Vocational Rehabilitation Services; Revises duties of Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; requires division to provide preemployment transition services to eligible persons; requires division to enter into formal interagency agreement with state education agency for certain purposes; requires division to work with local educational agencies to provide specified services & arrange for referrals; revises provisions relating to Florida Endowment for Vocational Rehabilitation & Florida Endowment Foundation; revises requirements for individual education plans.
Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program; Extending the scheduled expiration of the pilot program; requiring the University of Florida’s College of Education to collaborate with Florida International University’s school of music for evaluation of the pilot program; requiring that the evaluation be shared with the Florida Center for Partnerships in Arts-Integrated Teaching, etc.
International Affairs; Requiring the Secretary of State to serve as the state protocol officer; requiring that certain organizations provide notice of international travel to the Department of State, rather than the Department of Economic Opportunity; authorizing the Department of State to support the establishment of citizen support organizations for certain purposes; prohibiting the department from allowing a citizen support organization to use certain services, property, or facilities if the organization does not provide equal membership and employment opportunities, etc.
Courts; Specifying that certain exemptions from court-related fees and charges apply to certain entities; requiring the court to waive any court costs or filing fees for certain proceedings involving public guardians; providing that certain examinations may be performed and reports prepared by a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse under certain circumstances, etc.
Health Care for Children; Requiring the Department of Health to create and make available electronically a pamphlet with specified information; revising applicable provisions for the reimbursement of school-based services by the Agency for Health Care Administration to certain school districts; requiring certain individual educational plan teams and individualized family support plan teams to include a specified specialist, etc.
Exposure of Sexual Organs; Increases criminal penalties for exposure of sexual organs for second or subsequent offense; authorizes warrantless arrests when law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that person has unlawfully exposures sexual organs.
Emotional Support Animals; Defining the terms “emotional support animal” and “housing provider”; prohibiting discrimination in housing provided to a person with a disability or a disability-related need for an emotional support animal; prohibiting a health care practitioner from providing information regarding a person’s need for an emotional support animal without having personal knowledge of that person’s need for the animal; prohibiting the falsification of information or other fraudulent misrepresentation regarding the use of an emotional support animal, etc.
Contraband in Specified Facilities; Prohibiting the introduction of certain cannabis related substances, cellular telephones and other portable communication devices, and vapor-generating electronic devices inside specified facilities of the Department of Children and Families or of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; providing criminal penalties; prohibiting the introduction of certain cannabis related substances and vapor-generating electronic devices inside a state correctional institution, etc.
Estates and Trusts; Revises provisions for estates and trusts related to precious metals as property, notice requirements for jurisdiction, filing of objections, sales involving conflicts of interest, and compensation for serving as personal representative or trustee.
School Bus Safety; Revises civil penalties for certain violations relating to stopping for school bus.
Trusts; Authorizes trustees of certain trusts to reimburse persons being treated as owner of trust for specified amounts & specified manner; prohibits certain policies, values, & proceeds from being used for such reimbursement; requires specified powers be granted to certain persons if terms of trust require trustee to act at direction or with consent of such persons or that specified decisions be made directly by such persons.
Emergency Reporting; Requiring the Division of Emergency Management to create a list of reportable incidents; requiring such list to include certain events; requiring a political subdivision to report incidents contained on the list to the State Watch Office; authorizing the Division of Emergency Management to establish guidelines a political subdivision must follow to report an incident, etc.
