Bills

Pre-K-12 Education; Revising conditions under which a specified scholarship account’s funds revert to the state; providing a supplement for districts that have a decline in enrollment; requiring that fiscally constrained districts receive a higher calculation than non-fiscally constrained districts, etc.

Regulation of Chickees; Defining the term “chickee”; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from enacting ordinances, regulations, or policies that prevent construction of chickees under certain circumstances or that are more restrictive than federal floodplain management regulations; providing that later incorporation of certain features into an existing chickee requires a permit; providing criminal…

Local Government Regulation of Chickees; Prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from enacting ordinance, regulation, or policy that prevents chickee from being constructed by certain persons in specified locations; prohibits counties & municipalities from enacting ordinance, regulation, or policy concerning chickees that is more restrictive than certain federal regulations; provides penalty for certain p…

Public School Personnel Compensation; Providing that cost-of-living adjustments are for employees with direct student contact; deleting a limitation on such adjustments; deleting certain limitations for salary adjustments under the performance salary schedule, etc.

Services During a State of Emergency; Requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services, etc.

Administration of Medications by Pharmacists ; Authorizes pharmacists, at direction of certain licensed physicians, to administer medications; provides recordkeeping requirements; requires Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules; requires facilities to maintain documentation relating to pharmacist qualifications.

Prohibited Governmental Policies Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Prohibits governmental entities from adopting certain net zero policies; prohibits governmental entities from using public funds in any manner that supports, implements, or advances certain net zero policies; prohibits governmental entities from imposing any charge to advance certain net zero policies; requires each governmental entity to annually…

Insurance Claims Payments to Health Care Providers; Requires AHCA to establish program to assist health care providers & health plans in resolving claims of denied prior authorization requests; provides that program is mandatory; revises list of claims that are not reviewed by program; prohibits respondents from avoiding default by refusing to participate in review process; prohibits contracts between health care pr…

Coverage by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; Revising eligibility for coverage of residential structures in certain counties by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; requiring the corporation to implement certain rate increases annually in such counties for single policies issued by the corporation; providing additional policies issued by the corporation which do not require policyholders to purchase floo…

Preemption to the State; Providing for preemption of all matters relating to the regulation of religious services and gatherings; prohibiting counties, municipalities, and special districts, respectively, from substantially burdening the free exercise of religion by adopting or enforcing certain ordinances, regulations, resolutions, rules, or other policies; prohibiting a local enforcement agency from denying the is…

Notification of Sexual Violence Policies and Supportive Measure in K-20 Education; Requires public & private K-20 educational institutions to have sexual violence policies; authorizes such educational institutions to have supportive measures; provides requirements for such policies & measures; requires schools to notify students, parents, school staff, & school volunteers of such policies & measures; & provides requ…

Community Health Worker Services; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay for specified community health worker services as an optional Medicaid service, subject to certain coverage requirements; defining the term “community health worker”; adding community health worker services to the list of Medicaid services authorized for reimbursement on a fee-for-service basis, etc.

Detection of Developmental Delays and Autism Spectrum Disorder; Requiring the Department of Health, in collaboration with school districts throughout this state, to develop informational materials for the detection of developmental delays and autism spectrum disorder for parents and guardians of certain students; requiring early learning coalitions to notify parents and guardians of the availability of such informat…

Reimagining Education and Career Help Act; Revising the definition of the term “credential” to include leadership and soft skills certificates offered by certain accredited education organizations and entities, etc.

Aging and Disability Services; Deleting expired requirements for Medicaid recipients to receive an offer for enrollment for long-term care services; requiring the CARES program to review or perform the initial assessment of an enrollee’s level of care; providing procurement requirements for area agencies on aging; requiring that high-risk vulnerable adults be given priority consideration for receiving community-care…

Building Permits and Inspections; Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; providing that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing a job without applicable permits and inspections if otherwise authorized by law; prohibiting the Depa…

Medical Marijuana; Increasing the number of supply limits of marijuana which a qualified physician may issue in a single physician certification for the medical use of marijuana; revising the frequency with which qualified physicians must evaluate existing qualified patients for a physician certification for the medical use of marijuana; providing that the fee associated with identification cards for certain veteran…

Disclosure of Public Servants' Personal Information; Authorizes certain public employees & officials to provide written notice to data broker to prevent disclosure of specified personal data concerning themselves & related persons; prohibits data broker from disclosing or redisclosing certain data after receipt of such notice; authorizes data brokers to provide e-mail addresses for receipt of such notice under speci…

Medical Use of Marijuana; Authorizes patient prescribed certain opioid drugs to qualify to receive marijuana or marijuana delivery device; requires qualified physician to conduct in-person or telehealth examination before issuing or renewing certification; requires qualified physician to submit certain documentation to Board of Medicine or Board of Osteopathic Medicine for patients prescribed certain opioid drugs; r…

Building Requirements of Certain Structures; Requiring the Florida Building Commission to require that the entire building envelope of certain structures meet the impact resistance requirements of the Florida Building Code and be constructed with wind-resistant materials designed and built to withstand a specified wind speed, etc.

Florida Building Code Construction Requirements; Requires Florida Building Commission to require, beginning with next edition of Florida Building Code, that certain buildings or structures be constructed with specified materials & meet certain impact resistance requirements.

Central Service Technician Services; Defining the terms “central service technician” and “health care practitioner”; requiring that licensed hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers employ or otherwise retain the services of a central service technician only if he or she meets specified criteria; requiring central service technicians to complete a specified number of continuing education hours annually as a conditi…

Transportation; Revising the membership composition of the Florida Transportation Research Institute; requiring the Department of Transportation to coordinate with the Department of Commerce, specified ports, and the Federal Government for a certain purpose; revising the visible signals given by an approaching emergency vehicle upon which a driver must yield the right-of-way; prohibiting a personal delivery device f…

Central Service Technician Services; Defines terms "central service technician" and "health care practitioner"; requires licensed hospitals & ambulatory surgical centers to employ or otherwise retain services of central service technician only if he or she meets specified criteria; requires central service technicians who do not meet specified criteria to obtain certain certification within specified timeframe as co…

Aging and Disability Services ; Revising requirements for Medicaid recipients to receive an offer for enrollment for long-term care services; requiring the Department of Elderly Affairs to maintain a statewide pre-enrollment list for certain services; providing that the initial assessment of an enrollee shall be reviewed or performed by the Comprehensive Assessment and Review for Long-term Care Services program; rev…

Nature-based Coastal Resiliency; Authorizes certain dredging & filling of submerged lands & placement of certain shorelines & seawalls within Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve; authorizes erection of specified structures within aquatic preserves; requires DEP to develop by specified date guidelines & standards for nature-based methods to address coastal resiliency; requires DEP & local governments to promote nature-base…

Coastal Resiliency; Prohibiting the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund from approving the dredging or filling of the submerged lands of the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve unless such dredging and filling occurs for certain reasons; authorizing certain dredging and filling of submerged lands and placement of certain shorelines and seawalls within the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve; authorizing the e…

School Counselors; Requires evaluation criteria for certified school counselors to be based on specified standards; provides that persons seeking employment as school counselors are exempt from specified educator certification requirements; & provides that school districts may require such persons to meet certain requirements as condition of employment.

Department of Financial Services; Revises provisions related to DFS including financial subsystems, warrants, firefighter employment, , My Safe Florida Home & Condominium Programs, payments, coordinating council, licensing & examination, fire safety, fire codes, licensee requirements, deferred payment processors, public adjusters, bail bonds, abandoned & unclaimed property, & legal tender.

Outsourcing Facilities; Requires outsourcing facilities apply to DOH, using form prescribed by Board of Pharmacy, to obtain permit before engaging in specified activities; requires department to issue outsourcing facility permits to applicants board certifies as meeting certain criteria; requires that initial application for permit include specified documentation; requires board to review such documentation & consid…

Department of Financial Services; Revising the subsystem used for a certain report of disbursements made; deleting the Department of Financial Services’ authority to make semimonthly salary payments; revising eligibility requirements for a hurricane mitigation inspection under the My Safe Florida Home Program; deleting provisions regarding the reporting structure for charts of accounts relating to the use of public …

Medicaid Reimbursement for Private Duty Nursing Services; Defines "pediatric continuing care integrated community" for purposes of state Medicaid program; defines "geographic area" & "prevailing hourly rate"; requires Medicaid managed care plans to reimburse licensed home health agencies for private duty nursing services provided in community residential group home at certain rate; prohibits Medicaid managed care pl…

Establishment and Administration of a State Cryptocurrency Reserve; Establishes Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Fund as special fund assigned to SBA; provides for objective, custody, administration, & management of reserve; provides sources of reserve; authorizes Legislature to appropriate funds for deposit to credit of reserve for specified purposes; authorizes board to pay certain costs using cryptocurren…

Trust Funds/Florida Cryptocurrency Reserve; Creating the Florida Cryptocurrency Reserve, a trust fund, within the office of the Chief Financial Officer; providing for the source of funds and the purpose of the reserve; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the reserve, etc.

Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve; Creating the “Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act”; authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to take certain actions in administering and managing the Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve; authorizing payment of the reasonable cost of administering and managing the reserve from a specified source; authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to purchase cryptocurrency…

Public Records/Chief of Domestic Security; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information relating to the designation of an organization as a domestic terrorist organization or a foreign terrorist organization by the Chief of Domestic Security; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Business Development Incentives for Veterans and Military Spouses ; Requires DOS to waive specified fees for certain businesses; provides eligibility & registration requirements for such waivers; provides tax exemptions for certain businesses; provides eligibility requirements for such exemptions; requires DOR to establish procedures for claiming such exemptions; provides for rulemaking & interagency cooperation; pr…

Public Waters; Prohibiting local governments and special districts from applying for a permit to establish or maintain a public mooring field under certain circumstances; requiring, rather than authorizing, the Department of Health to adopt and enforce certain rules; requiring counties, municipalities, special districts, and, if applicable, the state to close certain beach waters and public bathing places, etc.

Public Mooring Fields; Prohibits local governments & special districts from applying for permit to establish or maintain public mooring field.

Doula Workforce Development ; Establishes Doula Workforce Development Support Program within Department of Commerce for specified purposes; provides requirements for grant funding & use of such funds; provides requirements for department to administer program; requires department to submit certain report to Governor & Legislature by specified date annually; authorizes department to require grant recipients to submit…

My Safe Florida Home Program; Requires DFS to notify applicants in specified circumstances; authorizes applicants to submit subsequent applications in certain circumstances; prohibits application from being deemed withdrawn or abandoned if applicant responds to notice & makes certain demonstrations; authorizes applicants to submit subsequent applications in certain circumstances.

Informed Consent for Assisted Reproductive Technology; Revising requirements for certain written disposition agreements required between a commissioning couple and a treating physician; prohibiting health care providers from performing in vitro fertilization without first obtaining informed consent from the commissioning couple; prohibiting health care providers from discarding embryos for nonpayment unless certain …

Ideologies Inconsistent with American Principles; Prohibiting the application of certain law in adjudicatory proceedings; providing that the Department of State may administratively dissolve a corporation that has been designated as a terrorist organization in certain situations; defining the term “domestic terrorist organization”; providing that a person who receives military training from a domestic terrorist orga…

Sexually Transmissible Diseases; Citing act as “HIV Prevention Justice Act”; reduces degree of criminal penalty for certain persons who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) & who donate blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other human tissue for use in another person; revises prohibitions relating to intentional transmission of certain diseases through sexual conduct; provides that person’s failure to com…

Big Cypress Basin; Revising the membership of the Big Cypress Basin governing board; requiring the South Florida Water Management District to revise the boundaries of the Big Cypress Basin based on a specified study at a specified time; requiring the South Florida Water Management District to ensure that basin ad valorem taxes collected within the Big Cypress Basin be used in a specified manner, etc.

Veterinary Prescription Disclosure; Requiring a veterinarian or authorized member of veterinary staff to inform a client of the right to receive a written prescription to be filled at a pharmacy of the client’s choice or the option to have the prescription filled at the veterinary establishment; requiring that the disclosure include an acknowledgement signed by the client; providing that such acknowledgement be docu…

Veterinary Prescription Disclosure; Requires veterinarian to inform client of right to receive written prescription or option to have prescription filled at veterinary establishment; specifies certain transmission methods for "written prescriptions"; requires disclosure to include acknowledgement signed by client; requires acknowledgement to include certain information; prohibits certain statements, notifications, w…

Fraudulent Entry of Residential Dwellings; Providing that fraudulent entry of a residential dwelling unit is an act of noncompliance for which a landlord may terminate a rental agreement; creating the crime of fraudulent entry of a residential dwelling unit; prohibiting a person from entering into and taking possession of a residential dwelling unit under specified circumstances, etc.

Resilient Buildings; Authorizes owners of resilient buildings to receive certain tax credits; provides requirements for tax credit application, receipt, amounts, eligibility, & use; creates Florida Resilient Building Advisory Council; provides duties & requirements for membership of such council.

Community Development Districts; Provides that certain provisions regarding synthetic turf do not apply to certain community development districts; authorizes removal of certain members of boards of directors by recall elections; provides procedures and requirements for such recall elections including petitions to recall, recall committees, termination of recall proceedings, vacancies, date of recall elections, and …