Establishes a Homeland Security and Resiliency Council to identify electric grid and other critical infrastructure needs and provide recommendations for enhancing the State's grid and critical infrastructure resiliency. Appropriates funds.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for the assessment, planning, and design, of a long-term care facility that admits and treats non-forensic mental health patients for in-patient or out-patient temporary case management. (HB1597 HD1)
Authorizes certain substitute caregivers in certain care facilities to serve in that capacity for a maximum of 6 hours per day.
Establishes an uninsured motorist identification database program and special fund within the Insurance Division to verify motorist compliance with insurance requirements and reduce the number of uninsured motorists.
Increases the maximum civil penalty for littering from $500 to $1,000. Increases the maximum fine for the offense of criminal littering from $1,000 to $5,000.
Prohibits the Department of Public Safety from using for-profit prisons to house inmates by 2035.
Adds knowingly making a false statement to a county inspector a crime within the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities.
Requires the Department of Human Services to post on its website reports of child care facility inspections beginning with inspections occurring after 12/31/2019, and suspected or actual complaint violations, including the Department of Human Services' findings and corrective actions. Appropriates funds to implement and comply with the reporting requirements for child care facilities.
Requires the Auditor to conduct a management and program audit of the Department of Education's policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, especially as they apply to students who are members of certain minority groups.
Authorizes a county to adopt rules or ordinances that place stricter limitations on a passenger seated in the bed or load-carrying area of a pickup truck while the vehicle is in operation.
