Requires epinephrine auto-injectors in schools; requires training in the administration of epi-pens where a student is reasonably believed to be suffering from anaphylaxis.
Provides that health care plan participation by physicians shall be reported, for purposes of physician profiles, by the health care plans; requires physicians to periodically submit information for his or her physician profile within 6 months of his or her triennial re-registration to practice; authorizes physicians to designate a designee to submit his or her information for the physician profile.
Directs the commissioner of health to establish guidelines for onsite opioid overdose response capacity in nightlife establishments; repeals provisions establishing the nightlife opioid antagonist program.
Makes community violence prevention services available, to the extent permitted by federal law, to any Medicaid beneficiary who has received medical treatment for an injury sustained as a result of an act of community violence and has been referred by a certified or licensed health care provider or social services provider to receive community violence prevention services from a qualified violence prevention professional.
Establishes evidence-based, flexible staffing models for general hospitals and nursing homes; establishes a commission on hospital staffing to review and update hospital staffing models; establishes a commission on nursing home staffing to review and update nursing home staffing models; provides such models shall be based on the best available evidence regarding staffing and patient safety, provide hospitals or nursing homes with the opportunity to adjust staffing levels in response to the relative skill of the professional staff and the current acuity of the patients, address the patient care roles played by direct-care nursing staff, non-nursing direct-care staff, and allied health professionals, and be adaptable to the relative availability of staff in the regional labor market where the facility is located.
Establishes the maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs) for emerging contaminants; provides that the commissioner of health shall by regulation establish a maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) for each emerging contaminant for which such commissioner has established; makes related provisions.