Overview
This 90 minute training will include a brief review of new legislation, both State and Federal, effective in 2016, impacting public entity health care providers and/or their patients in public health, mental health, substance use disorder, hospital or correctional care settings. It will also review proposed legislation that will likely impact us going forward.
Learning Objectives:
- Who must sign up for the CURES 2.0 website and when they must do that
- How to answer patients' questions about the End of Life Option Act, including specific details regarding its implementation
- What the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act covers and new regulations pertaining to "medical marijuana"
- Details of the new birth certificate and declaration of intended parentage laws
- Numerous new licensure laws impacting the health care professions
- Records retention periods for the various disciplines, including retention periods for minor records
- The new release of information to attorneys form that health care providers must honor when signed by their patients
- Mental health training for law enforcement
- New 5150 laws that impact how holds are initiated and lifted, including proposed legislation to close some of the gaps in the involuntary mental health hold laws
- The recent Notice of Proposed Rule-making that outlines major proposed changes in 42 CFR Part 2 confidentiality rules for substance use disorder programs
- Proposed federal laws that could impact mental health privacy laws in California
- Responding to data breaches and confidentiality concerns including several examples of recent privacy breaches
- Other miscellaneous new laws of interest to health care providers, including immunizations for child care providers, opt out choices for parents, child safety seats, mandated reporting of child abuse, provider directories, conservator's powers regarding visitors, and proposed legislation that will impact prescribing of psychotropic medications for foster youth
- ...and more!
Who Should Attend:
County Risk Managers, County Administrators, County Council, Health Officers, Mental Health Directors, HIPAA Privacy Officers, hospital, public health, mental health and substance use disorder providers, administrative staff, and other clinicians who provide health care services in County and City health care settings.
Additional Information
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First time users for EIA TV please download the Instruction Guide for instructions on how to register!
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Upon log in, the webcast can be found either through the SPOTLIGHT section of the environment or via the SEARCH tool.
- Questions, please contact Ian Chadwick at ichadwick@csac-eia.org
Need More Info or Help?
We hope you can join us. Feel free to contact Ian Chadwick for more details.
Phone: 9168507300
Email: ichadwick@csac-eia.org