Transportation Facility Designations/Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson Boulevard; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
Cancer; Revising the definitions of the terms “cancer center” and “Florida-based”; defining the term “Cancer Connect Collaborative” or “collaborative”; requiring the collaborative to review all submitted Cancer Innovation Fund grant applications using certain parameters; requiring the Department of Health to appoint peer review panels for a specified purpose; creating the Cancer Connect Collaborative Research Incubator within the department, and overseen by the collaborative, to provide funding for a specified purpose over a specified timeframe, etc.
Administrative Procedure; Specifies that issuance of guidance document or other statement interpreting statute without express statutory delegation to issue such guidance is an invalid exercise; requires statement of estimated regulatory costs for proposed or existing rules; requires retrospective cost-benefits analysis for specified rules after specified period; requires publication of materials used to produce estimates of regulatory costs in specified fashion; provides additional requirements for cost-benefit analyses; revises requirements for review of rules by JPAC; requires additional information to be published in FAC; provides for expiration of rules after specified period unless readopted; provides requirements for readoption process; providing exceptions to expiration & requires review of such exempt rules; provides for limited extension of expiration in certain circumstances; provides that party subject to enforcement action may challenge action on basis that agency lacked statutory authority for rule or guidance document; provides for challenges to rules for failure to comply with specified provisions.
Information Technology; Creating the Agency for State Systems and Enterprise Technology (ASSET); requiring that the Division of Elections comprehensive risk assessment comply with the risk assessment methodology developed by ASSET; requiring agencies and the judicial branch to include a cumulative inventory and a certain status report of specified projects with their legislative budget requests; revising the powers, duties, and functions of the Department of Management Services, through the Florida Digital Service; requiring ASSET to operate as the state enterprise organization for information technology governance and as the lead entity responsible for understanding needs and environments, creating standards and strategy, supporting state agency technology efforts, and reporting on the state of information technology in this state, etc.
Exceptional Student Education; Requiring the Department of Education to develop and implement, by a specified date, a workforce credential program for students with an autism spectrum disorder or students on a modified curriculum; requiring the department to produce an annual report during a specified timeframe, etc.
Higher Education; Establishing the Florida Center for Nursing within the University of South Florida; requiring the center to administer the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) Fund; requiring a state university to waive a student’s out-of-pocket expenses under certain conditions; revising participation requirements for LINE funding; requiring the center, rather than the Board of Governors, to review and evaluate proposals; authorizing the center to award funds for up to 3 academic years, etc.
Unlawful Use of Uniforms, Medals, or Insignia; Prohibiting persons from wearing the uniform of or any medal or insignia authorized for use by members or veterans of the Space Force, etc.
Child Welfare; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to enter into agreements with certain military installations for child protective investigations involving military families; authorizing a law enforcement officer or an authorized agent of the department to take a child into custody who is the subject of a specified court order; requiring the department to establish a methodology to determine daily room and board rates for certain children by a date certain, which may include different rates based on a child’s acuity level or the geographic location of the residential child-caring agency, etc.
Pub. Rec./Parkinson's Disease Research Program Registry; Provides public records exemption for Parkinson's Disease Registry that provides background information on individuals served by Parkinson's Disease Research Program; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Charter Schools; Revising which persons or entities may apply for a conversion charter school; authorizing a municipality to apply for a charter that it may designate as a job engine charter under certain conditions; revising entities that are included in the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program to include charter schools, etc.
Controlled Substances; Excepting from the Schedule I controlled substance xylazine drug products approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for certain use; creating the offense of trafficking in xylazine, etc.
Patient Access to Records; Requiring a mental health service provider to furnish records within a specified timeframe after receiving a request for such records; requiring a substance abuse service provider to furnish and provide access to records within a specified timeframe after receiving a written request from an individual or the individual’s legal representative; revising the timeframe within which a nursing home facility must provide access to, and copies of, resident records after receiving a request for such records, etc.
