Not exact matches
During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains,
access to Family Court and
medical decision making authority;
prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.
They aim to reduce the harmful use of
prohibited drugs and facilitate
access to these drugs for
medical and scientific purposes.
Patients with rare diseases will find Chaoulli of limited help, however, as their
access to health care is impeded not by legislation that
prohibits them from
accessing certain services, but rather, by government inaction (e.g. not paying for necessary
medical treatments or procedures).
Notwithstanding the custody arrangement and in addition to all rights and duties given to parents pursuant to Section 63-5-30, each parent has equal
access and the same right to obtain all educational records and
medical records of his or her minor children and the right to participate in the children's school activities and extracurricular activities that are held in public locations unless
prohibited by an order of the court or State law.
However, they confine
medical access to «dried marihuana», so that those who are legally authorized to possess marihuana for
medical purposes are still
prohibited from possessing cannabis products extracted from the active medicinal compounds in the cannabis plant.
The third potential issue is that it may be difficult to show that this is a true deprivation as the WCA does not
prohibit individuals from
accessing medical treatment or other private services.
Just be aware that while most public information is fair game, state background check laws may
prohibit employers from
accessing certain types of information like criminal records, military records, and
medical history.