Health and Human Services

provide the Department of Health with oversight authority for the provision of emergency medical services.

revise membership of the Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee.

clarify and modernize cremation requirements and procedures.

modify debilitating medical conditions for medical cannabis use.

authorize the provision of medical records and the imposition of related fees.

establish educational standards for the expanded practice of optometry.

allow medical cannabis establishments to maintain certain cardholder data and to declare an emergency.

expand critical incident stress management to health care facility personnel providing emergency services.

create the South Dakota Board of Physical Therapy and make an appropriation therefor.

establish a community paramedic endorsement.

extend Medicaid postpartum coverage.

make an appropriation for the reimbursement of certain costs incurred in providing medical services to an adopted child and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation for the reimbursement of certain costs incurred in providing medical services to an adopted child and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation for the reimbursement of certain costs incurred in providing medical services to an adopted child and to declare an emergency.

revise provisions relating to addiction and prevention services professionals.

establish and revise requirements related to visitation policies and procedures for certain facilities.

authorize informed consent to certain procedures and medication by a pregnant minor.

clarify informed consent requirements for the provision of prenatal and postnatal care to minors.

provide staffing ratios for day care providers.

authorize the state's participation in the interstate compact on occupational therapy licensure.

provide a conscience exemption from a COVID-19 vaccination.

create provisions for the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model to be reimbursable for insurance.

modify acceptable conduct for practitioners related to medical cannabis.

add dental practices as eligible facilities to participate in the rural health care recruitment assistance program.

make an appropriation for pediatric cancer research and resource projects and to declare an emergency.

modify and establish provisions related to medical cannabis.

authorize employers to acquire and make available opioid antagonists.

authorize the performance and reporting of medical procedures to avert the death or physical impairment of a pregnant female and to declare an emergency.

require a practitioner's medical assessment of a patient to occur in certain facilities for purposes of medical cannabis use.

establish scholarships for individuals pursuing careers in the behavioral health field, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

revise provisions regarding the duties of the medical marijuana oversight committee.

provide a medical cannabis patient a registry identification card fee waiver in certain circumstances.

expand certification options for interpreters for the deaf.

modify discharge notice procedures applicable to developmentally disabled persons.

make an appropriation to the Department of Human Services for the development and expansion of adult day services programs and to declare an emergency.

prohibit certain medical and surgical interventions on minor patients.

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

prohibit the issuance of a written certification to a pregnant woman or breastfeeding mother for purposes of medical cannabis use.

make an appropriation to the Department of Health to provide grants to support mental health and suicide prevention programs, and to declare an emergency.

To encourage the Executive Board of the Legislature to continue researching childhood mental health and mental health services available to children in this state.

repeal the sunset date for provisions related to the licensure of behavior analysts.

update provisions related to the licensure of speech-language pathologists and speech-language pathology assistants.

update provisions related to the licensure of funeral directors and the provision of funeral services.