Custody of Minor Children by Extended Family; Revising the purposes of ch. 751, F.S.; revising the requirements for individuals seeking concurrent custody; allowing any other provisions related to the best interest of the child to be considered in a petition for temporary or concurrent custody; authorizing courts to include provisions requested in petitions for temporary or concurrent custody which relate to the best interest of the child, etc.
Pub. Rec./Financial Technology Sandbox; Provides exemptions from public records requirements for certain information made available to OFR in Financial Technology Sandbox applications by specified providers of innovative financial products or services, & for certain information relating on such providers; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statement of public necessity.
Genetic Information for Insurance Purposes; Prohibits life insurers & long-term care insurers from canceling, limiting, or denying coverage, or establishing differentials in premium rates based on genetic information; prohibits such insurers from taking certain actions relating to genetic information for any insurance purpose.
Protection of Vulnerable Investors; Requires securities dealers, investment advisers, & associated persons to report knowledge or suspicion of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults to DCF; authorizes dealers & investment advisers to delay certain disbursements or transactions based on reasonable belief of financial exploitation of specified adult; requires dealer or investment adviser to notify certain persons & OFR of such delays within specified timeframe; authorizes dealer or investment adviser to extend delay; provides that length of such delays may be shortened or extended by court of competent jurisdiction; provides immunity from administrative & civil liability for dealers, investment advisers, & associated persons; requires dealers & investment advisers to develop certain training policies or programs & maintain written records of compliance.
Insurance Guaranty Associations; Revises obligations of Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Incorporated, for policies covering condominium associations & homeowners' associations; revises percentage limits on emergency assessments levied against insurers by OIR.
Alert Systems in Public Schools; Citing this act as "Alyssa’s Law"; requiring each public school to implement a mobile panic alert system for specified purposes beginning in a specified school year; authorizing public school districts to implement additional strategies and systems for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Education to issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a mobile panic alert system, subject to appropriation, etc.
Florida Commission on Human Relations; Provides quorum requirements for Commission on Human Relations & its panels; revises number of persons commission may recommend for Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame; provides limitation on time civil action may be filed after alleged violation of Florida Civil Rights Act; revises length of time commission or AG has to resolve complaint of discrimination in club membership; revises timeline relating to complaints alleging prohibited personnel action.
Verification of Employment Eligibility; Prohibiting the approval of certain economic development incentive applications after a specified date; requiring public employers, contractors, and subcontractors to register with and use the E-Verify system; prohibiting such entities from entering into a contract unless each party to the contract registers with and uses the E-Verify system; requiring private employers to verify the employment eligibility of newly hired employees beginning on a specified date, etc.
Local Government Public Construction Works; Revising disclosure requirements for bidding documents and other requests for proposals issued for bids by a local governmental entity and public contracts entered into between local governmental entities and contractors; requiring that a local government that performs projects using its own services, employees, and equipment provide a report to the local governing board with certain information, etc.
Environmental Accountability; Encouraging counties and municipalities, respectively, to establish a sanitary sewer lateral inspection program by a specified date; requiring a seller of real property to disclose any known defects in the property's sanitary sewer lateral; revising civil penalties for violations of certain provisions relating to the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve, aquatic preserves, water resources, the Pollutant Discharge Prevention and Control Act, the Clean Ocean Act, regulation of oil and gas resources, the Phosphate Land Reclamation Act, artesian wells, terminal facilities, discharge contingency plans for vessels, sewage disposal facilities, dumping litter, small quantity generators, and coral reef protection, and other provisions relating to pollution and the environment, respectively; revising criminal penalties for violations of certain provisions relating to pollution and the environment, etc.
Technology Innovation; Removes Division of State Technology from, & adding Florida Digital Service & Division of Telecommunications to, DMS; requires Florida Digital Service to develop enterprise architecture; prohibits DMS from retrieving or disclosing data under circumstances; revises certain standards that DLA, DFS, & DACS must adopt; provides notice requirements if departments adopt alternative standards in lieu of enterprise architecture standards; prohibits Florida Digital Service from retrieving or disclosing data; creates Financial Technology Sandbox within OFR; provides certain exceptions to general law & certain waivers of rule requirements to specified persons; provides Technology Sandbox application requirements; provides that licensees are not immune from civil damages & are subject to criminal & consumer protection laws & certain general laws; authorizes office to issue certain orders & to enforce them; provides appropriation; provides that specified provisions of act are contingent upon passage of other provisions addressing public records. APPROPRIATION: $50,000
Agency for Health Care Administration; Revises certain duties of AHCA relating to reporting, oversight, licensure inspections, issuance of licenses, & Medicaid fraud investigations; removes annual assessment on health care entities; removes provisions relating to multiphasic testing centers.
