Rep. Christopher Benjamin

Debt Management Services; Increases maximum fee that may be charged for debt management services.

Group Health Plans; Revises definition of & providing requirements for bona fide groups for purposes of issuance of certificates of authority & multiple-employer welfare arrangements.

Shared Parental Responsibility after Establishment of Paternity; Authorizes parent to request certain determinations & creation of parenting plan & time-sharing schedule; requires determination of parental responsibility & child support & creation of parenting plan & time-sharing schedule to be done through certain action; specifies mother of child born out of wedlock & father who has established paternity of such child are natural guardians of child & subject to rights & responsibilities of being parents; specifies mother of child born out of wedlock is natural guardian if father has not established paternity.

Protection of Specified Personnel; Requires violation to be committed with specified intent; prohibits specified threats against justice, judicial assistant, clerk of court, or clerk personnel or family member of such person; prohibits specified harassment of certain personnel with intent to intimidate or coerce such person to perform or refrain from performing lawful duty.

Driver License, Identification Card, and Motor Vehicle Registration; Revising the parties that may receive confidential crash reports to include law enforcement agencies and their contracted service providers; requires that motor vehicle registration form and registration renewal form and driver license or ID card application form, respectively, include option to make voluntary contribution to Best Buddies International; defining the terms "control" and "motor vehicle dealer's leasing or rental affiliate", etc.

Child Support; Authorizes deferral of support payments for obligor's good faith job training efforts; revises & provides child support requirements relating to depository, clerks of circuit court, fees, DCF, & State Disbursement Unit; removes exceptions relating to incarceration when establishing or modifying support order; authorizes child's caregiver to provide affidavit or written declaration regarding putative father.

Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; Creates Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; provides for recognition of psychologist licenses in compact states; authorizes compact state to require licensure; requires compact states to meet criteria to participate in compact; establishes Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission; provides membership, duties, & powers; provides for state enforcement of compact; provides for termination of compact membership; requires Board of Psychology to appoint individual to serve as state's commissioner on Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission; designates state commissioner & other members or employees of commission as state agents for purpose of applying sovereign immunity & waivers of sovereign immunity.

Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; Provides exemption from public records requirements for information held by DOH or the Board of Psychology pursuant to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; provides exemption from public meeting requirements for certain meetings of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission; provides for future legislative review & repeal of the exemptions; provides statement of public necessity.

Paid Family Leave Insurance; Authorizes life insurers to transact paid family leave insurance; provides circumstances under which paid family leave insurance may be issued & purchased under paid family leave insurance policy; provides circumstances under which family leave insurance benefits may be provided; requires that paid family leave insurance policies specify details & requirements relating to covered circumstances; specifies requirements for policies relating to benefit periods, waiting periods, benefit amounts, certain offsets, & payment of benefits; provides that eligibility for family leave insurance benefits may be limited, excluded, or reduced, but any such limitation, exclusion, or reduction must be specified in policy; provides circumstances under which limitations, exclusions, & reductions are permissible; provides applicable provisions for calculating rates; provides that paid family leave insurance forms & riders are subject to review by OIR; specifies means by which policy must offer family leave insurance benefits.

Dental Services for Veterans; Establishes Veterans Dental Care Grant Program within DVA; specifies purpose of program; requires DVA to contract with direct-support organization to administer program; provides program funding is subject to legislative appropriation.