Spectrum Alert; Requires FDLE, in cooperation with specified agencies, to establish & implement Spectrum Alert; develop training program & alert system for missing children with autism spectrum disorder which is compatible with existing alert systems; specifies requirements for training program. APPROPRIATION: $190,000
Vexatious Litigants; Expands actions subject to Florida Vexatious Litigant Law; revises eligibility for designation as vexatious litigant; revises sanctions & remedies for vexatious litigation; prohibits clerks of court from accepting certain filings from vexatious litigant; specifies duration of automatic stay imposed against vexatious litigation.
Firefighter Health and Safety ; Requires Division of State Fire Marshal within DFS to adopt certain rules; requires division to assist in decreasing frequency of fatalities; requires division to adopt rules relating to education on chemical hazards or toxic substances & mental health best practices.
Public Education of Background Screening Requirements; Requires AHCA, in conjunction with specified agencies, to develop & maintain care provider background screening education & awareness webpage; provides requirements for resources provided on webpage; requires that specified agencies provide link to webpage on their respective websites & promote inclusion of link in certain media; requires that webpage be active by specified date & reviewed & updated annually.
Department of Health ; Revising the repeal date of the definition of the term "messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine"; providing for contingent retroactive operation; requiring medical marijuana treatment centers to notify the Department of Health through e-mail within a specified timeframe after an actual or attempted theft, diversion, or loss of marijuana; revising eligibility criteria for licensure by endorsement under the MOBILE Act, etc.
Education; Provides that a charter school is a public facility for the purpose of concurrency; authorizes a charter school governing board to adopt its own code of student conduct; authorizes a student in a full-time virtual instruction program to participate on an interscholastic athletic team at a public school in the school district in which the student resides or to develop an agreement to participate at a private school, etc.
Educator Preparation; Provides legislative intent; requiring the Department of Education to establish a workgroup to update and revise the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices; requiring the department to submit workgroup findings to the Governor and the Legislature by a certain date; requiring the State Board of Education to consider certain revisions and a specified rule by a certain date; requiring the department to develop a teacher examination; requiring the department to submit to the Governor and the Legislature an implementation plan for teacher preparation programs.
Insulin Administration by Direct Support Professionals and Relatives ; Defines "direct-support professional"; authorizes direct-support professionals & relatives of clients in group home facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities to administer insulin as prescribed to client if specified conditions are met; provides group home facilities, direct-support professionals, & relatives of clients with immunity from civil liability for damages & civil & criminal penalties; authorizes unlicensed direct service provider to supervise self-administration of insulin & epinephrine through use of specified devices.
Aggravated Animal Cruelty; Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website the names of certain individuals who have violated specified animal cruelty provisions; provides a sentencing multiplier for specified offenses of aggravated animal cruelty.
Restrictions on Firearms and Ammunition During Emergencies; Repeals provisions relating to specified automatic restrictions on firearms & ammunition during certain declared emergencies.
