SB 972 designates October 21 of each year as "Celia Cruz Day" in Florida to honor the late Cuban-American singer Celia Cruz. The bill creates an annual state observance recognizing her cultural impact and contributions to music. This is a symbolic resolution with no binding policy changes or direct effects on individuals or regulations. It solely establishes a date for commemorative recognition within Florida.
Pub. Rec./Victims of Crime; Expands exemption from public record for names of crime victims as well as documents or records that could locate or harass victim or victim’s family; provides that certain records identifying law enforcement officers who become crime victims are confidential for limited periods of time; provides extension of time if certain procedures are followed; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Public School Personnel Salary Schedules; Deleting a requirement relating to cost-of-living salary adjustments; revising requirements for salary schedules for school employees; revising conditions under which a district school board must provide salary supplements; deleting a provision that prohibits a performance salary schedule from being reduced due to budget constraints, etc.
Fees/Expedited Service Fees; Provides filing fees for expedited services; specifies manners in which expedited service fees may be paid; provides that expedited service fees are nonrefundable.
Working Floridians Tax Rebate Program; Creating the program; specifying the purpose of the program; specifying eligibility requirements for receiving a rebate under the program in a specified tax year; requiring the Department of Revenue to issue rebate payments not exceeding a certain amount by a specified time, etc.
Individualized Investigational Treatments ; Authorizes certain actions by eligible facilities, manufacturers operating within eligible facilities, & eligible patients relating to individualized investigational treatments; authorizes health plans, third-party administrators, & governmental agencies to provide coverage for cost of individualized investigational drug, biological product, or device, or cost of certain services; limits liability; prohibits licensing boards, disciplinary subcommittees, & entities responsible for Medicare certification from taking certain actions against health care provider's license; prohibits certain persons from blocking or attempting to block eligible patient's access to individualized investigational drug, biological product, or device; provides construction.
Hemp Consumable THC Products ; Revises & provides requirements relating to hemp consumable THC products including duties of DACS; distribution and retail sale of hemp consumable THC products; certification of independent laboratories; actions against licensees and permittees; mail order, Internet, and remote sales of hemp consumable THC products; seizure and destruction of contraband hemp consumable THC products; & penalties.
Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Occupational Therapy Compact Commission; Provides exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by Occupational Therapy Compact Commission; authorizes disclosure of information under certain circumstances; provides exemption from public meetings requirements for certain meetings, or portions of meetings, of commission; provides exemption from public records requirements for recordings, minutes, & records generated during exempt meetings or exempt portions of meetings; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statements of public necessity.
Land Use and Zoning; Providing applicability of provisions related to protection of private property rights; authorizing a local government to provide for certain residential land uses in its comprehensive plan and land development regulations; authorizing a local government to prohibit single-family hybrid use while allowing single-family owner use within a land use category, etc.
Elections of County Commissioners, District School Board Members, and District School Superintendents; Establishes county commissioner districts based on population of county; requires county commissioners to be nominated & elected by qualified electors who reside in same county commissioner district as commissioner; requires membership of board of county commissioners to be based on certain population criteria for each county; requires commissioners to be elected at specified time & terms to be staggered; revises membership of district school boards; requires membership to be based on certain population criteria for each county; requires membership to be identical to that of board of county commissioners; requires members of district school board to be elected by qualified electors who reside in same school district as member; revises provisions relating to election & term of office for district school superintendents.
Specialty License Plates; Directs DHSMV to develop Miami Dade College license plate; provides for distribution & use of fees collected from sale of plate.
Subsidy Payments for the Home Care for the Elderly Program; Requiring that subsidy payments made by the Department of Elder Affairs for the home care for the elderly program cease for certain persons upon such persons’ enrollment in the Medicaid long-term care managed care program, etc.
