Lifeline Telecommunications Service; Requiring a Lifeline service subscriber to present proof of continued eligibility to certain entities upon request; deleting provisions authorizing certain local exchange telecommunications companies and commercial mobile radio service providers to provide Lifeline service to customers who meet certain income requirements; revising the entities required to cooperate in the development of procedures for promoting the Lifeline service; authorizing certain participant information to be exchanged with the Federal Communications Commission or its designee, etc.
OGSR/Dependent Eligibility Verification Services; Designating the Department of Management Services, rather than the Division of State Group Insurance, as the entity that contracts for dependent eligibility verification services for the state group insurance program; authorizing the department or the contractor providing dependent eligibility verification services to require certain information from subscribers; revising the types of information that the department or a contractor providing eligibility verification services may require from subscribers in order to establish dependent eligibility for the state group insurance program, etc.
State Group Health Insurance Program; Requiring the Department of Management Services to provide an online education component relating to all health insurance plans in the State Group Insurance Program; requiring the department to contract with the State Board of Administration to provide retirement and health insurance planning education to members of the state group insurance program; setting a minimum monthly employer contribution to health savings accounts for certain employees, etc.
Food Policy Advisory Council; Creating the council adjunct to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing the purpose and membership of the council; requiring the council to meet at least quarterly; providing for per diem and travel expenses for council members; providing the duties of the council; requiring the council to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing requirements for the report, etc.
Public Records/Alleged Victim or Victim of Sexual Harassment; Revising an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information of the alleged victim in an allegation of sexual harassment or the victim of sexual harassment if such information identifies that person as an alleged victim or as a victim of sexual harassment; authorizing the alleged victim or the victim to waive confidentiality in writing; extending the deadline for legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
OGSR/Criminal Intelligence Information or Criminal Investigative Information; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for criminal intelligence information or criminal investigative information that reveals the personal identifying information of a witness to a murder; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.
OGSR/Health Information of an Inmate or an Offender; Amending a provision which provides exemptions from public records requirements for protected health information of an inmate or an offender, and for the identity of any inmate or offender upon whom an HIV test has been performed and the inmate’s or offender’s test results; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemptions, etc.
Child Welfare; Revising payment rates for relative and nonrelative caregivers under the Relative Caregiver Program; revising and specifying room and board rates paid by the Department of Children and Families; revising fee waiver eligibility for students who are or were placed in the custody of a relative or nonrelative to include certain students; creating a tuition and fee exemption for students who enter the custody of the department after a specified age and who are reunited with their parent or parents before reaching a specified age and after spending at least 18 months in out-of-home care, etc.
OGSR/Substance Abuse Impaired Persons; Amending a provision relating to an exemption from public records requirements for involuntary assessment and stabilization, court orders, related records, and personal identifying information regarding substance abuse impaired persons; removing the scheduled repeal date of the exemption, etc.
OGSR/Public and Professional Guardians; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Elderly Affairs in connection with a filed complaint or subsequently conducted investigation relating to public and professional guardians; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Task Force; Creating the task force within the Department of Environmental Protection; providing the membership, organization, and duties of the task force; requiring the department to provide staffing to assist the task force in the performance of its duties; requiring the task force to convene by a specified date; requiring the task force to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.
COVID-19-related Claims Against Health Care Providers; Extending the duration of liability protections from COVID-19-related claims against health care providers, etc.
