Boating-restricted Areas; Authorizes municipalities & counties to adopt ordinances to extend boating-restricted areas under certain conditions; requires boundaries of such areas to be clearly marked with specified markers.
Specialty License Plates/Italian-American Culture License Plate; Directs DHSMV to develop Italian-American culture license plate; provides for distribution & use of fees collected from sale of plate.
Newborn Screenings; Requires, beginning on specified date, that newborns to be screened for biliary atresia; requires DOH to consult with Genetics & Newborn Screening Advisory Council before adopting certain rules; requires department, by specified date, to implement certain education campaign relating to biliary atresia.
Use of Driver License Information for Fraud Prevention; Authorizes DHSMV to provide state agencies & certain third parties with access to certain driver license information for specified purposes with licensee's consent; authorizes identity verification service providers to use DHSMV data under certain conditions; requires certain revenue be deposited into Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund; prohibits such providers from retaining certain information; prohibits third party from storing or selling certain information without licensee's consent.
Trust Fund/Creation/Vacancy Relief and Risk Mitigation Trust Fund/Florida Housing Finance Corporation; Creates Vacancy Relief & Risk Mitigation Trust Fund within Florida Housing Finance Corporation for specified purpose; authorizes any unexpended balance at specified time to revert & be reappropriated for certain purpose; provides for future review & termination or re-creation of trust fund.
Towing Undrivable Vehicles; Provides requirements when motor vehicle is undrivable due to motor vehicle crash; requires law enforcement officer or wrecker operator to provide specified information to driver of vehicle; requires wrecker operator storage facility to provide certain notification to owner of vehicle at specific intervals.
Spaceport Operations and Space Florida; Requires governing board of certain seaports to coordinate with Space Florida for specified purposes; provides that Space Florida is not agency & is not subject to certain bidding & contract procedures under certain conditions; requires Space Florida to employ full-time business development director for specified purposes; revises membership of Space Florida board of directors.
This bill adds nine specific exemptions to Florida's statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program, clarifying which disputed claims will not be reviewed by the state resolution organization. It directly affects healthcare providers and health plans by excluding certain claims from the dispute process, such as those involving interest payments, Medicaid fair hearings, federal dispute resolution processes, or pre-2000 contracts. Key provisions specify that claims related to federal programs (like Medicare or Medicaid appeals), ongoing court cases, or internal managed care organization grievances will not undergo state review. The bill does not alter the core dispute resolution program but streamlines it by defining excluded scenarios. It takes effect July 1, 2026.
Beverage Law; Authorizes contract brewers to transfer malt beverages to contracting brewers' facilities; provides that title to malt beverages remains with contract brewer until malt beverages are removed from licensed premises; requires licensed manufacturers that wish to engage in contract brewing to notify division; requires such licensed manufacturers to make full & complete report to division by certain date; requires that entity seeking to become host brewer or guest brewer for alternating proprietorship brewing first qualify as brewer with National Revenue Center; requires that guest brewer's malt beverages be separate & identifiable from malt beverages of all other tenants at host brewer's licensed premises; requires guest brewer to make full & complete report of specified information to division; provides that title to malt beverages remains with guest brewer; prohibits manufacturers or vendors from engaging in contract brewing or alternating proprietorship brewing.
Penalties For Late-filed Disclosures or Statements of Financial Interests; Prohibits assessment of fine for reporting person's first late filing of disclosure or statement of financial interests if certain conditions are met.
Workers’ Compensation Insurance; Authorizes insurer to use excess rates for specified percentage of its workers' compensation insurance policies; specifies workers' compensation policies that are excluded from such percentage; removes provisions relating to exclusion of specified commercial insurance policies from percentage of policies that are subject to excess rates; revises composition of board of directors of Florida Workers' Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association, Incorporated.
Optional Retirement Programs for Public Postsecondary Employees; Revises contribution amounts & how contributions are paid for specified optional retirement programs.
