Florida Bills

Public Records/Expunged Criminal History Records; Providing for the effect of criminal history records ordered expunged; providing an exemption from public records requirements for criminal history records ordered expunged which are retained by the department; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Trust Funds/Comprehensive Health Care for Residents; Creates Florida Health Fund for Florida Health Plan; provides for administration of fund; provides for sources of funds & purpose; requires claims for health care services to be made to fund; provides for disbursement from fund; provides for accounts in fund; prohibits funds from being commingled with other moneys; requires necessary waivers, exemptions, agreements, & legislation to be obtained for federal payments for fund; provides for future review & termination or re-creation of fund; provides that Florida Health Plan's responsibility for providing health care is secondary to existing Federal Government programs if funding for these programs is not transferred to fund; requires collateral sources to pay to fund; provides duties of Florida Health Board relating to fund; provides applicability of Code of Ethics for Public Officers & Employees to employees & director of fund; provides duties of plan auditor relating to fund; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate

Auxiliary Containers, Wrappings, and Disposable Plastic Bags; Removing the state preemption on the regulation of certain auxiliary containers, wrappings, and disposable plastic bags, etc.

State Department Customer Service Standards; Requires state departments to employ callback queue system for customers who contact state departments by telephone.

Florida Commission on Human Relations; Deleting the requirement that the Florida Commission on Human Relations send certain information to certain persons by registered mail, etc.

Public Records/Sexual Assault Counselors; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of sexual assault counselors; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Rental Assistance for Veterans; Providing legislative findings; creating the Veterans’ Rental Assistance Grant Program; authorizing the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to provide certain grants to eligible applicants for a specified purpose; providing eligibility requirements for the program, etc.

Cannabis Research; Excepting cannabis and its derivatives from Schedule I of controlled substances for certain bona fide scientific research purposes, etc.

Transportation Network Company and Driver Insurance Requirements; Revises automobile insurance requirements for transportation network companies & drivers.

Specialty License Plates/Miami Northwestern Alumni Association; Directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association license plate; specifying design elements for the plate, etc.

Reusable Tenant Screening Reports; Authorizing a landlord to accept reusable tenant screening reports and require a specified statement; prohibiting a landlord from charging certain fees to an applicant using a reusable tenant screening report, etc.

Hemp Extract Products; Revises & provides conditions for manufacture, delivery, hold, offer for sale, distribution, & retail sale of hemp extract products; requires manufacturers, distributors, & retailers of hemp extract products to maintain certain records; prohibits DACS from granting permission to remove or use certain hemp extract products until it determines that such hemp extract products comply with state law; provides appropriations. APPROPRIATION: $27,000,000