having a mental health emergency to: notice of certain procedures and actions, option to be present in the courtroom for a hearing on a petition for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment, and option to receive copies of hearing transcripts or recordings. Requires the court to adjourn or continue a hearing on a petition for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment for failure to timely notify designated persons, with certain exceptions.
Establishes the Diabetes Prevention and Management Task Force. Effective July 1, 2017.
Requires the department of agriculture, in consultation with the department of health, to create and maintain a list of plants and landscaping-related structures or equipment that are known to be preferred habitats for mosquito breeding and prohibits use of these elements in public landscaping. Exempts routinely maintained botanical gardens. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Requires insurers, mutual and fraternal benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to recognize services provided by pharmacists.
Increases the value amounts applicable to qualifying for an exemption from attachment or execution of real and personal property. Exempts one month of child support and spousal support in the possession of the debtor-recipient of support from attachment or execution. (HB193 HD1)