Department of Health; Revising the purpose of the department’s targeted outreach program for certain pregnant women; requiring the department to encourage high-risk pregnant women of unknown status to be tested for sexually transmissible diseases; removing the Children’s Medical Services office from parties required to coordinate in the development of local emergency management plans for special needs shelters; deleting a requirement that certain nursing program graduates complete a specified preparatory course; defining the terms “doctoral degree from an American Psychological Association accredited program” and “doctoral degree in psychology”, etc.
Postsecondary Education; Authorizing the Board of Governors to adopt a regulation regarding post-tenure reviews for state university faculty; revising the maintenance requirements of, and information that must be included in, the statewide course numbering system; requiring the Board of Governors and State Board of Education to identify and determine accrediting agencies or associations best suited for public postsecondary institutions by a specified date; requiring Florida College System institutions and state universities, respectively, to post specified information relating to tuition and fee rates and proposed changes to such rates on their websites, etc.
Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality; Revises purpose & requirements for Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education & Use Prevention Program; requires DOH to contract with local healthy start coalitions for creation of fetal & infant mortality review committees; prohibits physician from performing abortion if gestational age of fetus is determined to be more than specified number of weeks; provides exception; requires directors of certain medical facilities & certain physicians to submit monthly report to AHCA electronically; requires hospitals participate in minimum number of quality improvement initiatives. APPROPRIATION: $1,602,000
Child Welfare; Revising payment rates for relative and nonrelative caregivers under the Relative Caregiver Program; revising and specifying room and board rates paid by the Department of Children and Families; revising fee waiver eligibility for students who are or were placed in the custody of a relative or nonrelative to include certain students; creating a tuition and fee exemption for students who enter the custody of the department after a specified age and who are reunited with their parent or parents before reaching a specified age and after spending at least 18 months in out-of-home care, etc.
Child Welfare; Requiring the Department of Children and Families and Department of Juvenile Justice to identify and meet the needs of dually-involved children within a specified timeframe; revising information that must be included in a transition plan; requiring prenatal and infant health care delivery programs to include certain father engagement activities; requiring the Department of Children and Families to contract for the development and implementation of the Responsible Fatherhood Initiative and to provide grants to community-based not-for-profit organizations to offer certain mentorship programs; designating the month of June as "Responsible Fatherhood Month", etc.
Substance Abuse Service Providers; Revising the types of expenditures for district programs and services which are eligible for state payment; requiring service provider applicants to include the names and locations of certain recovery residences in their license application; requiring service providers to record specified information in the Department of Children and Families’ Provider Licensure and Designations System after a specified date; requiring certified recovery residence administrators to demonstrate the ability to meet specified requirements; requiring service providers to return an individual’s personal effects upon the individual’s discharge, etc.
Telehealth; Revising the prohibition on prescribing controlled substances through the use of telehealth to include only specified controlled substances, etc.
Airport Funding; Revises types of airports eligible for specified funding of master planning & eligible aviation development projects by DOT.
Nursing Home Financial Reporting; Requires nursing homes & their home offices to annually file with AHCA their audited actual experience for purposes of financial reporting.
Newborn Screenings; Requiring hospitals and other state-licensed birthing facilities to test for congenital cytomegalovirus in newborns within a specified timeframe under certain circumstances; revising the timeframe in which health care providers attending home births must make certain referrals; requiring a newborn’s primary health care provider to refer the newborn for testing for congenital cytomegalovirus under certain circumstances; requiring that certain test results be reported to the Department of Health within a specified timeframe, etc.
In-person Visitation; Citing this act as the “No Patient Left Alone Act”; requiring certain providers to establish visitation policies and procedures within a specified timeframe; authorizing the resident, client, or patient to designate an essential caregiver; requiring in-person visitation in certain circumstances; authorizing providers to suspend in-person visitation of specific visitors under certain circumstances, etc.
Administration of Vaccines; Authorizes registered pharmacy technicians to administer specified vaccines under certain circumstances; authorizes certified pharmacists to administer specified vaccines under certain circumstances; revises immunizations or vaccines that certified pharmacists, registered interns, & registered pharmacy technicians may administer; revises & provides continuing education requirements for registered pharmacy technicians.
