...Sunflower Movement, which was an Anti-Globalization Movement represented a sophisticated understanding movement of globalization from the university students of Taiwan. Between March 18 to April 10, 2014, hundreds of university students and other protestors occupied the chamber of parliament of Taiwan (Legislative Yuan). On March 17, day before the occupation began, the legislature's Internal Affairs Committee was about to begin a three day debate on the Cross-Strait Services Trade Agreement (CSSTA). However, the CSSTA chairman, Chang Ching-Chung, and a member of Taiwan's governing party of the KMT (Kuomintang), had abandoned and bypassed the committee's review and moved straight forward for legislative approval. The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) immediately objected strongly on the floor of the chamber once they recognized the action of the Chairman. On March 18, around three hundred students gathered outside of the Legislative Yuan building, protesting to the Ma Ying-Jeou's government for mishandling the CSSTA. They expressed their frustration by the hasty review of the CSSTA, and demanding an article-by-article review of the trade agreement before moving it to the legislative floor. Finally, the government agreed to postpone the adoption of CSSTA and allowed the Internal Affairs Committee reviews all cross-strait agreement before passing for approval. Students waited until all cross-strait agreements had passed before they disbanded from the parliament building. ...
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...Kiley Overholt HCS/455 June 24, 2013 Elaine Bobo Legislative and Implementation In health care there are five stages involved when policies are introduced into the health care system. Policies are at a constant pace of being reviewed to better the health care system, with each one having an effect on the changes in health care. Since each stage takes special consideration before policies are proposed and accepted, in this paper we will talk about two, the Legislative and Implementation stages. Legislative The Legislative phase is similar to the steps of passing a bill; with the exception that it is only for the health care aspect. It all begins with an idea in which evolves into something more, where steps are to be taken in order to get the policy into action. Congress is involved in this phase to help legislative officers in making executive decisions by offering guidance on actions. The Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis (OLPA) “helps by providing information and advice on Congressional actions that affect those involved” (Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis (ofm)-Other Related Resources”,). The functions that are involved to help support during the process is: • “To serve as the principle legislative with the congress, and other Federal agencies • Prepare if there is need to testify • Analyzes pending legislation • Monitor and keep those involved informed • Brief members of Congress and staff;...
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...name – Legislative Paper Nov. 6, 2012 The definition of marriage had not been critical to governmental law until 1996 when the Defense of Marriage Act, or commonly known as D.O.M.A., was signed by President Bill Clinton. As it states D.O.M.A defines marriage as “only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.” (Webb, Rita A., n.d.). The term “spouse” is also coined for a husband or wife of an individual of the opposite sex. In opposition to this unconstitutional law, I am in support for the S. 598: Respect for Marriage Act of 2011, which was passed by a judicial committee on Nov.10, 2011. Unfortunately, it was presented to the U.S. Senate, but as remained stagnant since. (“S.598”, 2011). Essentially, it repeals D.O.M.A and safeguards the respect for individual state regulations of marriage. S.598 is a progressive law that encourages our government as a free democracy to adhere to separation between church and state. D.O.M.A. blatantly counters just that. It is not constitutional to allow the enforcement of a law based on the Christian ideology of marriage. First, using the “Five-E Approach”, the issuance of this law would be highly effective and accomplish its key goals of repealing D.O.M.A. and ensuring equal rights and recognition to same-sex unions. It is to be noted the passing of S.598 does not suggest all states legalize samesex marriages. It is still allowing each state to be governed under their state’s constitution. Second, is this law efficient...
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...Congress’s primary duty is to pass laws. The legislative process is often slow, just as the framers of the Constitution intended. The framers believed that a slow-moving legislature would be less able to infringe on citizens’ rights and liberties. Bills and Laws Most bills that Congress considers are public bills, meaning that they affect the public as a whole. A private bill grants some relief or benefit to a single person, named in the bill. Many private bills help foreign nationals obtain visas, but they can cover a variety of other matters. The process through which a bill becomes law occurs in several stages in both houses: 1. Introduction: Only a member of Congress may introduce a bill. After a bill is introduced, it is assigned a designation number. Only members of the House of Representatives may introduce bills concerning taxes. 2. Referral to committee: The leader of the house in which the bill was introduced then refers the bill to an appropriate committee or committees. 3. Committee action: The committees can refer the bill to subcommittees for action, hearings, markup sessions, and votes. The committee can also kill the bill by doing nothing at all, a process known as pigeonholing. 4. Referral to the full body: If a committee approves a bill, the bill is sent on to the full House or Senate. 5. Floor debate and vote: The full body debates the bill and then votes. The two houses differ significantly in how they handle debate: * In...
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...1. Describe the legislative framework for safety? The model Work Health and Safety Regulations set out more detailed requirements to support the duties in the Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act. They are model provisions only. To be legally binding they need to be enacted or passed by Parliament in each jurisdiction. Work health and safety laws are state, territory and Commonwealth-based laws. The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 provide a framework to protect the health, safety and welfare of all workers at work. It also protects the health and safety of all other people who might be affected by the work. All workers are protected by the WHS Act. This includes employees, contractors, subcontractors, outworkers, apprentices and trainees, work experience students, volunteers and employers who perform work. The WHS Act also provides protection for the general public so that their health and safety is not placed at risk by work activities. The WHS Act places the primary health and safety duty on a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), who must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers at the workplace. Duties are also placed on officers of a PCBU, workers and other persons at a workplace. 2. Describe the regulations and code of practice? Some workplace hazards can cause so much injury or disease that specific regulations or codes of practice are needed to control them. These regulations and codes explain the duties...
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...The Morant Bay Rebellion Causes of the Morant Bay Rebellion 1. The American Civil War – 1861 increase the cost of American food and clothing in Jamaica 2. Reduced wages due to the fall in sugar prices, when Cuba began sending sugar to Britain instead of US 3. Droughts in 1862 and 1863 that ruined small farmers’ provision and their export crops 4. Severe punishment from magistrates and vestries for those who trespassed on abandoned estates or stole food 5. Lack of markets for small farmers 6. Unsympathetic attitude of governor- felt black hardships was because of their unwillingness to work regularly on estates 7. Poor social and economic conditions 8. Leaders such as Bogle helped to create a feeling of independence and resistance to the island’s plantocracy 9. Limited franchise, which excluded the majority of peasants from actively participating in the government 10. Unavailability of land - The passing of laws which returned former idle lands to plantation owners. At the time the lands were being farmed by the peasants. Also rejection of petition for Crown lands Consequences of the Rebellion 1. End of representative system of government and the rise of Crown Colony 2. Terrible reprisal against the rebels- executions, burning of houses, floggings. The execution of Bogle and Gordon. They were perceived as the main instigators of the rebellion. 3. Dismissal of Governor Eyre from Colonial...
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...The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 had brought a large scale discontentment among the people of India. The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by Gandhi had fanned the fire of this discontentment. In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, the Government of India Act, 1935 was designed on the basis of the recommendation of Simon Commission. It envisaged an administrative set-up for India such as: 1. A Federal government would be established in India with the inclusion of the native States. 2. Diarchy introduced by the Act. Of 1919 should be abolished from the State and established in the Centre. 3. The provinces would be given complete autonomy and the administrative subjects divided into three lists i.e. Federal List that included the subjects assigned to the Central Government; the Provincial List that consisted of all the subjects under the sole jurisdiction of the provinces and finally, the Concurrent List upon whose subjects both the Centre and Provinces would exercise their combined authority. 4. A Federal Court was established at the Centre. Besides these main provisions, it also contained the provisions of the formation of the provinces of Sindh and Orissa, separate and communal electorate system with reduction of the qualification of voters; separation of Burma and Aden from India and so on. Accordingly, the Home Government in England was reformed. The Indian Council was abolished and a few advisers varying from...
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... 10. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 11. Bureau of Statistics 12. Office of the Controller and Chief Auditor 13. Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour 14. Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture 15. Ministry of Police and Prisons 16. Office of the Electoral Commission 17. Legislative Assembly 18. Ministry of Health 19. Office of the Attorney General 20. Public Service Commission 21. Ombudsman’s Office b) Estimates of Payments for Ministries and Departments for year ended 30th June 2012 Estimate % 1. Ministry of Education, Sports & Culture 2. Ministry of Works, Transport & Infrastructure 3. Ministry of Health 4. Ministry of Finance 5. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 6. Ministry of Police & Prisons 7. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 8. Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour 9. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 10. Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development 11. Ministry of Revenue 12. Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration 13. Ministry of the Prime Minister 14. Ministry of Communication and Information Technology 15. Legislative Assembly 16. Office of the Attorney General 17. Bureau of Statistics 18. Public Service Commission 19. Office of the Controller and Chief Auditor 20. Office of the Electoral Commissioner 21. Ombudsman’s...
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...INTRODUCTION State government is a form of government that rules a state in each of 13 states in the federation of Malaysia. It is also the second level of government in Malaysian government hierarchy. Just like federal government, state government too, does adopt the Westminster Parliamentary system from the United Kingdom. It is also further divided into three branches of government bodies or machineries. Namely executive, legislative, and judiciary. These components are the ones that are responsible in governing and administrating the state. As been stated in the Federal Constitution, the state government has certain powers over some matters related to the state that the federal government has no authority over those matters at all. 1 THE ROLES OF STATE GOVERNMENT State government practices the similar system to the federal government. Consists of three bodies, each of them carries different functions and roles towards implementing the state’s policies and serving the people. For example, the executive components of state of Sarawak consists of TYT (Tuan Yang Terutama) or also known as the Governor of Sarawak as the head of state. The role of the Governor is similar to the states that have Sultans. It is mainly ceremonial. The governor has the power to appoint the chief minister and to give consent to dissolve...
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...The Legislative Brach of the federal government is made up of two Chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate. These two bodies draft and pass laws that, if signed by the President of the United States, govern the United States and it's citizens. The bicameral (two-house) Congress emerged from a compromise between delegates from large and small states at the Constitutional Convention, which convened in Philadelphia in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States. The Articles of Confederation, which had governed the country since 1783, left the national government powerless to resolve trade disputes with other countries and to prevent ruinous economic competition between the states. The delegates worried, however, that giving too much authority to the national government would result in the kinds of abuses of power that had led the colonies to break away from Great Britain. To prevent such problems, the framers of the Constitution gave most political power to the Congress, rather than to a single leader such as a king or president. The convention delegates disagreed over how to select members of Congress, however. The more populous states, such as Virginia and Pennsylvania, wanted power in the legislature that reflected their population and wealth. They favored a system that assigned congressional seats based on the number of residents in each state. Smaller states, such as New Jersey and Connecticut, feared that their...
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...Jinnah I am glad that I am afforded the opportunity to speak to you directly through this radio from Delhi. It is the first time, I believe, that a non-official has been afforded an opportunity to address the people through the medium of this powerful instrument, direct, to the people on political matters. I hope that in the future I shall have greater facilities to enable me to voice my views and opinions, which will reach directly (to) you, life warm rather than in the cold print of the newspapers. The statement of Government, embodying the plan for the transfer of power to the peoples of India, has already been broadcast and will be released to the press and will be published here and abroad tomorrow morning. It gives the outline of the plan for us to give it our most earnest consideration. We have to examine it coolly, calmly and dispassionately. We must remember that we have to take the most momentous decisions and handle grave issues facing us in the solution of the complex political problem of this great sub-continent inhabited by 400,000,000 people.(Holdningbeabejdende) The world has no parallel of the most onerous and difficult task which His Excellency had to perform. Grave responsibility lies particularly on the shoulders of Indian leaders. Therefore we must galvanise and concentrate all our energies to see that the transfer of power is assisted in a peaceful and orderly manner. I most earnestly appeal to every community and particularly to Moslems in India to maintain...
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...Oral Health Coalition William Suter, Dental Director, Community Treatment Inc. Date: June 8, 2014 RE: SB 621– Telehealth Services Executive Summary On the behalf of Community Treatment Inc. and the Missouri Oral Health Coalition, I would like to encourage you to support bill SB 621. The bill defines the term telehealth and authorizes any licensed health care provider to provide telehealth services within his or her scope of practice with the same standard of care as services provided in person (SB 621, n.d.). Also, this bills "specifies individuals who are licensed in Missouri that are to be considered eligible health care providers for the provision of telehealth services in the MO HealthNet Program (Committee on legislative, n.d.)." This legislation would include the utilization of dental hygienist and other providers in telehealth services. SB 621, n.d.). Rural Missourians face immense and complex factors that create disparities in healthcare. Socioeconomic factors and lack of recognition by legislators and the isolation incurred from living in remote areas all impede our residents ability to lead a normal, healthy life. For years, telemedicine programs across the country have connected rural patients to specialists in nontraditional settings. This bill will help Comtrea increase oral health care access for safety net populations within Jefferson County. Context In 2013, a Missouri law House Bill 986 made private insurers accountable for compensating...
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...Health Care Legislation Paper Summary of Senate Bill 1058 Senate Bill 1058 was put into effect on 09/01/13. This bill allows nursing programs to develop a system (much like the FBI) that obtains a criminal history record and finger prints for all students accepted for enrollment into a nursing program. What does this mean for students? Before 09/01/13 nursing schools only ran background checks and drug screens before allowing a person to be formally accepted into a nursing education program. Nursing programs only ran a criminal history record and fingerprinting before graduation (Nelson, 2013). One of the disadvantages to the previous system was that a student could complete and gain an ADN, LVN, or a BSN degree but then be turned down when applying for NCLEX-RN or NCLEX-LVN licensure exam because of failing the FBI criminal background check. Now Senate Bill 1058 allows nursing programs to obtain a criminal history record and fingerprinting before formal entry into a nursing program. As a nursing student near graduating a nursing program, I can only imagine the disappointment and frustration that a fellow nursing student would feel when they discovered that they obtained a degree in nursing but are unable to take the licensure exam and practice as a nurse. Senate Bill 1058 also authorizes the Board of Nursing (BON) to develop a program for the student that fails the FBI criminal history background check (Nelson, 2013). The student would now be able to file a petition for a...
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...Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Legislative History On September 21, 1957 Massachusetts adopted the Uniform, Commercial Code. Effective October 1, 1958, the Code replaced the Uniform Sales Act, the Negotiable Instruments Law, the Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act, the Uniform Bills of Lading Act, the Uniform Stock Transfer Act, the Uniform Trust Receipts Act, and numerous other statutes. Massachusetts thus became the second state to enact the Code, following the lead of Pennsylvania, where the Code, enacted in April 1953, took effect on July 1, 1954. In March 1958 the Code was enacted in Kentucky, effective July 1, 1960. Proposals to enact the Code will undoubtedly come before legislatures in other states in the course of the next few years, and it seems likely that several other states will join the procession at their 1959 sessions (Braucher, 1958). The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC or the Code), first published in 1952, is one of a number of uniform acts that have been promulgated in conjunction with efforts to harmonize the law of sales and other commercial transactions in all 50 states within the United States of America. The Uniform Commercial Code, or UCC, is a very large collection of legal rules regarding many important business, or “commercial,” activities. The UCC originally was created by two national nongovernmental legal organizations: the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) and the American Law Institute (ALI) (Steingold, 2013). As...
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...There are some checks and balances between the Executive and Legislative branches that keep the branches equal in power. The Executive and Legislative are a part of what keeps the usa running today The function of the Executive Branch it is “responsible for applying the laws of the land.” The Executive branch has to enforce the laws for the people. Next, “the president's primary role is to act as the figurehead of the government as well as the government’s commander in chief.” This means that the president is the “boss”and can control the military. “Declaring a state of emergency”if something were to happen the president would have to announce it and tell the country what to do. The function of the Legislative branch is to “ensure that the...
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