Bills that would prevent the government from microchipping citizens, require written disaster response plans and enhance occupational safety at trade shows are up for their second committee hearings on Friday.

Members of the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee will also hear a bill that was waived from legislative deadlines that would make changes to the assistance that caregivers who are not related by blood but have a “significant emotional and positive relationship” with the child they’re taking care of can receive. A budget subcommittee will also be closing several mental health budget accounts.

For more information on the status of bills working their way through the Legislature, check out The Nevada Independent’s bill tracker. And for the bills in committee today, check out the Legislature’s website for committee times and links to watch live committee meetings and floor sessions.

Here’s what to watch for on Friday at the Legislature:

Mental health budget accounts

A joint Assembly and Senate subcommittee on human services will be closing budgets on several accounts within the Division of Public and Behavioral Health. That includes mental health agencies in Northern and Southern Nevada and an institution for mentally ill offenders.

The subcommittee meets at 8 a.m.

AB102, AB226: Crimes against first responder families, forced microchipping

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will be discussing a bill that raises penalties on people who commit crimes against someone because they are related to a first responder. They’ll also consider AB226, which prevents government entities from forcing people to be microchipped or have any sort of permanent identifying mark placed on them.

The committee is voting on numerous other bills, including AB91, a bill revising rules about sterilizing “protected” people who are under guardianship.

The committee begins at 8 a.m.

SB336: Buffalo Soldiers Day

The Assembly Government Affairs Committee will be reviewing SB336, which requires the governor to declare July 28 as Buffalo Soldiers Day in Nevada.

The Buffalo Soldiers were members of African-American military units created after the Civil War and who also fought in World War I and World War II.

The committee meets at 8:30 a.m.

AB71 + AB206: Preparing and recovering from disasters

The Senate Government Affairs Committee will hear AB71, which would allow the attorney general to enter into an agreement with a tribal government for a grant or loan from the state’s Disaster Relief Account because of a disaster. It also would create a revolving account within the state’s general fund to award grants to people who own and occupy homes damaged by a disaster through the Disaster Relief Account.

The committee will also consider AB206, which would require the state’s Division of Emergency Management chief to develop written plans to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies or disasters. It additionally would require the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a plan to address behavioral health needs in the event of an emergency or disaster.

Both bills will be heard at 1 p.m.

SB119: Occupational safety at trade shows

Sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Yvanna Cancela, this bill would require people who work at trade shows and conventions to receive occupational health and safety training, as is currently required for employees working on construction sites or certain sites related to the entertainment industry.

The legislation requires supervisors to complete a 30-hour health and safety course and other workers to complete a 10-hour course no later than 15 days after hiring. Only those whose work is related to the construction, installation, maintenance, operation, repair or removal of trade show or exhibition displays would be required to receive such training, and the requirements do not apply to volunteers.

The bill will be heard by the Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee at 1:30 p.m.

AB498: Assistance for caregivers of foster children

The Assembly Health and Human Services Committee will hold its first hearing on AB498, which would make changes to the types of assistance caregivers for children in foster care can receive. The bill, put forward on behalf of the Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice, was introduced into the Assembly on April 11 and granted a waiver that exempts it from legislative deadlines.

The legislation would require the director of the Department of Health and Human Services to allow under the state plan for TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) the provision of child-only assistance to a caregiver who has a “significant emotional and positive relationship” with a child but who is not related by blood to the child he or she is caring for, known as fictive kin.

It would also require the state to include in the state plan — to the extent allowable by the federal government — a provision to provide assistance under the Kinship Guardian Assistance Program, which provides financial assistance to a relative of a child who is appointed as a legal guardian to a fictive kin appointed as the legal guardian of a child in foster care.

The bill will be heard in the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee at 12:30 p.m.