Employment of Minors; Deleting certain restrictions on minors 16 and 17 years of age being employed, permitted, or suffered to work; revising the exceptions to such restrictions for certain minors; deleting a provision authorizing the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to grant a waiver of such restrictions, etc.
Public Records/Department of Management Services Vendor Information; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain vendor information held by the Department of Management Services in electronic systems; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Criminal Justice Accountability; Authorizing the Attorney General to call upon a state attorney to appear before the Cabinet for a certain purpose; authorizing the Attorney General to receive cases from certain state attorneys upon request of the Governor; revising the use of the Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund to pay for the investigation, prosecution, and enforcement of certain cases forwarded to the Attorney General; adding the Attorney General as a permanent member of the Justice Administrative Commission, etc.
Coverage for Ground Ambulance Emergency Services; Defining the terms “ambulance service provider” and “nonparticipating ambulance service provider”; requiring certain health insurers to reimburse nonparticipating ambulance service providers at the lowest of specified rates for providing ground ambulance services; requiring small employer carriers to comply with specified reimbursement provisions; requiring certain health maintenance contracts to require a health maintenance organization to reimburse out-of-network ambulance service providers at the lowest of specified rates for providing covered ambulance services, etc.
Relief/H.H./Department of Children and Families; Provides appropriation to compensate H.H. for injuries & damages sustained as result of negligence of DCF; provides limitation on compensation & payment of certain fees & costs. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $14,926,639
Attorney Fees in Insurance Matters; Requiring a court to award reasonable attorney fees to certain persons in certain claims for declaratory relief; deleting a provision relating to a defense offered by an insurer that makes a total coverage denial of a claim; specifying that international health insurance policies are subject to specified provisions, etc.
Building Regulation; Revises requirements for individual to be exempt from completing continuing education; requires Florida Building Code Administrators & Inspectors Board to establish rules relating to special inspectors & their representatives, voluntary inspector categories, plans examiners, inspector certifications, & internship programs; provides internship requirements; authorizes information be given virtually for certain exemption; provides requirements for change of contractor; provides limited liability; requires applicant to file notice of commencement if direct contract is more than specified amount; removes need for certified copy of recorded notice of commencement; revises building permit application form.
Release of Conservation Easements; Requiring certain water management districts, upon application by the fee simple owner of a parcel subject to a conservation easement, to release the conservation easement if specified conditions are met; providing for the valuation of the property upon such release; specifying that land released from the conservation easement may be used for development consistent with certain zoning, etc.
Elections; Requiring the Department of State to adopt rules for minimum standards for security measures for electronic and electromechanical voting and other election systems; requiring that a certain full supply chain analysis be conducted on specified components; revising the name of the Bureau of Voting Systems to the Bureau of Voting Systems and Other Election Systems; prohibiting governing bodies from purchasing any other election system unless such system has been certified by the Department of State; providing criminal penalties for members of governing bodies who purchase or sell other election systems in violation of specified provisions, etc.
Enforcement of the Florida Building Code; Requires that local governments use certain excess funds from fees collected from enforcement of Florida Building Code to perform necessary services or repairs on their stormwater management systems; prohibits state funds from being used by local government for that purpose if local government has such excess funds; prohibits local governments from receiving state funds through local funding initiative; provides exception; provides that local government is not eligible for additional state funds if it has been subject to legislative committee's audit within specified timeframe or if it fails to submit affirmation to legislative delegation; requires each legislative committee to report such local governments to presiding officers & appropriations chairs.
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy; Prohibiting health insurers and health maintenance organizations issuing, delivering, or renewing certain policies or contracts from refusing to contract with or denying coverage for certain providers of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, etc.
HB 689 modifies the legal definition of "chronic health condition" by excluding certain specified conditions from this category. This change directly affects pharmacists and patients, as collaborative pharmacy practices under this law would no longer apply to those excluded conditions. The key mechanism is the removal of these specific conditions from the definition, altering which health issues qualify for team-based care involving pharmacists. This is a technical adjustment to eligibility criteria rather than a new program.
