Industries and Professional Activities; Renames, removes, & redesignates specified boards, commissions, and councils established within DBPR; changes office locations of certain divisions; specifies that certain license application requirements apply only to certain professions; provides licensing authority to department rather than licensing boards; removes postlicensure education requirements for brokers, broker associates, and sales associates; removes continuing education requirements for licensure renewal as broker, broker associate, and sales associate; removes continuing education requirements for licensure renewal due to inactive status; revises provisions pertaining to board to transfer powers, duties, and responsibilities of board to DBPR; granting certain authority to department, rather than Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board; requires department to adopt rules; revises violations for which retail tobacco products dealers are penalized; revises retail nicotine product dealer administrative penalties; requires FDLE to accept and process certain fingerprints; specifies procedures for submitting and processing fingerprinting; requires department to conduct certain background checks.
Gift Certificates; Revises definition of term "gift certificate"; removes provisions authorizing expiration of gift certificates under specified circumstances.
Bingo Games; Revises requirements to manufacture, issue, & operate instant bingo tickets; requires that instant bingo ticket dispensers have certain features.
Interactions with Artificial Intelligence; Requires operators of companion chatbot platforms to display specified information on any application, browser, or format used to access companion chatbots on platform & to prevent such chatbots from engaging with users unless specified protocols are maintained; requires such operators to verify age of users & to take specified actions for users who are minors; requires such operators to file specified reports with DLA; provides that violation constitutes unfair or deceptive act or practice; provides for civil actions.
Civil Remedies Pertaining to Abortions; Defines "clawback provision" & "family member"; creates cause of action for certain violations relating to induction or performance of abortion; provides applicability; authorizes injunctive relief, recovery of damages, & reasonable costs & attorney fees; provides limitation; creates separate cause of action against person who has initiated certain foreign state proceedings; provides that court may protect privacy of certain persons.
Medical Use of Marijuana; Authorizes patient prescribed certain opioid drugs to qualify to receive marijuana or marijuana delivery device; requires qualified physician to conduct in-person or telehealth examination before issuing or renewing certification; requires qualified physician to submit certain documentation to Board of Medicine or Board of Osteopathic Medicine for patients prescribed certain opioid drugs; revises supply limits qualified physician may issue & frequency of patient evaluations required for issuance of new physician certification; revises penalties; requires medical marijuana use registry ID cards to be renewed biennially rather than annually; requires DOH to establish processes & procedures for issuance & registration of medical marijuana use registry ID cards for certain nonresidents; authorizes visiting qualified patients to engage in in all conduct authorized for qualified patient; requires waiver of certain fees for honorably discharged veterans.
Landscape Irrigation; Prohibits certain actions regarding landscape irrigation systems unless such actions are taken by licensed irrigation contractors or property owners; authorizes local governments or water management districts to adopt certain requirements for property owners who install such systems; provides requirements for permits, plans, equipment & capacity, maintenance, & water schedules relating to such systems; provides fines & penalties; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing certain laws, rules, or regulations; authorizes DEP to adopt rules; revises membership of Construction Industry Licensing Board.
Public Swimming and Bathing Places; Revises & provides requirements for public swimming & bathing facilities relating to yearly inspections, rule variances, review & revision of rules, sanitation & safety standards, certification, the Public Swimming Pool & Spa Technical Committee, replacing certain equipment, & permit applications.
Health and Human Services ; Revises health care provisions relating to emergency medical technicians & paramedics; repeals provisions relating to Health Facility & Services Development Act; revises provisions relating to certificates-of-need, the Kidcare program, & Medicaid; requires DCF to develop & implement a food assistance payment accuracy improvement plan; revises significant investigation information DOH is required to report relating to certain physician assistants, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, & social workers; enacts Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact, & Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; revises practice requirements for autonomous advanced practice registered nurse; revises remediable & delegable duties of dentist; requires certain health insurers to apply payments for services provided by nonpreferred providers toward insureds' deductibles & out-of-pocket maximums.
Court Fees; Increases service charges clerk of circuit court charges for certain services rendered by clerk's office; increases certain filing fees & service charges that may be charged by clerk in probate matters; increases certain filing fees & service charges in trial & appellate proceedings; increases certain filing fees & service charges for civil actions, suits, or proceedings in county court; revises distribution formula for additional filing fees; increases service charge clerk is entitled to for disbursement of surplus proceeds for certain judicial sales procedures; increases filing fee for additional timeshare interests joining consolidated timeshare foreclosure action; increases fee clerk of circuit court may charge for auditing of return of ward's estate; requires Office of Economic & Demographic Research to prepare certain report; requires such report to be submitted to Legislature.
Assessment of Inherited Homestead Property; Proposes State Constitutional amendment authorizing Legislature to provide that transfer of homestead property by inheritance is not considered change of ownership for purposes of homestead property assessment.
Pari-mutuel Wagering; Authorizes thoroughbred permitholders to elect not to conduct live racing; specifying that such permitholders retain certain permits, eligibility, exemptions, & licenses; revising penalties for permitholders who do not pay specified taxes; revising requirements for thoroughbred permitholders who have certain slot machines & cardroom licenses.
