Sponsored bills
Establishes and appropriates moneys for a two-year pilot project to grow biodiesel crops in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. (HD1)
Appropriates funds for reentry planning circles for incarcerated women. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Beginning 1/1/2023, requires public schools, private schools, and public charter schools to have an employee trained to administer or assist with the self-administration of seizure disorder rescue medication; requires all principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to perform annual self-study reviews of seizure safety materials; requires a seizure action plan in public schools and public charter schools for every diagnosed student and distribution of the plan to employees and volunteers charged with supervising the student; and exempts schools that do not have a student with a seizure disorder. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Prohibits any increase in the fees charged for providing home health care services during a state of emergency or local state of emergency concerning a public health pandemic on the sole basis that the patient receiving the services requires that the home health care service provider be vaccinated against the underlying disease causing the emergency. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Modernizes the definition of "personal information" for the purposes of notifying affected persons of data and security breaches. (HD1)
Requires assessment of patients who are subject to emergency hospitalization, diagnosed with a mental illness or severe substance use disorder, and found to be lacking decisional capacity to determine if a surrogate or guardian needs to be appointed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient. Authorizes certain health care providers to make determinations on the presence of mental illness, substance abuse disorder, and decisional capacity of the patient. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
Subjects interns who work for the State to the state ethics code by defining and including the term "intern" in the definition of employees, who are subject to the provisions of the code. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)
Holds telecommunication service providers and third-party spoofing providers accountable by making certain robocalls and spoofing unlawful. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)