Bills

Relief/Patricia Ermini/Lee County Sheriff's Office; Provides appropriation to compensate Patricia Ermini for injuries sustained as result of negligence of Lee County Sheriff's Office; provides limitation on payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $626,769

Pharmacy Audits; Revising requirements for audits of licensed pharmacies conducted by or on behalf of pharmacy benefit plans or programs; revising audit procedures, documentation requirements, reporting and appeal requirements, and recoupment limits and procedures; authorizing the Office of Insurance Regulation to investigate complaints of violations, issue cease and desist orders, impose fines and other administrat…

Pharmacy Audits; Revises requirements for audits of licensed pharmacies conducted by or on behalf of pharmacy benefit plans or programs; revises audit procedures, documentation requirements, recoupment limits, & reporting & appeal requirements; provides procedures for conducting audits of fraud, waste, or abuse; provides for enforcement; authorizes OIR to impose fines & other administrative penalties; authorizes sus…

Relief of Patricia Ermini by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office; Providing for the relief of Patricia Ermini by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office; providing for an appropriation to compensate her for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $626,770

Cooling Towers; Requiring owners of cooling towers to register their cooling tower, domestic water tank, or supplemental disinfection water system with the Department of Health; requiring owners of cooling towers, domestic water holding tanks, or supplemental disinfection systems to report, beginning on a specified date, specified information to the department; requiring owners of cooling towers to provide notificat…

Trust Funds/Creation/First-time Homebuyer Assistance Program Trust Fund; Establishes First-time Homebuyer Assistance Program Trust Fund; requires Department of Revenue to transfer certain funds to trust fund; requires trust fund to provide funding for certain program.

Tax/Documentary Stamp Tax to Fund Down Payment Assistance; Creates additional documentary stamp tax in specified amount on residential property purchased by person who already owns certain number of residential properties; creates First-time Homebuyer Assistance Program within Department of Commerce; provides purpose & eligibility for such program; provides maximum amount of assistance that may be provided; provides…

Delivery of Commercial Goods by Autonomous Vehicles; Prohibiting the use of an autonomous vehicle to deliver commercial goods directly to a residence or business for use or retail sale unless a licensed human operator is physically present in the autonomous vehicle; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to submit to the Legislature a report evaluating the use of certain autonomous vehicle tec…

Medicaid Reimbursement for Private Duty Nursing Services; Defining the term “pediatric continuing care integrated community” for purposes of the state Medicaid program; requiring Medicaid managed care plans to reimburse licensed home health agencies for private duty nursing services provided in a community residential group home at a certain rate; requiring Medicaid managed care plans to negotiate rates with affilia…

Designation of the Official State Flagship; Redesignating the official state flagship as the S.S. American Victory, etc.

Physical Therapy Treatment Plans; Exempting specified services from the requirement that a physical therapist have a practitioner of record review and sign a plan of treatment, etc.

Physical Therapy Treatment Plans; Exempts specified services from requirement that practitioner of record review & sign plan of treatment.

Transportation; Requiring the Department of Transportation to increase the minimum perception-reaction time of certain steady yellow signals by a specified amount of time; requiring certain seaports to submit an annual report describing measures taken to support the commercial space launch industry to the chair of the Space Florida board of directors beginning on a specified date; authorizing a private entity to ins…

Transportation; Revises & provides provisions relating to increasing minimum perception-reaction time for steady yellow signals, seaports, speed detection systems in school zones, automated license plate recognition systems, private school bus contractors, school bus infraction detection systems, lowering maximum speed limits, flashing beacons, school zones, radar & LiDAR units, disabled parking permits, golf carts,…

Designation of Official State Flagship; Redesignates official state flagship as S.S. American Victory.

Private Schools; Requiring a private school that enrolls a certain number of students to be considered a permitted use for zoning purposes; providing that certain private schools may not be subject to additional building codes; requiring a fire official to use specified firesafety evaluation systems for existing private school facilities; providing that certain private schools are subject to specified fire code requ…

Private School Facilities; Providing that certain private schools are considered a permitted use in certain zoning districts; authorizing counties and municipalities to require specified measures to mitigate vehicular traffic and pedestrian safety; authorizing private schools to provide a traffic study rather than comply with such measures; authorizing the award of injunctive relief; requiring certain private school…

Pub. Rec./Office of Insurance Regulation; Creates privilege for documents, materials, & other information obtained by Commissioner of Insurance Regulation or National Association of Insurance Commissioners in course of examination or analysis; prohibits commissioner & certain persons from testifying in certain private civil actions; authorizes commissioner to share certain information under certain circumstances; pr…

Office of Insurance Regulation; Providing that the Office of Insurance Regulation is responsible for all activities concerning entities under its jurisdiction; authorizing the Department of Financial Services and the office to issue and deliver cease and desist orders for certain activities; authorizing the department and the office to seek an injunction for enforcement of such order; removing a provision authorizin…

Cattle Grazing on State Land; Requiring land managing entities to consider the feasibility of leasing portions of land to private entities for cattle grazing when land management plans are being developed or updated; providing requirements for the land management plan; requiring land managing entities to allow such lands to be leased for such purpose under certain conditions, etc.

Compounded Drugs; Defining the term “compounded medication”; prohibiting any person or entity from engaging in the sale, transfer, or distribution of compounded medications for weight loss unless they provide specified documentation to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; providing administrative penalties, etc.

Exceptional Students and Video Cameras in Public Schools; Removes references to Video Cameras in Public School Classrooms Pilot Program; requires district school board to establish specified policy relating to video cameras in self-contained classrooms; prohibits concealment of certain employee identities in video recording; & provides that video recording made available after request must include accompanying audio.

Grandparent Visitation Rights; Authorizing a grandparent of a minor child to petition a court for court-ordered visitation with the child in certain circumstances, etc.

Bleeding Control Kits in K-12 Schools; Requiring responses to severe bleeding incidents on school grounds to be included in each public school’s plan for urgent life-saving emergencies; requiring public schools to have bleeding control kits on school grounds by a specified date; requiring the Department of Education to establish guidelines for determining the required number of kits for each school; requiring certai…

Correctional Officers, Correctional Probation Officers, and Institutional Security Specialists; Citing this act as the "Correctional and Probation Officer Fairness Act"; requiring that, beginning on a specified date, the minimum annual base rate of pay for a correctional officer, a correctional probation officer, or an institutional security specialist be no less than $60,000; requiring the Department of Management …

Law Enforcement, Correctional, and Institutional Security Specialist Officers; Requires average salary of correctional officer, correctional probation officer, or institutional security specialist to be no less than certain percentage of average salaries of sworn law enforcement officers; requires DMS to submit annual compensation analysis report to Governor, President of Senate, & Speaker of House of Representative…

Study on Childcare Assistance Programs; Requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, beginning on a specified date, to conduct a study of state public and private employee child care assistance programs for a specified purpose; specifying the scope of the study; requiring the office to consult with specified entities in conducting the study; requiring the office to submit a report o…

Local Government Land Development Regulations and Orders; Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to follow certain application procedures for applications for certain development permits and development orders; creating the “Florida Starter Homes Act” for a specified purpose; prohibiting local governments from imposing regulations governing residential lots unless such regulations meet specified requir…

Marriage Between Persons of the Same Sex; Repealing a provision relating to marriage between persons of the same sex; deleting a prohibition on the recognition of same-sex marriages; deleting a prohibition on the state and its agencies and subdivisions giving effect to a public act, record, or judicial proceeding that respects a same-sex marriage or relationship or a claim arising from such marriage or relationship,…

Financial Crimes Intelligence Center; Establishing the center within the Department of Legal Affairs; specifying the purposes of the center; authorizing the department to enter into operational agreements, etc.

One-cent Piece; Authorizes dealers to round to nearest nickel in certain circumstances; provides methodology for such rounding; provides that such rounding is not deceptive & unfair trade practice in certain circumstances; requires certain cash payments be made in full amount due or rounded in a specified manner.

Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools; Exempting district school boards from requirements for adopting certain rules; deleting a requirement for a district school board to employ an internal auditor in certain circumstances; revising requirements relating to district school board attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Programs; prohibiting a school from being required to use a certain para…

Public Education; Providing members of a district school board with specified rights; requiring that certain documents from district school board meetings be kept as public records; providing that a school district employee may not be required or incentivized to sign a nondisclosure agreement or confidentiality agreement; prohibiting a school district from imposing certain conditions on employment, etc.

Kratom; Requires DACS to certify laboratories that meet certain qualifications; requires DACS to adopt certain rules for certification & DOH to assist DACS in developing such rules; provides that licensed laboratories agree to certain audits & inspections by DACS; requires certain criteria to be met for distribution & sale of kratom products; prohibits retail sale & delivery of kratom products; prohibits kratom prod…

Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act; Requiring that finished kratom products sold to consumers at certain establishments meet certain requirements; requiring that kratom products be manufactured only by a processor who holds a certain permit issued by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing requirements for finished kratom products produced in this state and subsequently shipped or transpor…

Outsourcing Facilities; Requiring outsourcing facilities to apply to the Department of Health, using a form prescribed by the Board of Pharmacy, to obtain a permit before engaging in specified activities; requiring the board to review such documentation and consider certain actions of the applicant outsourcing facility; providing that outsourcing facilities holding a valid outsourcing permit issued before a specifie…

Detection of Developmental Delays and Autism Spectrum Disorder; Requires DOH, in collaboration with school districts throughout this state, to develop informational materials for detection of developmental delays & autism spectrum disorder for parents & guardians of certain students; provides requirements for such informational materials; requires early learning coalitions to notify parents & guardians of availabili…

Home Backup Power Systems; Prohibiting a local government from adopting a technical amendment to the Florida Building Code which requires a permit or any functionally equivalent local review or approval for certain backup power systems; prohibiting a local government that issues building permits from requiring an owner of a single-family dwelling or such owner’s contractor to obtain a building permit to perform work…

School Personnel Screening Standards; Requiring an applicant for certain positions to submit specified information; requiring a district school system, charter school, or private school to review specified information, etc.

Public Records and Meetings/Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Health or the Board of Respiratory Care pursuant to the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for certain meetings or portions of meetings of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission…

Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; Enacting the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; requiring member states to meet certain requirements to join and participate in the compact; providing criteria that a respiratory therapist licensee must satisfy to practice under the compact; authorizing a certain licensing authority or government agency to establish the scope of practice for a licensee providing therapy in a re…

Family Law; Requires that at least one judge be available in each judicial circuit on weekends, holidays, & after hours on weekdays to hear motions to enforce certain orders & agreements; requires chief judge to assign circuit judge to be available for certain hearings; requires that certain time-sharing matters be accorded priority on court's calendar; provides procedural requirements for evidentiary hearings on pl…

Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Provides penalty for failure by ambulatory surgical center to timely provide good faith estimate; requires AHCA to notify Division of Law Revision upon adoption of certain federal rules.

Tourist Development Tax Uses; Authorizing a county to use tourist development tax revenues to fund certain commuter rail service operations, etc.

Student Mental Health; Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules to enforce maximum class size restrictions; requiring that a school district’s plan for its mental health assistance program include contracts or interagency agreements that provide for one licensed mental health therapist per school; requiring that such plan include policies and procedures ensuring that every classroom has a corner for stu…

Benefits for Obesity under the State Group Health Insurance Plan; Requires DMS to provide coverage for treatment & management of obesity for state group health insurance policies issued after specified date; provides coverage criteria; requires department to adopt eligibility criteria by specified date; provides reporting requirements.

Capitol Center and Complex; Provides that DMS is responsible for aesthetics of Capitol Center for visitors; requires DMS to consider certain factors when developing specified plan; requires DMS, in consultation with Capitol Police, to establish enhanced security measures in certain parking areas; authorizes Capitol Police to patrol area surrounding Capitol Complex to ensure safety of certain persons; provides requir…

Infill Redevelopment; Requires local government to permit development of certain qualifying parcels up to certain density & intensity; requires developers of qualifying parcels to maintain specified buffer between new developments & single-family homes & townhouses; requires developers of qualifying parcels to establish that certain recreational facilities & areas reserved for recreational use have not been in opera…

Nicotine Dispensing Devices; Citing this act as the “Florida Age-Gate Act”; defining the term “non-FDA-authorized nicotine dispensing device”; requiring an applicant for a retail nicotine products dealer permit to consent to inspections and searches of the licensed premises by the Department of Law Enforcement for specified purposes; providing civil and criminal penalties for retail tobacco products dealers that sel…

Sovereign Immunity of County Constitutional Officers in Tort Actions; Expanding the definition of the term “state agencies or subdivisions” to include county constitutional officers for purposes of provisions relating to the waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions, etc.