Establishes a reentry services and treatment fund; establishes training requirements for peace officers related to mental illness and trauma informed care.
Authorizes holders of certain operating certificates for treatment of persons with developmental disabilities to employ or contract with applied behavior analysts and mental health counselors.
Requires the introduction of coursework or training in nutrition for physicians on a periodic basis; provides for certain exceptions to such requirement.
Establishes a mental wellness group pilot program to partner with insurance companies to facilitate group therapy sessions for children ages ten through eighteen.
Relates to tuition scholarship award programs for certain resident and non-resident medical students attending approved medical programs on a full-time basis.
Improves transparency in the insurance claims process; regulates insurance adjusting professionals; institutes licensing standards for insurance professionals; ensures timely responses to insurance claims; enhances policyholder protections.
Establishes through the department of health a drug checking services program to allow individuals to bring drugs or controlled substances and have them tested for contaminants, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds; requires the department to establish public health surveillance of the unregulated drug supply; provides exemptions for participants in the drug checking program from certain controlled substance offenses.
This bill requires nightlife venues, sports/event centers, theaters, concert halls, and amusement parks to maintain a supply of unexpired opioid antagonist nasal spray (overdose reversal medication) and to have at least two staff members trained to identify opioid overdoses and administer the medication during operating hours. It directly affects these specific types of public venues by mandating concrete safety measures to respond to opioid overdoses on-site. The key provisions are the requirement for both the medication supply and trained personnel, with guidelines to be established by the health commissioner. The bill aims to improve immediate response capacity at high-attendance locations where opioid use may occur.
This bill (A 2177) removes the cost of emergency medical services (EMS) from the property tax levy limit that local governments (like cities and towns) must follow. It directly affects municipalities that fund EMS services, allowing them to cover these costs without triggering the tax cap. The key change adds a specific exemption in law, so EMS expenditures no longer count toward the maximum tax levy allowed under current rules. This provides local governments with more budget flexibility for essential emergency response services.
Relates to reimbursement for ambulance services; requires insurers to submit payments directly to ambulance providers who are in-network or, for out-of-network ambulance providers, requires the issuance of a joint check to the insured specifying both the insured and the ambulance provider as payees.
