Nursing Education Programs; Requiring the Department of Health to issue provisional licenses to graduate licensed practical nurses and graduate registered nurses under the supervision of clinical preceptors; revising application requirements for nursing education program approval; requiring the Florida Center for Nursing to develop graduate nursing preceptorship standards by a specified date; defining the term “adverse action”; revising requirements for annual reports approved programs are required to submit to the board, etc.
Gender Identity Employment Practices; Specifies employment policy of state relating to person's sex; provides applicability; prohibits employees & contractors of certain employers from being required to use certain pronouns or requiring such employer to use pronoun that does not correspond to employee's or contractor's sex; prohibits certain forms from offering specified options relating to applicant's sex; prohibits adverse personnel action on basis of deeply held religious, moral, conscious-based, or biology-based beliefs; provides administrative & civil remedies; provides reasonable attorney fees & costs; provides that it is unlawful employment practice for certain employers to require certain training, instruction, or activity as condition of employment.
Patient Referrals by Medicaid Managed Care Organizations and Managed Care Plans; Requires AHCA to contract for analysis of Medicaid managed care plan referrals to affiliated organizations; provides requirements; requires report.
SB 698 establishes clear rules for when mailed tax returns are considered "timely filed" by the IRS deadline. It directly affects taxpayers who submit paper returns by mail, ensuring their return is treated as filed on time if postmarked by the due date. The key provision requires the IRS to accept mailed returns as timely filed if they bear a valid postmark showing the deadline date. This change simplifies compliance for mail filers and reduces the risk of penalties for returns delayed in transit.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Revises provisions related to court hearings related to mental health and substance abuse, guardian advocates, involuntary admissions, placements, treatment, & outpatient services, assessments of patients, access to patient records & data, & disclosure of certain patient data.
Possession or Use of a Firearm in a Sensitive Location; Prohibiting the possession or use of a firearm in a sensitive location; providing criminal penalties; providing exceptions, etc.
Curators of Estates; Revising the requirements for a court to appoint a curator of certain estates; providing that a curator has specified authority and duties; providing the circumstances in which a curator must take into its custody the estate of specified decedents or persons; providing that a curator is subject to removal and surcharge by the court, etc.
Tourist Development Taxes; Deletes provision requiring specified percentage of all tourist development tax revenues to be used to promote & advertise tourism.
Emergency Preparedness for Life-sustaining Medical Services; Requires specified entities, plans, & programs to enact flexibilities & waivers during emergency; defines "emergency" & "life sustaining medical services"; specifies flexibilities & waivers such specified entities, plans, & programs must enact; provides when such flexibilities & waivers become effective; authorizes time period for such flexibilities & waivers to be extended by OIR or AHCA.
Mental Health Services for First Responders; Requires Division of State Fire Marshal to develop & implement statewide behavioral health access program to provide certain mental wellness services & resources to first responders; provides requirements for program; provides that first responders are not required to pay copayment for services & resources; provides training requirements for licensed professional counselors; requires program, by specified date, to develop specified plan & submit plan to Legislature.
Trust Funds/My Safe Florida Home Trust Fund/Department of Financial Services; Creates My Safe Florida Home Trust Fund within DFS; specifies sources of funds & purpose of trust fund; requires that certain percentage of specified sales tax be distributed into fund; requires Department of Revenue to distribute certain funds within specified timeframe.
Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program; Creating the Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program within the Community School Grant Program for a specified period; requiring the Center for Community Schools at the University of Central Florida to implement the pilot program and a specified curriculum; requiring the center to work with the Department of Education to identify and implement the curriculum; providing for the future expiration of the pilot program, etc.
