Requires Med-QUEST to seek a state plan waiver to establish a home and community-based services program for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder.
Legalizes the personal use of cannabis for persons twenty-one years of age or older. Requires licensing to operate cannabis establishments. Subjects cannabis establishment to excise taxes. Authorizes the interisland transportation of cannabis. Decriminalizes possession of cannabis. Appropriates funds.
Prohibits the Department of Public Safety from using for-profit prisons to house inmates by 2035.
Requires the Department of Health to establish and enforce rules for the regulation of opioid treatment programs.
Provides, under certain circumstances, amnesty for used car purchasers from paying unpaid vehicle registration fees or penalties if the purchaser had no knowledge of the delinquent fees or penalties upon the purchase of the vehicle.
Requires the Judiciary to establish a 5-year pilot program for restorative justice. Requires the judiciary to inform various criminal attorneys of the existence of the pilot program. Appropriates funds.
Exempts health care providers from civil liability in the case of the provider's patient receiving any injury or worsening of a health condition while awaiting insurer preauthorization for medical services or treatment.
Requires certain mortgages or automobile loans of at least $1000 to include an option for the borrower to miss a monthly payment without penalty.
Beginning on 1/1/2020, requires that any person who is eligible to vote and applies for a new or renewed motor vehicle driver's license, provisional license, instruction permit, limited purpose driver's license, limited purpose provisional driver's license, limited purpose instruction permit, or identification card shall be automatically registered to vote if that person is not already registered to vote; provided that, upon receipt of notification from the respective county clerk, the applicant shall have 21 calendar days to opt out of automatic voter registration. Appropriates funds.
Requires a retailer of certain batteries to implement a program in which the retailer accepts used batteries for reuse, recycling, or other means of disposal. Requires the Department of Health to expand its recycling operations to accommodate the recycling of batteries. Appropriates moneys.
