Requires the office of information technology services to develop an action plan to improve data collection, analysis, utilization, and reporting practices of the department of health.
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Increases the amount of the farm workforce retention credit from $600 to $1,200 per farm employee.
Relates to requiring a medical facility or related service to obtain express prior written consent before filming and/or broadcasting of visual images of a patient's medical treatment.
Provides that no bill which increases, extends, imposes or revives any tax, fee, assessment, surcharge or any other such levy or collection, be passed or become a law, except by the assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature voting separately; makes an exception for any bill which results from the passage of a home rule message.
Provides for recall; provides that any state or local officer, including the governor, lieutenant governor, comptroller, attorney general and state legislators may be recalled; requires a petition for recall of a statewide officer to be signed by electors equal in number to fifteen percent of the votes case in the last election for the office with signatures in each of the twenty-seven congressional districts equal in number to five percent of the last vote for the office in the district; makes related provisions.
Limits the use of messages of necessity to situations involving a state of emergency.
Relates to jurors during impeachment of the governor; prohibits a judge of the court of appeals appointed by the sitting governor to act as a member of the court.
Prohibits the governor from making appointments to the court of appeals when he or she is subject to an impeachment investigation or if the assembly has begun impeachment proceedings against such governor.
Enacts provisions to provide minimum wages for home care aides; requires at least 150% of minimum wage or other set minimum; directs the commissioner of health to set regional minimum rates of reimbursement for home care aides under medicaid and managed care plans.