Department of Health; Revising the purpose of patient care networks from serving patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome to serving those with human immunodeficiency virus; requiring the Department of Health to develop strategies to maximize federal-state partnerships that provide incentives for physicians to practice in medically underserved or rural areas; revising provisions related to the department’s rules governing minimum standards for ground ambulances and emergency medical services vehicles; extending through 2025 the Florida Center for Nursing’s responsibility to study and issue an annual report on the implementation of nursing education programs, etc.
Public Records and Public Meetings/Applicants for President/State University or Florida College System Institution; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for any personal identifying information of an applicant for president of a state university or Florida College System institution; providing an exemption from public meeting requirements for any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of identifying or vetting applicants for president of a state university or Florida College System institution, including any portion of a meeting that would disclose identifying information of such applicants; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Automated Pharmacy Systems; Authorizing a community pharmacy to use an automated pharmacy system under certain circumstances; requiring such community pharmacies to adopt, annually review, and maintain a record of, for a specified time period, certain policies and procedures; providing that certain medicinal drugs stored in an automated pharmacy system for outpatient dispensing are part of the inventory of the pharmacy providing services through such system, etc.
Public Accountancy; Requiring certain applicants to not be licensed in any state or territory in order to be licensed by endorsement; providing license renewal requirements for nonresident licensees; requiring that a majority of the hours required for continuing education include specific content; authorizing certain Florida certified public accountants to apply to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to have their license placed in a retired status; providing that retired licensees are not required to maintain continuing education requirements, etc.
Adoption Records; Providing that the name and identity of a birth parent, an adoptive parent, and an adoptee may be disclosed from adoption records without a court order under certain circumstances, etc.
Fees/Specialty License Plates; Creating a uniform annual use fee collected for a specialty license plate unless otherwise specified; adding annual use fees for certain specialty license plates, etc.
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Department of Elderly Affairs, to approve certain applicants to provide benefits pursuant to the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); specifying requirements and procedures for the submission, publication, review, and initial approval of applications; requiring prospective PACE organizations that are granted initial approval to apply within a certain timeframe for federal approval, etc.
Deregulation of Professions and Occupations; Citing this act as the “Occupational Freedom and Opportunity Act”; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to waive the requirement to pass the Commercial Driver License Skills Tests for certain servicemembers and veterans; deleting the requirement that a yacht broker maintain a separate license for each branch office; specifying that the failure to repay certain student loans is not considered a failure to perform a statutory or legal obligation for which certain disciplinary action can be taken; revising licensure requirements for engineers who hold specified licenses in another state, etc.
Funds for the Operation of Schools; Revising the annual allocation to school districts to include an additional calculation of full-time equivalent membership for students who earn a College Board Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma, etc.
Probation Violations; Requiring a court to modify or continue a probationary term upon finding that a probationer has met all specified conditions, rather than any of the conditions, after a violation of probation, etc.
Peer-to-peer Support for First Responders; Prohibiting a first responder peer from testifying or divulging specified information except under certain circumstances; providing that there is no liability on the part of, and no cause of action against, a first responder peer for disclosing certain information; providing that a first responder peer who violates the act is subject to disciplinary action, etc.
License Plates; Providing an exception to a design requirement for dealer license plates and for fleet license plates; allowing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to authorize dealer and fleet specialty license plates; providing additional procedures and requirements for discontinuing issuance of a specialty license plate; providing for a special license plate to be issued to a recipient of the Bronze Star, etc.
