School Discipline Report Cards; Requires Office of Safe Schools, beginning with certain school year, to develop & publish on its website school discipline report cards based on data collected through school environmental safety incident reports; & specifies requirements for reports.
Task Force on the Monitoring of Children in Out-of-Home Care; Creates Task Force on Monitoring of Children in Out-of-Home Care; provides for membership; requires task force to convene by specified date; authorizes task force to conduct meetings through teleconference or other electronic means; provides duties of task force; requires Florida Institute for Child Welfare to conduct focus groups & submit its findings to task force; requires DCF to submit certain monthly reports to task force; requires task force to submit report to Governor & Legislature; provides for repeal of task force.
Driving Under the Influence; Expands conditions under which person commits offense of driving under influence & must remain in custody after arrest; reenacts provisions relating to crashes involving death or personal injuries, ignition interlock devices, & driver improvement schools or DUI programs to incorporate amendments made by act.
First Responder's Employment-related Accidents and Injuries; Revises definition of "first responder" to include 911 public safety telecommunicators for purposes of eligibility for workers' compensation benefits for first responders; requires employing agency to provide educational training annually; requires such training be provided by certain mental health practitioners.
Abatement of Taxes for Residential Dwellings Rendered Uninhabitable by Catastrophic Event; Specifies conditions under which persons whose residential dwellings are rendered uninhabitable may receive abatement of taxes; specifies formula for determining tax abatement; provides directives to property appraisers in issuing written statements to tax collector when granting abatement & in calculating damage differentials & processing refunds; provides mechanism for persons to file late applications for abatement of taxes.
Property Tax Exemptions For Widows, Widowers, Blind Persons, or Persons Totally and Permanently Disabled; Increases property tax exemption for residents who are widows, widowers, blind persons, or persons totally & permanently disabled.
Boating and Vessel Safety; Requires boating safety education courses & temporary certificate examinations to include specified components; directs FWCC to include such components in boating safety education campaigns & educational materials; requires instructors of water sports & activities to use engine cutoff switches & wear operative links to switches under certain conditions.
Funding for the School Readiness Program; Revises provisions relating to school readiness program.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Benefits and Peer Support Programs for Law Enforcement, Correctional, and Correctional Probation Officers; Provides special provisions for posttraumatic stress disorder to part-time & auxiliary law enforcement officers; revises timeframes for notices of injury or death & of claims in cases of compensable posttraumatic stress disorder for first responders; provides peer support programs for part-time & auxiliary law enforcement officers; provides special provisions for posttraumatic stress disorder for correctional officers & part-time correctional officers & for correctional probation officers & part-time correctional probation officers; specifies requirements for certain educational training.
Release of Adoption Information; Authorizes only one avenue for disclosure of certain adoption related records without court order; removes authorization for certain adoption related records to be disclosed without court order; authorizes court to break seal of specified birth records upon request of certain persons under certain conditions.
