Referral of Patients by Health Care Providers; Deleting the definitions of the terms “direct supervision” and “present in the office suite”; revising the definition of the term “referral” to remove reference to direct physician supervision and to require compliance with certain Medicare payment and coverage rules, etc.
Battery by Strangulation; Prohibits battery by strangulation.
Capitol Complex; Requiring the Department of Management Services to set aside and dedicate a specific area of the Capitol Complex for the placement of memorials; defining the term “Memorial Park”, etc.
Controlled Substances; Adding nitazene derivatives to the list of Schedule I controlled substances, etc.
Implementing the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act; Incorporating by reference certain calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program; revising requirements relating to the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit budget amendments seeking additional spending authority to implement specified programs and payments; revising the definition of the term “state Medicaid expenditures”; specifying how Department of the Lottery rules are to be adopted, except certain rules for 1 fiscal year regarding the commission for lottery ticket sales, etc.
Suicide Prevention; Authorizing certain diagnoses to be made through telehealth; renaming the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse as the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder; revising the purposes of the commission to include an assessment of the state’s suicide prevention infrastructure; revising the membership and duties of the commission; requiring the commission to submit annual interim reports to the Governor and Legislature for a specified timeframe, etc.
Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors; Revising requirements for the commencement of proceedings for general assignments; authorizing assignees to rely on certain orders, judgments, decrees, rules, and documents; limiting the assets a creditor or other party in interest may pursue in an action against an assignee; providing requirements for a creditor or other party in interest in certain actions against an assignee, etc.
Legal Instruments; Requiring that a lien created by an assignment of rents be perfected against a mortgagor in addition to third parties under certain conditions; revising the types of expenses that may be paid by collected rents in foreclosure actions under certain circumstances; expanding the scope of a final judgment of foreclosure to include other liens; requiring the award of attorney fees in certain circumstances, etc.
Task Force on the Monitoring of Children in Out-of-Home Care; Creating the task force adjunct to the Department of Law Enforcement; providing requirements for member appointments, election of a chair, and meetings; requiring the Florida Institute for Child Welfare to conduct certain focus groups and individual interviews and submit its findings to the task force by a specified date; requiring the Department of Children and Families to submit certain monthly reports to the task force through a specified date, etc. APPROPRIATION: $140,076
Collective Bargaining; Providing for the resolution of certain collective bargaining issues at impasse between the State of Florida and the certified representatives of the bargaining units of state employees; providing for all other mandatory collective bargaining issues at impasse which are not addressed by the act or the General Appropriations Act to be resolved consistent with personnel rules and by otherwise maintaining the status quo, etc.
Building Construction; Prohibiting local enforcing agencies from making or requiring substantive changes to plans or specifications after a permit has been issued; providing that a plans examiner, inspector, or building code administrator is subject to disciplinary action under certain circumstances; requiring local fire officials to provide certain information to a permit applicant if building plans do not comply with the Florida Fire Prevention Code or the Life Safety Code; prohibiting a municipality, county, or special district from making or requiring substantive changes to building plans after a permit has been issued, etc.
Fiscal Accountability; Requiring state entities to post any documents submitted on the contract tracking system which indicate the use of state funds as remuneration under certain contracts, beginning on a specified date; deleting a provision requiring state entities to publish payments on the contract tracking system; requiring that contracts for services executed, amended, or extended beginning on a specified date require contractors to provide specified documentation to be included in the contract tracking system and posted to the contractor’s website, if applicable, etc.
