Pub. Rec./Law Enforcement Officers Actively Engaged in Official Duty; Authorizes certain law enforcement officers to decline to accept or process public records requests; provides requirements for such officers; provides penalty.
Coverage for the Treatment of Stuttering; Authorizes AHCA to pay for certain services & devices as treatment of stuttering for Medicaid recipients; authorizes speech therapy in person & via telehealth as treatment for stuttering; authorizes agency to include use of certain communication technologies, applications, & platforms for such telehealth treatment; requires certain individual health insurance policies, group health insurance policies, & health maintenance contracts to provide coverage for specified services & devices as treatment for stuttering; authorizes speech therapy in person & via telehealth.
Pub. Rec./Office of the Corrections Ombudsman; Provides public records exemption for correspondence & communications with Office of Corrections Ombudsman and Corrections Oversight Committee; provides for future review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device Regulations; Increases minimum age requirements relating to use of helmets for electric personal assistive mobility devices.
HB 841 changes Florida's motor vehicle registration process by requiring renewal records to be kept electronically instead of using physical validation stickers. This directly affects all Florida vehicle owners who currently receive and attach paper stickers to license plates showing expiration dates. The bill removes all existing rules about physical stickers, including their placement, design, and renewal requirements, while maintaining current plate replacement schedules and fees. It updates the law to reflect digital record-keeping as the standard method for tracking registration renewals.
Office of the Corrections Ombudsman; Creates Office of Corrections Ombudsman within legislative branch; provides for staff; specifies duties of office; provides for appointment of Corrections Ombudsman; requires that Ombudsman meet certain criteria; requires Legislature to establish Corrections Oversight Committee on or before certain date; provides duties & membership of committee; requires DOC to provide Ombudsman & committee members with access to certain department facilities & records; authorizes Ombudsman & committee members access to such facilities unannounced; requires confidentiality of in-person communications between incarcerated persons or facility staff members & Ombudsman or committee member; provides that correspondence between incarcerated person & office is privileged; provides that decision, or failure, to file complaint with office does not impact inmate grievance procedure; provides that office need not investigate or process complaints in order received; requires office to submit to President of Senate & Speaker of House of Representatives specified report annually; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $250,000
Infrastructure and Resiliency; Revises definition of term "qualifying project"; provides that DEP has exclusive authority to execute coastal resiliency projects through public-private partnerships; authorizes DEP to take certain actions to encourage investment from private sector in coastal resiliency projects; requires DEP to publish certain information on its website.
Pub. Rec./Private Investigators; Provides exemption from public record requirements for personal identifying & location information of current & former private investigators licensed by DACS & spouses & children of such private investigators; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Community Rehabilitation Programs; Provides minimum standards community rehabilitation program must meet to qualify to enter into cooperative agreements with Division of Blind Services to provide certain services; authorizes director of division to temporarily waive certain requirements for certain purposes; provides that community rehabilitation programs that meet specified requirements are considered priority service providers for program funding; authorizes division to enter into cooperative agreements with noncommunity rehabilitation program private vendor; provides requirements for such cooperative agreements; requires Florida Association of Agencies Serving Blind, Inc., to coordinate with division to ensure annual cooperative agreements meet certain needs.
Noncriminal Traffic Infractions Resulting in Vehicle Crashes; Provides specified penalties & requires hearing for certain infractions which resulted in crash with another vehicle; requires persons convicted of certain infractions which resulted in crash with another vehicle to carry higher bodily injury or death coverage limits for specified time period; provides exception.
Animal Cruelty ; Provides that failure to report suspected animal cruelty is grounds for certain disciplinary actions; clarifies that authorization to furnish medical records related to veterinary medical services to certain parties includes, but is not limited to, instances where veterinarian suspects animal cruelty; defines; requires certain individuals to report incidents of animal cruelty to certain officials; requires that veterinarian, veterinary technician, or other animal treatment provider employee who makes good faith report of animal cruelty to certain officials be held harmless from certain liability, disciplinary action, & retaliation; provides penalties for certain veterinarians, veterinary technicians, or animal treatment provider employees or volunteers who knowingly alter or destroy medical record for purpose of concealing animal cruelty.
Spaceport Operations; Defining the terms “quintimodal transportation hub” and “spaceport director or commander”; requiring Space Florida, in coordination with specified entities, to enhance and promote the development and use of quintimodal transportation hubs in this state; providing powers and duties of spaceport operators, etc.
