Repeal of Advisory Bodies and Councils; Repealing chapters 2003-287 and 2006-43, Laws of Florida, relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Citrus/Hernando Waterways Restoration Council; removing the requirement that the Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State annually convene an ad hoc committee for purposes of administering the Great Floridians program; modifying procedures governing reclamation program applications to conform to the repeal of the Nonmandatory Land Reclamation Committee, etc.
Implementation of the Recommendations of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission; Authorizing a sheriff to contract for services to provide training under the Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program; adding penalties for persons who knowingly submit false information to a law enforcement agency; revising the training, consultation, and coordination responsibilities of the Office of Safe Schools; requiring the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute to consult with specified state agencies and convene a workgroup to advise those agencies on the implementation of specified mental health recommendations, etc.
Housing; Authorizing a board of county commissioners to approve development of affordable housing on any parcel zoned for residential, commercial, or industrial use; requiring counties, municipalities, and special districts to include certain data relating to impact fees in their annual financial reports; revising applicable standards for the repair and remodeling of mobile and manufactured homes; authorizing the preclusion of an applicant or affiliate of an applicant from participation in Florida Housing Finance Corporation programs under certain conditions, etc.
Direct Care Workers; Authorizing nursing home facilities to use paid feeding assistants in accordance with specified federal law under certain circumstances; authorizing home health aides to administer certain prescription medications under certain conditions; authorizing certified nursing assistants or home health aides to perform certain tasks delegated by a registered nurse; creating the Excellence in Home Health Program within the Agency for Health Care Administration for a specified purpose; requiring certain licensees to provide specified information about their employees in a survey beginning on a specified date, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,035,786
Health Care for Children; Requiring the Department of Health to create and make available electronically a pamphlet with specified information; requiring hospitals that provide birthing services to provide the informational pamphlet to parents during postpartum education; requiring certain health care practitioners to ensure that the pamphlet is provided to parents after a planned out-of-hospital birth; revising applicable provisions for the reimbursement of school-based services by the Agency for Health Care Administration to certain school districts, etc.
Homestead Property Tax Assessments/Increased Portability Period; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to increase the period of time during which the accrued benefit from specified limitations on homestead property tax assessments may be transferred from a prior homestead to a new homestead, and to provide an effective date, etc.
Agency for Health Care Administration; Requiring birth centers to report certain deaths and stillbirths to the agency; revising provisions requiring the agency to conduct licensure inspections of nursing homes; removing a requirement that the agency annually report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date on the progress of implementation of electronic prescribing and, instead, requiring the agency to annually publish such information on its website, etc.
Physical Therapy Practice; Revising the powers and duties of the Board of Physical Therapy Practice; requiring the board to establish minimum standards of practice for the performance of dry needling by physical therapists; requiring the Department of Health to submit a report detailing certain information to the Legislature on or before a specified date, etc.
Assisted Living Facilities; Requiring assisted living facilities that provide certain services to maintain a written progress report on each person receiving such services from the facility’s staff; prohibiting a county or municipality from issuing a business tax receipt, rather than an occupational license, to a facility under certain circumstances; authorizing a facility to submit certain reports regarding adverse incidents through the agency’s online portal; authorizing certain persons to change a resident’s bandage for a minor cut or abrasion; revising the types of medications that may be self-administered, etc.
Property Tax Exemption for Disabled Veterans; Providing that certain veterans and their surviving spouses receiving a certain homestead tax exemption may apply for and receive a prorated refund of property taxes paid on new homestead property acquired during a certain timeframe; requiring the property appraiser to immediately make certain entries upon the tax rolls to allow the prorated refund, etc.
Public Records and Meetings/Division of State Technology; Revising a provision to reflect the abolishment of the Agency for State Technology; providing an exemption from public records requirements for portions of records held by a state agency which contain network schematics, hardware and software configurations, or encryption; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for portions of meetings which would reveal certain records; providing for future legislative review and repeal under the Open Government Sunset Review Act of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc.
Security in Trial Court Facilities; Requiring sheriffs to coordinate with certain boards of county commissioners and chief judges to develop a comprehensive plan for security of trial court facilities; specifying that sheriffs and their deputies, employees, and contractors are officers of the court under specified circumstances, etc.
