Injustices Perpetuated Against the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee's Targets; Acknowledging the injustices perpetrated against the targets of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee between 1956 and 1965 and offering a formal and heartfelt apology to those whose lives, well-being, and livelihoods were damaged or destroyed by the activities and public pronouncements of those who served on the committee, etc.
Treatment of Inmates; Specifying certain rights of inmates in the correctional system; requiring that a written copy of the rights be provided to each inmate upon his or her entry into the correctional system; authorizing relief for deprivation of rights, etc.
Agritourism; Prohibiting local governments from adopting ordinances, regulations, rules, or policies that require certificates of use for certain agricultural lands, facilities, and venues or that limit certain activities associated with agritourism; providing for the termination, expiration, extension, and renewal of specified local government ordinances, rules, and measures, etc.
Abandoned Residential Real Property; Providing guidelines for what constitutes abandoned residential real property; authorizing a mortgagee of residential real property under foreclosure to file a motion to a court of competent jurisdiction to determine whether the residential real property is abandoned; requiring the mortgagee to give certain notice of the hearing to certain people with an interest in the residential real property; requiring the court to hold a hearing within a certain timeframe; requiring the court to move to trial of foreclosure under certain circumstances, etc.
Mental Health Education and Training; Citing this act as the “Butler Act”; requiring persons working in roles involving direct interaction with youth to undergo mental health education and training; providing requirements for such education and training; requiring the Department of Children and Families to establish and maintain dedicated spaces within certain institutions, centers, and venues that are easily accessible to youth for the dissemination of information and resources relating to mental health and to promote such spaces, etc.
Safety of Child Care Facilities; Requiring certain law enforcement agencies to notify child care facilities of certain incidents at nearby schools, etc.
Reduction in Black Female and Women’s Maternal Mortality Grant Program; Establishing the Reduction In Black Female and Women’s Maternal Mortality Grant Program within the Department of Health; providing the purpose of the program; authorizing certain nonprofit organizations to apply for a grant through the program; authorizing the department to provide grants to such organizations for specified purposes, subject to legislative appropriation, etc. APPROPRIATION: $5,000,000
Traffic and Pedestrian Safety; Requiring that all plans submitted on or after a specified date for construction of a pedestrian crosswalk on a public highway, street, or road which is located at any point other than at an intersection with another public highway, street, or road must include traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control signals that conform to specified requirements; providing coordination requirements for such devices and signals requiring that such devices and signals be coordinated to meet specified requirements, etc.
Art Therapy; Citing this act as the “Professional Art Therapist Licensure Act”; defining the term “professional art therapist”; requiring the appointment of licensed practicing professional art therapists to the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling; requiring the Department of Health to license professional art therapists and register art therapist interns if they meet specified requirements; requiring the board or department to adopt rules establishing requirements for the annual renewal of professional art therapist licenses and art therapist intern registrations, etc.
Urban Agriculture Pilot Projects; Redefining the term “urban agriculture” to include both noncommercial and new commercial agricultural uses, etc.
Student Elopement; Requiring public schools to create a School Staff Assistance for Emergencies (SAFE) Team and a school elopement plan; providing for membership and responsibilities of the SAFE Team; requiring the SAFE Team to create student-specific elopement quick reference guides for certain students; requiring public schools to annually submit their plans to the district school board, etc.
Pension Plan Election Under the Florida Retirement System; Authorizing certain eligible employees participating in the Florida Retirement System to make a second election to move back to the pension plan; providing that the cost of such election is deferred until the member’s retirement; prohibiting such cost from exceeding a specified percentage of the member’s retirement benefits, etc.
