Public health emergency; emergency orders andregulations; limitations. Provides that any emergency order orregulation adopted by the Board of Health shall be valid for no morethan 45 days and that such order may be extended by the Board fora subsequent period of 45 days, provided that the Board providesnotice and receives public comment on the order or regulation proposedto be extended, but that in no case shall such emergency order or regulation be valid for more than 18 months from the effective dateof the initial order or regulation. The bill also provides that inany case in which the Commissioner of Health exercises the authorityof the Board to enact an emergency order or regulation, such orderor regulation shall be valid for no more than 45 days from the effectivedate of the order or regulation unless the Board adopts an orderor regulation to such effect. Thebill also limits the duration of an emergency temporary standardadopted by the Safety and Health Codes Board to 45 days and providesfor an extension of such emergency temporary standard for a subsequentperiod of 45 days, provided that the Board provides notice and receivespublic comment on the emergency temporary standard proposed to beextended. However, no emergency temporary order shall be valid fora period of more than six months.
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Public elementary and secondary schools; agreementsto establish opportunity classrooms. Requires each school boardto enter into an agreement, upon request, with a public elementaryor secondary school teacher or a group of such teachers in a localschool division who represents more than 20 students to establishan opportunity classroom, which the bill defines as a classroom inwhich a curriculum in English, mathematics, science, history andsocial science, and any other subject area, as set forth in suchagreement, is offered that is different than any curriculum thatis otherwise offered in such subject areas in the local school division.The bill permits each school board to enter into such agreement for an opportunity classroom if the requesting teacher or group of teachers represents fewer than 20 students. The bill contains requirementsfor such agreements to establish opportunity classrooms and provisionsrelating to funding for opportunity classrooms and for services,transportation, and assessments for students who are enrolled inan opportunity classroom.
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensabilityfor certain diseases. Provides that the occupational diseasepresumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease willapply for full-time sworn members of the Department of Motor VehiclesLaw Enforcement Division who have at least five years of service.
Transfer of certain firearms; criminal historyrecord information check; exemption. Provides that persons whohold a federal firearms license Type 03 - Collector of Curios andRelics are exempt from the criminal history record information checkrequirements to purchase certain firearms.
Limitation on handgun purchases; exemptions;penalty. Adds a federal law-enforcement officer to the list ofthose exempted from the prohibition on purchasing more than one handgunin a 30-day period.
Falun Gong; Persecution by Chinese CommunistParty. Condemns the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners bythe Chinese Communist Party.
State plan for medical assistance services; eligibility; social security disability income. Directs the State Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance to disregard, for the purposes of eligibility determination, any social security disability income received by the person.
School boards; parental notification of certainthreats, behavior, and unlawful acts; panic alarms. Requires,within four hours of receiving notification of (i) a preliminarydetermination by the threat assessment team that a student posesa threat of violence or physical harm to self or others; (ii) threateningor aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the school; or(iii) unlawful acts committed on school property, on a school bus,or at a school-sponsored activity that involve the unlawful use orpossession of a weapon, homicide, criminal sexual assault, or trespassing,each division superintendent to notify the parent of each studentenrolled in the relevant school of such threat, threatening or aberrantbehavior, or unlawful act. The bill requires each school board toequip each public elementary and secondary school building in thelocal school division with at least one panic alarm that adheresto nationally recognized industry standards, including the standardsof the National Fire Protection Association and Underwriters Laboratories,and is installed by a licensed and qualified professional. The billdefines "panic alarm" as a silent security system by which the usermanually activates a device that sends a non-audible signal to thelocal law-enforcement agency that indicates a school security emergency,including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active shooter situation,that requires immediate response and assistance from such agency.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.
Celebrating the life of Sally Lamb.