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INDEX
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Chapter
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Page
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Mandated health insurance services, determination of cost and
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evaluation of impact by Health Care Access and Cost
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Commission, provisions added; report requirements added
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582
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3353
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Nursing homes, payments for reserving beds for medical
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assistance recipients, provisions altered; Task Force on Quality
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of Care in Nursing Facilities, established; comparative
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evaluation of nursing facility quality of care and performance,
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requirements added.....................................................................
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382
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2561
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383
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2570
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Practice Parameters, Advisory Committee on, provisions repealed;
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expiration of adopted practice parameters, provisions added ....
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111
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1124
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Retroactive denial of preauthorized or approved services by
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private review agent, conditions narrowed; continuation of
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payment of premium of member of group policy by policyholder
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until notice of coverage termination is received by insurer,
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requirements added .......................................................................
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554
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3282
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Hearings —
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Acupuncturists, podiatrists, and social workers, license denial or
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discipline, submission to competency testing, and actions for
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injunctions against, provisions altered ........................................
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114
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1132
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Child abuse or neglect findings or entry of name in central registry
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of suspected abusers, appeal hearing procedures altered;
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maintenance of abuse or neglect investigation data in
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computerized central registry, requirements altered ..................
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214
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1886
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Children, Youth, and Families, Joint Committee on, created;
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annual report required.................................................................
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362
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2500
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363
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2504
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County boards of education, proceedings involving personnel
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matters, student discipline, or administrative cases, permitted
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to be heard first by a hearing examiner; hearing examiner for
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personnel matters required to be an attorney, with exceptions .
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104
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1110
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Environmental permits issued by Department of the
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Environment, location of public meetings and hearings,
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requirements added.................................................................
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519
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3184
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Expressway designation procedures, and highway access by owner
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of abutting property within municipal corporation, provisions
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altered............................................................................................
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679
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3749
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Health Care Workers' Safety Act, including requirements for a
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study on exposures of health care workers to blood and
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infectious materials by objects that can penetrate skin, and a
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report on establishment of a bloodborne pathogen standard......
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408
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2693
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Health Maintenance Organization Quality Assurance Unit,
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established to investigate quality of care complaints and enforce
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quality of care requirements; Quality Assurance Medical
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Director for the unit, appointment required.......................................
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697
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3801
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Insurance Commissioner orders, stay of order as result of demand
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for hearing, exception for orders resulting from final decision on
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an appeal of an emergency case, provisions added.....................
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277
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2025
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