Rep. Michelle Salzman

Maddy summaryThis Florida House Resolution (HR 8063) designates October 15, 2026, as "National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day" within the state. It aims to honor individuals and families experiencing pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or infant death by publicly acknowledging these losses and challenging societal silence around them. The resolution references existing national observances (like October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month) and Florida's Healthy Start program, which supports maternal and infant health. It does not create new policies or funding but serves as a ceremonial recognition to foster community support for grieving families.

Maddy summaryHR 8061 designates February 2026 as "Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month" in Florida. This ceremonial resolution does not create new laws or programs but formally recognizes the issue to raise public awareness. It highlights statistics on teen dating violence, such as 28.1% of teens experiencing digital dating abuse, to emphasize the need for education and prevention. The designation aims to encourage existing community efforts focused on teens, though it has no direct impact on individuals or funding.

Maddy summaryFlorida designates November 2026 as "Epilepsy Awareness Month" through House Resolution 8065. The resolution serves as a ceremonial recognition of epilepsy, highlighting its prevalence (including over 500,000 Floridians affected) and associated challenges like healthcare access barriers. It does not create new policies, funding, or legal requirements. The bill’s purpose is solely to promote public awareness during November 2026, with no direct impact on legislation or affected individuals' rights. The resolution was adopted without debate on February 18, 2026.

Maddy summaryThis bill is a ceremonial resolution designating April 16, 2026, as "Wolf-Hirschhorn/4p-Syndrome Awareness Day" in Florida. It does not create new policies or provide funding; it solely serves to raise public awareness about Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (a rare genetic disorder affecting approximately 1 in 50,000 births). The resolution recognizes the challenges faced by individuals with this condition and their families, as well as ongoing medical research efforts in Florida. As a symbolic gesture, it has no direct impact on healthcare services or legislation.

Fentanyl Testing; Requires hospitals or hospital-based off-campus emergency departments to test for fentanyl in urine test & perform confirmation test if urine test results are positive for fentanyl; requires specified results to be retained as part of patient's clinical record for certain timeframe.

Transportation Facility Designations; Provides honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.

Improving Screening for and Treatment of Blood Clots; Requires hospitals with emergency departments to develop & implement policies & procedures & conduct training for rendering of appropriate medical attention for persons at risk of forming venous thromboembolisms; repeals provisions requiring DOH to contract with private entity to establish statewide venous thromboembolism registry at no cost to state; provides requirements for private entity; requires hospitals with emergency department, beginning on date certain, to regularly report certain information; requires department to require private entity to use nationally recognized platform to collect certain data; requires private entity to provide regular reports to department on such data; requires agency, by date certain, to provide to Governor & Legislature specified report; provides requirements for such report; provides applicability; revises requirements for certain annual inservice training for certified nursing assistants employed by nursing home facilities; revises training requirements for certain certified nursing assistants who may be delegated tasks in nursing home facilities; provides legislative findings; requires assisted living facilities to provide a consumer information pamphlet containing specified information to residents.

Boating Safety; Revises & provides penalties for vessel collisions, accidents, casualties, reckless operation, & providing false information in specified reports; revises requirements for operating certain vessels; requires person convicted of certain noncriminal infractions to pay fine; provides minimum mandatory prison term for BUI manslaughter.

Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources; Prohibits drilling, exploration, or production of specified petroleum products within certain distance of national estuarine research reserves in certain counties; requires DEP to consider certain factors when determining whether natural resources of certain bodies of water & shore areas are adequately protected from potential accident or blowout; provides requirements for balancing test to make such determination.

Parkinson's Disease; Establishes the Consortium for Parkinson's Disease Research within the University of South Florida; establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Board; requires the board to direct the operations of the consortium and to annually adopt a plan for Parkinson's disease research; provides duties of the consortium director; provides research requirements for the plan.