Review of Compensation for Legislators and Cabinet Members; Requires OPPAGA to conduct research, analyze data, & prepare reports containing certain information; requires such reports to be provided to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides requirements for such reports.
Succession to Office of Governor, Auditing, and Government Efficiency; Proposes repeal of provisions in State Constitution relating to creation of office of Lieutenant Governor & Government Efficiency Task Force & amendments to State Constitution to revise provisions relating to auditing & government efficiency, create Office of Commissioner of Government Efficiency as Cabinet officer, revise provisions relating to succession to office of Governor if there is vacancy or in case of impeachment or incapacity, & submit to electorate, during specified election year, ballot question regarding whether to repeal office of Commissioner of Government Efficiency.
Insurer Disclosures on Prescription Drug Coverage; Requiring individual and group health insurers to provide notice of prescription drug formulary changes within a certain timeframe to current and prospective insureds and the insureds’ treating physicians; requiring insurers to annually submit a specified report to the Office of Insurance Regulation by a specified date; requiring specified individual health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments for prescription drugs by or on behalf of insureds toward the total contributions of the insureds’ cost-sharing requirements under certain circumstances; requiring specified contracts to require pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the insureds’ total contributions to cost-sharing requirements, etc.
Affordable Housing and Supportive Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities; Citing this act as the "Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Act for Persons with Developmental Disabilities"; providing an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property; providing that certain building materials are exempt from certain taxes under certain circumstances; requiring counties, municipalities, and special districts to waive certain impact fees; requiring the Department of Children and Families to establish a Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program to provide rent subsidies to certain persons up to a specified percentage of the fair market rent; requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to establish Regional Housing and Employment Support Centers to provide specified services, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000
HB 1061 requires Florida's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct an annual study of restrictive housing practices in state prisons and submit reports detailing its findings. The bill does not change prison policies but mandates ongoing oversight to assess how restrictive housing is used. It directly affects Florida's prison system by requiring regular, data-driven reviews of this practice. The key mechanism is a binding annual reporting requirement for OPPAGA, aimed at improving transparency around prison conditions. This is a procedural oversight measure, not a policy change to restrictive housing itself.
Emergency Residential Property Insurance Assistance Trust Fund/Department of Financial Services; Creating the Emergency Residential Property Insurance Assistance Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services; providing for funding and administration of the trust fund; providing for eligibility for financial assistance from the trust fund; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.
Water Quality Improvements; Requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct a study of the prevalence and effects of lead in drinking water in certain public facilities; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to consider and prioritize certain water quality improvement projects relating to special flood hazard areas; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and the St. Johns River Water Management District to take specified actions relating to improving water quality in the Upper St. Johns River Basin, etc.
Housing; Citing this act as the “Keep Floridians Housed Act”; creating the Department of Housing and Tenant Rights; providing requirements for rental agreements; creating the “End Junk Fees for Renters Act”; prohibiting a landlord from evicting a tenant or terminating a rental agreement because the tenant or the tenant’s minor child is a victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking; authorizing municipalities to create community land bank programs for a certain purpose, etc.
Rapid Rail Transit Compact; Authorizing the Governor to execute a rapid rail transit compact with specified states, to join the Southern Rail Commission; providing the form of the compact, etc.
Medicaid Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women; Creating a pilot program to provide temporary Medicaid coverage to pregnant women who are presumptively eligible for Medicaid; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to approve certain entities to serve as qualified presumptive eligibility locations under the pilot program; specifying performance standards qualified entities are required to meet each year to continue participating in the pilot program; requiring the agency to implement certain procedures that allow for the seamless transition from temporary Medicaid coverage under the pilot program to enrollment for full Medicaid benefits, etc.
Local Housing Assistance Plans; Authorizing counties and eligible municipalities to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance for mobile home owners for a specified time period; requiring each county and eligible municipality to include in its local housing assistance plan certain strategies; providing that lot rental assistance for eligible mobile home owners is an approved home ownership activity for certain purposes; authorizing counties and eligible municipalities to provide certain funds to mobile home owners for rehabilitation and emergency repairs, etc.
Elections; Revises provisions related to elections including qualifications; legal challenges to qualifications; use of political party names, symbols, & abbreviations; secure ballot intake stations; political party executive committees; & voter guides.
