Appropriations; Providing moneys for the annual period beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, and supplemental appropriations for the period ending June 30, 2022, to pay salaries, and other expenses, capital outlay - buildings, and other improvements, and for other specified purposes of the various agencies of state government, etc. APPROPRIATION: $108,596,897,427
Information Technology; Providing for a type two transfer of the specified functions and components of the Florida Digital Service to the Executive Office of the Governor; creating the Enterprise Florida First Technology Center within the Executive Office of the Governor; requiring the center to consult with the Department of Management Services to establish an information technology policy for specified procurement activities; providing that the director of the Office of Policy and Budget, rather than the Secretary of Management Services, is the executive director of the Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council, etc.
Education; Revising the maximum number of students for whom scholarships are established under the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, beginning in specified school years; requiring the Department of Education to provide incentives to school readiness personnel and prekindergarten instructors who meet specified requirements, subject to the appropriation of funds for that purpose; revising requirements for materials assigned for use within dual enrollment courses; creating the Inclusive Transition and Employment Management Program; creating the Seal of Excellence in Advancing Literacy, etc.
Health; Providing an appropriation to the Board of Directors of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute for a specified purpose; authorizing pharmacists and wholesalers employed by or under contract with forensic facilities managed by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to import prescription drugs under the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program for dispensing to clients in such facilities; requiring that the Department of Children and Families’ contracts with managing entities be made available on the department’s website; deleting a requirement that the Agency for Health Care Administration collect and publish on its website certain data related to the retail prices of specified prescribed medicines, etc.
Motor Vehicle Title Fees; Requiring that a specified amount of certain excess motor vehicle title fee collections in any fiscal year be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, etc.
Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims; Deleting a requirement for the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims to maintain certain offices and personnel, etc.
District Courts of Appeal; Revising the number of district courts of appeal from five to six; revising the headquarters of the Second Appellate District; revising the number of judges in the present appellate districts; revising which offices of the public defender handle appellate duties in an appellate district; assigning the public defender of the tenth judicial circuit to the Sixth Appellate District, etc.
Ratification of Department of Management Services Rules; Ratifying specified rules relating to health maintenance organization plan regions established by department rule for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 110.123(3)(h)2.d., F.S., which requires ratification of the rules in order for them to take effect, etc.
Trust Funds/Opioid Settlement Trust Fund; Creating the Opioid Settlement Trust Fund within the Department of Children and Families; providing for sources of moneys; providing for reversion of unencumbered and undisbursed balances; providing for future review and termination of the fund, etc.
Florida Gaming Control Commission; Deleting a requirement that a commissioner be appointed from each appellate district; exempting certain state agency employees who are registered lobbyists from the prohibition against being appointed to or employed by the commission; requiring the commission to evaluate slot license fees and make specified recommendations to the Legislature before a specified date; revising applicability for game promotions in connection with the sale of consumer products or services, etc.
Department of Financial Services Opioid Settlement Clearing Trust Fund; Creating the Department of Financial Services Opioid Settlement Clearing Trust Fund; providing an exemption from specified service charges; providing for disbursement of funds to the opioid settlement trust funds of the various agencies; prohibiting the investment of such moneys; exempting the trust fund from constitutional termination, etc.
State Employees; Providing for the resolution of collective bargaining issues at impasse between the state and certified bargaining units of state employees, etc.
