A8849A Peoples (MS) -- Establishes the department of corrections shall provide an inmate, upon his or her discharge, with educational information about the prevention of HIV No Same as Last Act: 05/27/08 amend (t) and recommit to correction05/27/08 print number 8849aA11313 Bradley (MS) -- Requires the commissioner of correctional services to enter into agreements to house local inmates to alleviate overcrowding in local correctional facilities Same… [read post]

It has been almost three long years since dusty Holly, Colorado, became the epicenter of a Listeria monocytogenes human tragedy. [read post]

S 231 Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to codesA236 Greene -- Establishes a drug treatment alternative to incarceration for certain offenders; appropriation No Same as Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to corporations, authorities and commissionsA239 Magnarelli (MS) -- Provides for an increase in criminal penalties for acts of cruelty to animals No Same as Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to agricultureA243 Magnarelli (MS) -- Prohibits the throwing, tossing or expelling of saliva, spit or… [read post]

 Moreover, effective January 1, 2010, MIPPA:  Increases the level of savings that Medicare Savings Program (“MSP”) applicants may have and still qualify for help with Medicare out-of-pocket costs, excludes the value of life insurance policies from consideration of resources, and requires CMS to translate the MSP application form into the most frequently-used languages; Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to assist… [read post]