Medicaid Providers; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to include specified requirements in its contracts with Medicaid managed care plans, etc.
Insurance; Specifying that hurricane mitigation grants funded through the My Safe Florida Home Program may be awarded only under certain circumstances; revising the surplus required for certain insurers applying for their original certificates of authority and to maintain their certificates of authority, respectively; specifying prohibitions for persons who were officers or directors of an insolvent insurer, attorneys in fact of a reciprocal insurer, or officers or directors of an attorney in fact of a reciprocal insurer; prohibiting the office from requesting an insurer waive a deemed approval for residential property insurance rate filing under certain circumstances, etc.
Labor Pool Act; Repealing provisions relating to short title; legislative intent; definitions; exclusions; duties and rights; remedies, damages, and costs; and application, respectively, etc.
Annual Rate Increases for Coverages by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; Provides that required annual rate increases & limits on such increases for coverages by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation do not apply to new policies issued after specified date & to subsequent renewals of such policies,
Insurance Claims Payments to Physicians; Prohibits contracts between certain physicians & health insurers & health maintenance organizations from specifying credit card payments to physicians as only acceptable method for payments; authorizes use of electronic funds transfers by health insurers & HMOs for payments to physicians; provides notification requirements; prohibits health insurers & HMOs from charging fees for automated clearinghouse transfers as claims payments to physicians; prohibits health insurers & HMOs from denying claims subsequently submitted by physicians for procedures that were included in prior authorizations.
Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program; Establishes Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program within DACS; provides requirements for pilot program; requires OPPAGA to conduct study to evaluate food insecurity on campuses of Florida College System institutions & state universities.
Water Quality Improvements; Requires OPPAGA to conduct study of prevalence & effects of lead in drinking water in certain public facilities; specifies information to be included in study; requires OPPAGA to consult with interested entities in conducting study; requires OPPAGA to submit study to Governor & Legislature by specified date; requires DEP to consider & prioritize certain water quality improvement projects relating to special flood hazard areas; provides requirements for DOH, FWCC, & WMDs relating to harmful algal blooms; requires submission of plan relating to prevention & mitigation of harmful effects of blue-green algal blooms to certain entities by specified date; requires specified entities to provide schedule for implementing plan; requires DACS & SFWMD to take specified actions to ensure nitrogen levels continue to drop in Lake Okeechobee; requires DEP & SJRWMD to take specified actions relating to improving water quality in Upper St. Johns River Basin; provides reporting requirements.
Relief/Patricia Ermini/Lee County Sheriff's Office; Provides for appropriation to compensate Patricia Ermini for injuries sustained as result of negligence of Lee County Sheriff's Office; provides limitation on payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $626,769
Occupational Injury Benefit Plans; Provides exception to application of certain provisions of Workers’ Compensation Law; specifies how employer may elect to secure payment of compensation; authorizes employee of qualified compensation alternative (QCARE) employer to bring certain cause of action; provides that QCARE employer is entitled to offset to occupational injury benefits paid to & on behalf of employees; requires QCARE employer to adopt written occupational injury benefit plan; prohibits QCARE employer from charging fee, premium, or other similar cost to covered employee for occupational injury benefit plan; authorizes QCARE employer to select or authorize medical providers; requires QCARE employer to demonstrate financial responsibility; authorizes such employer to self-fund or insure benefits & liabilities under its occupational injury benefit plan; provides that all benefit payments by qualified compensation arrangement employer are made pursuant to Workers' Compensation Law.
Comprehensive Health Care for Residents; Creating the “Florida Health Plan”; providing eligibility for and coverage of the plan; authorizing the Florida Health Board to establish financial arrangements with other states and foreign countries under certain circumstances; authorizing plan enrollees to choose certain health care providers; creating the Florida Health Board by a specified date; requiring the Secretary of Health Care Administration to designate health planning regions; creating the Ombudsman Office for Patient Advocacy, etc.
Elections; Revises provisions relating to elections including election systems, election security, reconciliation, vote-by-mail, poll watchers, hotline, canvassing of votes, audits, ballots, identification, eligibility, secure ballot intake stations, early voting, & election crimes.
Threats from Foreign Nations; Prohibits specified entities & governmental entities from entering into specified contracts or agreements with foreign principal; prohibits foreign principal from entering into specified contracts or agreements with specified entities & governmental entities; provides criminal penalty; requires specified entities that have entered into specified contract or agreement with foreign principal to register with Department of Commerce by specified date; provides civil penalty; requires entity selling or transferring control of specified critical infrastructure to provide affidavit attesting to specified information to department; prohibits computer software produced or manufactured by specified companies from being used in critical infrastructure located within or serving this state.
