SB 251

grants to encourage individuals to pursue a career in teaching or to facilitate teacher licensure, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.

longevity bonuses for teachers in school districts.

establishing minimum salaries for public school teachers.

requiring school boards to compensate teachers for time spent on nonclassroom services.

notice to employees of full-service pharmacies and major grocery stores of permanent business closings and providing a penalty.

modifications to the property tax exemption for nonprofit organizations that sell property to low-income persons.

use of artificial intelligence to deny prior authorization for medical necessity or experimental status.

fertility treatment rights, reimbursement of fertility treatments under the Medical Assistance program, and requiring insurance coverage for fertility treatments.

installation of a newborn infant safety device at an emergency medical services station.

coverage of speech therapies as a treatment for stuttering under health insurance policies and plans and the Medical Assistance program and providing speech therapy to a child in need of protection or services.

minimum nurse staffing ratios in hospitals, registered nurses’ right to refuse a work assignment, prohibiting mandatory overtime for registered nurses, and providing a penalty.

funding for grants for community emergency medical services and falls prevention initiatives and making an appropriation.

Creating the crime of conspiracy to deny medical treatment to victim of sexual offense

Revise the practice of certified registered nurse anesthetists

An Act relating to the rural health transformation program; relating to physician assistants; relating to collaborative agreements between physicians and physician assistants; relating to the interstate medical licensure compact; relating to the PA licensure compact; relating to the practice of medicine; relating to the psychology interjurisdictional compact; relating to health care providers; relating to the recognition of EMS personnel licensure interstate compact; relating to provisions regarding physician assistants in contracts between certain health care providers and health care insurers; and establishing the Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory Council.

An act relating to the role of advanced practice registered nurses in hospital care

Modifies provisions relating to the unlawful use of unmanned aircraft in certain areas

Human services: medical services; reporting of error rate regarding Medicaid; require