Rep. Felicia Robinson

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 department; & provides requirements for such task force.

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

Homestead Exemption for First Responders; Exempts from taxation homestead property of surviving spouse of first responder who dies in line of duty while employed by United States Government; expands definition of “first responder” to include certain federal law enforcement officers.

Compensation for Wrongfully Incarcerated Persons; Revises requirements for when petition seeking compensation must be filed; requires prosecuting authority to petition Governor to appoint substitute prosecuting authority under certain circumstances; provides deceased person's heirs, successors, or assigns do not have standing to file petition; revises compensation eligibility requirements; revises requirements for awarding compensation & continuing appropriations.

Medicaid Coverage of Prescribed-food Programs for Disease Treatment and Prevention; Requires AHCA, in conjunction with DOH, to establish Food Is Medicine Program to provide Medicaid coverage for programs using medically tailored groceries, medically tailored meals, & produce prescriptions for specified Medicaid recipients who are high-need patients or patients with high-cost patient care or with highest healthcare utilization; requires agency, in conjunction with department, to seek federal approval & waivers for program; requires federal waiver application to seek matching funds.

Storage of Firearms in Private Conveyances and Vessels; Prohibits storage of firearms in unoccupied private conveyances & vessels unless done in specified manner; requires law enforcement agencies to engage in promotional campaign; directs counties to adopt specified ordinances concerning parental responsibility for gun thefts from conveyances & vessels by their minor children.

Pregnant Women in the Criminal Justice System; Requires each female arrested & detained in specified detention facilities to be informed of right to request pregnancy test in certain circumstances; requires administration of test within specified time & timely notification of results; authorizes pregnant woman who is before court for felony offense to petition court to defer incarcerative portion of her sentence for specified period; requires woman to provide verification; provides factors court must take into account; requires special condition of probation; authorizes court to revoke probation or impose sanctions if pregnant woman granted deferred sentence is arrested for new offense or violates conditions of probation; requires DOC to collect specified information relating to births & health of pregnant inmates & submit annual report.

Everglades Protection Area; Requires comprehensive plans & plan amendments that apply to certain lands within or near Everglades Protection Area to follow state coordinated review process; requires DEP to make determinations, consult, & coordinate with specified entities regarding such plans & amendments; provides additional limitation for compliance determination of such plans & plan amendments; prohibits & provides requirements for adoption of certain development amendments within Everglades Protection Area.

Public Nuisances; Prohibits person from distributing onto private property any material for purpose of intimidating or threatening owner, resident, or invitee; prohibits person from willfully & maliciously harassing, threatening, or intimidating another person based on person's wearing or displaying of any indicia relating to any religious or ethnic heritage; requires violations be reported as hate crimes; prohibits display or projection of images onto building, structure, or property without permission; prohibits person who willfully enters campus of state university or Florida College System institution for purpose of threatening or intimidating another person from remaining on such campus after being warned to depart.

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 or individual interviews & 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; provides appropriation.