Relates to the modification of the procedure for interviews of parole applicants and to the disclosure of parole applicant records.
Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities and certificates of good conduct upon discharge.
Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" to require acute care facilities and nursing homes to implement certain direct-care nurse to patient ratios in all nursing units; sets minimum staffing requirements; requires every such facility to submit a documented staffing plan to the department on an annual basis and upon application for an operating certificate; requires acute care facilities to maintain staffing records during all shifts; authorizes nurses to refuse work assignments if the assignment exceeds the nurse's abilities or if minimum staffing is not present; requires public access to documented staffing plans; imposes civil penalties for violations of such provisions; establishes private right of action for nurses discriminated against for refusing any illegal work assignment.
Requires an independent pretrial services agent to interview each criminal defendant and make recommendations to the court prior to the issuance of a securing order for that criminal defendant; prohibits setting bail to secure attendance of a defendant at future court proceedings; establishes a preference for release on the defendant's own recognizance or release subject to conditions established by the court.
Relates to limitations on investments of public pension funds.
Relates to the housing of transgender or intersex inmates; authorizes the chief administrative office to assign a transgender or intersex inmate to any facility housing unit which shall ensure the inmate's health and safety.
Establishes a court-appointed special advocates program to aid family court efforts to promote the health, safety and well-being of children; provides aid to non-profit programs which provide assistance to family courts.
Restricts the use of segregated confinement and creates alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options; limits the length of time a person may be in segregated confinement and excludes certain persons from being placed in segregated confinement.
Relates to taxi and limousine services equipped with wheelchair accessible vehicles.
Relates to the duty to report incidents to 911 and the county district attorney's office.
