Community-based Care Lead Agency Liability Insurance; Requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Families and other entities, to review and analyze certain data; requiring the office to provide a certain report to the Governor and Legislature; authorizing the office to levy fines or otherwise penalize insurance companies, and the department to levy fines or otherwise penalize community-based care lead agencies, for failure to timely reply to certain requests for information, etc.
Local Government Land Development Regulations and Orders; Requires certain counties & municipalities, respectively, to follow certain application procedures for applications for certain development permits & development orders; creates "Florida Starter Homes Act"; prohibits local governments from imposing certain regulations if residential lot is connected to public water system & sewerage system; prohibits local government from imposing regulations that require more than certain minimum number of parking spaces for specified residential lots; prohibits local government from imposing certain regulations on residential lots that contain historic property; prohibits local government from treating off-site constructed residential dwellings differently than factory-built buildings; authorizes local government to adopt compatibility standards that are limited to certain architectural features; requires approval of lot split; limits criteria that may be required by local governments for applications for & approvals of lot splits; authorizes placement of residential manufactured building on any lot in recreational vehicle park.
Recording of Instruments Conveying Real Property; Requires electronic signatures for certain notarial acts to include specified information as watermark to prevent copying; r prohibits recording of certain instruments without specified identification; authorizes clerk of circuit court to return instruments for correction in specified circumstances; requires such instruments be returned within specified timeframe.
Certified Recovery Residences; Requires any person, entity, or organization that owns, operates, or manages a recovery residence to obtain and maintain certification through the Department of Children and Families; requires certification of recover residences & recovery residence administrators rather than authorizing certification as voluntary; requires recovery residences to apply for certification by specified date; authorizes recovery residences to operate conditionally during application process; requires credentialing entity to have certain expertise; provides requirements for active management of recovery residence; requires Legislative intent to require recovery residence administrator earn & maintain certification rather than authorizing such certification as voluntary; revises requirements for when licensed service provider may make certain referrals.
Child Welfare; Requires certain organizations & agencies to provide employees with annual training approved by DCF relating to protection of children from abuse & neglect; provides requirements for such training; requires DCF to create process to approve qualified accrediting organizations; requiring such organization maintain certain records; requires DCF review status of accredited child safety organizations at certain intervals; requires DCF to collect & analyze certain reports of abuse which are reported from or occurred at child-serving organization; requires OIR to approve rating plans for employer's liability insurance which provide premium discount to certain child-serving organizations; provides requirements for such plans; requires OPPAGA to conduct study on affordability & availability of liability coverage for child-serving organizations; requires office to provide certain report to Legislature by certain date.
Sovereign Immunity of County Constitutional Officers in Tort Actions; Expanding the definition of the term “state agencies or subdivisions” to include county constitutional officers for purposes of provisions relating to the waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions, etc.
Foreign Students Enrolled in Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Requiring Florida College System institutions and state universities to limit the number of enrolled students who are citizens of a foreign country and who are not permanent residents of the United States to a specified percentage of students enrolled at the institution or university, etc.
Representation by Counsel in Hearings on Petitions for Risk Protection Orders; Provides respondent has right to be represented by an attorney in risk protection order proceeding & right to have counsel appointed if he or she is indigent & desires representation; authorizes appointed private attorney to be compensated; requires specified notice to respondent; authorizes public defender or regional counsel to represent respondent in specified circumstances; specifies a compensation limitation for appointed private counsel.
Public School Personnel Compensation; Provides that cost-of-living adjustments are for employees with direct student contact; provides that such adjustments do not preclude district school boards from providing other adjustments; removes limitation on such adjustments; revises requirement for use of advanced degrees when setting salary schedules for instructional personnel & school administrators; removes certain limitations for salary adjustments under performance salary schedule.
Florida National Guard Increased Force Structure; Urging the Congress of the United States to impel the National Guard Bureau to examine the present allocations of the Florida National Guard and allow an increase in its force structure, etc.
Corporations; Recommends that Supreme Court create statewide business court; reducing filing fee for certain documents; requires refund of certain paid taxes in specified tax year.
Food and Hemp Products; Providing conditions for the manufacture, delivery, hold, offer for sale, distribution, or sale of hemp extract; prohibiting the unpermitted business, street, or festival sale of hemp extract; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to preapprove advertisements; requiring such businesses and food establishments to keep certain records pertaining to lab results of hemp extract products and the suppliers of such products for a specified amount of time, etc. APPROPRIATION: $2,000,000
