Health and Human Services

To encourage the Executive Board of the Legislature to reauthorize the Mental Health of First Responders Task Force interim legislative study.

provide for the release of adult abuse case information to certain parties to assist in the provision of adult protective services.

revise certain provisions regarding the health professionals assistance program.

require the provision of information regarding perinatal hospice.

authorize primary care agreements.

require that assisted living facilities create and post visitation policies.

authorize the provision of informed consent by a pregnant minor.

authorize the provision of informed consent by a pregnant minor.

make an appropriation to build a traumatic brain injury center in the Black Hills and to declare an emergency.

provide provisions regarding abortion.

revise the authority of the Department of Health as it relates to counties and municipalities.

revise the authority of the Department of Health as it relates to counties and municipalities.

make an appropriation to the Board of Regents for the implementation of a nurse anesthesia program and to declare an emergency.

provide price transparency for health care costs.

To reauthorize the Mental Health Services Delivery Task Force for the limited purposes of monitoring the growth and development of current initiatives in the delivery of mental health services, reviewing and proposing adjustments to the levels of funding, and ensuring that the statutory and regulatory framework complements intended outcomes.

revise certain provisions regarding the use of telehealth technologies.

revise the definition of bona fide practitioner-patient relationship in relation to medical cannabis.

revise provisions related to physician assistants.

require reports regarding the intentional disposal, destruction, or other disposition of human embryos.

establish provisions regarding dementia.

prohibit interference with the right to bodily integrity in contagious disease control.

create a peer support services program.

provide for physician wellness programs.

authorize the participation of certified registered nurse anesthetists in the recruitment assistance program.

establish the South Dakota Board of Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, and Hearing Aid Dispensing and to repeal the South Dakota Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers and Audiologists and the South Dakota Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology.

provide for philosophical exceptions to required vaccinations.

revise certain provisions regarding access critical nursing facilities.

correct technical errors in statutory cross-references related to the Department of Social Services.

place certain substances on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency.

enforce directives regarding contagious disease control.

make an appropriation for and the establishment of peer support and critical incident stress management training for first responder organizations, and to declare an emergency.

correct errors in statutory cross-references in certain provisions regarding health care.

permit a government agency to qualify as a victim for purposes of restitution in criminal cases.

maintain the life of any child born alive.

require that birth certificates reflect biological sex.

require that birth certificates reflect biological sex.

repeal the registration requirement for medical assistants.

repeal the emergency medical technician-student status license requirement.

revise certain provisions regarding the practice of chiropractic.

make an appropriation to reimburse certain health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for certain health care recruitment assistance programs and to declare an emergency.