Education; Establishing the Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education (GATE) Program within the Department of Education; revising the services to which the one-stop delivery system is intended to provide access; requiring a student’s certified school counselor or other school personnel to inform the student of opportunities in the GATE Program; requiring district school boards to notify all candidates for the high school equivalency diploma of adult secondary and postsecondary education options, including specified eligibility requirements; creating the GATE Scholarship Program; requiring the department to administer the program, etc.
Substance Abuse Treatment; Provides levels of care at certified recovery residences & their respective levels of care for residents; defines "community housing"; authorizes DCF to issue license for service components operated by service provider; requires certified recovery residences to remove individuals from their positions under certain circumstances; prohibits certified recovery residences from denying individual access to housing under specified circumstances.
Public Service Commission Rules; Revising the expiration date and scope of an exemption from certain provisions relating to statements of estimated regulatory costs for certain rules adopted by the Public Service Commission, etc.
Anchoring Limitation Areas; Revises anchoring limitation areas in certain sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County; revises documentation & evidence criteria for proving location of vessel within anchoring limitation area.
Risk Retention Groups; Provides that motor vehicle insurance coverage issued by risk retention groups operating under federal law satisfies financial responsibility requirements under state motor vehicle law.
Retention of Sexual Offense Evidence; Requiring that specified sexual offense evidence be retained by specified entities for a minimum number of years after the collection date; requiring that such evidence be stored anonymously in a secure, environmentally safe manner, and with a documented chain of custody; providing requirements for the transferring, storing, and destruction of such sexual offense evidence, etc.
Home Health Care Services; Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses & physician assistants to order or write prescriptions for certain Medicaid services.
Insurance; Revising the entities for which the Office of Insurance Regulation is required to conduct market conduct examinations; requiring insurers and insurer groups to file a specified supplemental report on a monthly basis; prohibiting insurers from canceling and nonrenewing policies covering dwellings and residential properties damaged as a result hurricanes or wind losses within certain timeframes; providing exceptions to such prohibitions against eligible surplus lines insurers within certain timeframes; etc.
Education; Providing for the award of grants to school districts to implement artificial intelligence in support of students and teachers; providing requirements for the use of such artificial intelligence; eligible expenses for students who have an account; etc.
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requiring persons or entities licensed or permitted by the department's Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, or applying for such license or permit, to create and maintain an account with the division's online system and provide an e-mail address to the division; revising the amount of an initial corporate surety bond required as a condition of licensure as a tobacco product distributor; requiring certain persons or entities certified or registered under the Elevator Safety Act, or applying for such certifications or registrations, to create and maintain an online account with the department's Division of Hotels and Restaurants and provide an e-mail address to the division; etc.
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screenings; Requiring certain hospitals to administer congenital cytomegalovirus screenings on newborns admitted to the hospital under specified circumstances; providing coverage under the Medicaid program for the screenings and any medically necessary follow-up reevaluations; requiring that newborns diagnosed with congenital cytomegalovirus be referred to a primary care physician for medical management, treatment, and follow-up services, etc.
Civil Penalties Under the Gas Safety Law of 1967; Increasing, until a specified date, the civil penalty amount for violating the Gas Safety Law of 1967; increasing the maximum authorized civil penalty for any related series of violations during such timeframe; requiring the Florida Public Service Commission, after a date certain and at least annually thereafter, to establish and, if necessary, revise maximum penalties by rule based on specified factors, etc.
