Rep. Hillary Cassel

Affordable Housing; Authorizes municipalities to create community land bank programs to sell eligible real property by private sale for purposes of affordable housing & provides requirements for such programs; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to allocate tax credit among certain projects; authorizes tax credit to be transferred by recipient; creates Retail-to-residence Tax Credit Program; requires corporation to establish & adopt procedures & to prepare annual plan; requires plan to be approved by Governor; authorizes corporation to exercise certain powers; creates Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program; provides corporation with certain powers & responsibilities relating to program; provides requirements for program.

Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and Reinsurance Assistance; Revises provisions for Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund including, retention multiple, adjusted retention multiple, reimbursement contracts, loss adjustment expense; contract obligations; reimbursements, & reimbursement premium formula; authorizes eligible Reinsurance to Assist Policyholders program insurers to purchase RAP coverage under program; revises reimbursement under RAP program; removes provision prohibiting premiums from being charged for participation in program; revises coverage layers of Florida Optional Reinsurance Assistance program; requires transfer of specified amount from FORA Fund into Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.

Medicaid Eligibility for Medical Assistance and Related Services; Extends Medicaid eligibility to specified adults.

Financial Accountability in Publicly Funded Education; Revises requirements for private school to participate in certain educational scholarship programs; requires DOE to suspend payment of funds to participating private schools; creates K-12 Education Funding Task Force within DOE; & provides requirements for task force.

Medicaid Eligibility for Young Adults; Requires AHCA, in consultation with Commission on Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder, to conduct study for specified purpose; provides requirements for study; provides duties of agency upon completion of study; requires agency to submit report of its findings & recommendations to Governor & Legislature by specified date.

Access by Insureds to Claim-related Documents; Defines "claim-related documents"; requires insurers to notify insureds & certain parties that insureds may obtain copies of all claim-related documents upon request; requires insurers to provide to insureds, insureds' agents & attorneys, copies of all claim-related documents within specified timeframe after receiving requests; authorizes civil actions & recovery of insureds' attorney fees & costs.

Insurance; Creates Property Insurance Commission; provides powers & duties of commission; provides for election of Commissioner of Insurance Regulation; prohibits commissioner from engaging in certain activities or employment for specified period after leaving office; requires interest earned on insurance proceeds received by mortgagees & assignees to be paid to insureds; prohibits property insurers from claiming insolvency; authorizes persons who engage in property insurance activities in other states to engage in insurance activities in this state; prohibits property insurers from using certain defenses as claims denials; requires insurance agents to advise insurance applicants of flood risk; requires OPPAGA to conduct study of effectiveness of property insurance mediation program; increases appropriation to My Safe Florida Home Program; provides effective date. APPROPRIATION: $300,000,000

Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes; Transfers division to DLA by type two transfer by specified date; requires DBPR & DLA to enter into memorandum of agreement by specified date; requires DLA to develop rules & procedures for resolving certain disputes to include all possible means of alternative dispute resolution.

Condominium Windstorm Pilot Program; Requires OIR to establish Condominium Windstorm Pilot Program for specified purpose; requires office to submit certain information to Legislature by specified date; provides for expiration of program; requires majority vote of total voting interests of condominium association in order to participate in program; provides requirements for associations to participate in program; requires insurance policies issued under program to align with estimated reserves of association; authorizes office, in collaboration with other stakeholders, to create certain educational materials.

Climate Resilience and Drinking Water Standards; Requires DEP to establish Blue Communities Program & Blue Communities Fund; establishes advisory board within DEP; provides for membership; establishes Ocean State Climate Adaptation & Resilience Grant Fund within DEP; specifies sources & uses of funding & project eligibility requirements; provides duties of DEP & Florida Oceans & Coastal Council; provides reporting requirements; requires DEP & council to jointly adopt rules; establishes Marine Resources Conservation Account within Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund to be administered by FWCC; requires DEP, or local county health department designated by DEP, to monitor level of forever chemicals in certain water systems; provides monitoring standards.