Parole Eligibility; Requires Commission on Offender Review & DOC to jointly administer voluntary long-term inmate program using existing resources; requires program to provide evidence-based programming to inmates; establishes eligibility; provides inmates may be removed from program; provides that successful completion does not guarantee parole.
Tenant Safety; Revises what constitutes reasonable notice for repairs of dwelling units; requires operator of apartments to provide tenant or prospective tenant with certain background screening information; requires operator to provide tenant with list of employees or contractors & post such list on grounds of apartment or apartment's website; requires such operator to maintain, & make accessible to certain persons & during discovery, list that accounts for information for specified time period; requires licensee to provide Division of Hotels & Restaurants with certain information during its annual inspection.
Film, Television, and Digital Media Project Rebate Program; Creates Targeted High Wage Production Program within DEO; provides rebate eligibility requirements & application procedures; requires Commissioner of Film & Entertainment to review applications & take certain actions; requires annual report to Governor & Legislature; provides for expiration of program & reversion of appropriated funds.
Downtown Development Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County; Revises specified expiration date; provides for transfer of assets from Downtown Development Authority to City of Fort Lauderdale upon date of dissolution of authority; requires referendum.
Dementia-related Staff Training; Requires DOEA or its designee to provide education & training regarding Alzheimer's disease & related forms of dementia; provides requirements for education, training, & covered providers & their employees; revises & provides staff training requirements for nursing homes, home health agencies, facilities providing special care for certain persons, assisted living facilities, adult family-care homes, adult day care centers, specialized Alzheimer's services adult day care centers, nurse registries, & companion & homemaker service providers.
Relief/Leonard Cure/State of Florida; Provides for relief of Leonard Cure; provides appropriation to compensate him for being wrongfully incarcerated for 16 years; directs Chief Financial Officer to draw warrant payable directly to Mr. Cure; requires Chief Financial Officer to pay directed funds without requiring Mr. Cure sign liability release; provides for waiver of certain tuition & fees; prohibits funds awarded under act to Mr. Cure from being used for attorney or lobbying fees. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $817,000
Newborn Screenings; Requires hospitals & other state-licensed birthing facilities to test for congenital cytomegalovirus in newborns; revises timeframe for health care providers attending home births to make referrals; provides that primary health care providers are responsible for coordinating referrals under certain circumstances; requires providers to test newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus; revises timeframe for hospitals to complete newborn hearing screenings; requires test results be reported to DOH.
Veteran Suicide Prevention Training; Requires DVA to establish Veteran Suicide Prevention Training Pilot Program; provides purpose; requires participants to receive training; requires DVA to contract to develop training curriculum; requires DVA to oversee process for administering training & certifying participants; requires report to Legislature; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $500,000
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Forms of Dementia Education and Public Awareness; Requires DOH to educate licensed health care providers regarding specified information related to Alzheimer's disease & related forms of dementia.
Assistive Technology Advisory Council; Revises provisions relating to membership of & appointments & reappointments to Assistive Technology Advisory Council; requires council members to select chair from among council membership; revises provisions relating to committees appointed to perform council's functions; expands council's functions to include fundraising activities.
