Young Women of Distinction; Provides an appropriation for the Young Women of Distinction. APPROPRIATION: $5,000
Florida Is For Veterans, Inc.; Requires Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., to assist certain veterans with accessing training, education, & employment in certain professions.
Medicaid Buy-in Program; Requires AHCA to establish & implement Medicaid buy-in program for certain individuals with disabilities; provides requirements for program; requires agency to seek federal waiver approval or submit any state plan amendments necessary to implement program by specified date; requires agency to implement program upon receiving federal approval.
Pembroke Pines - Senator Howard C. Forman Human Services Campus Transportation Improvements Phase 1; Provides an appropriation for the Pembroke Pines - Senator Howard C. Forman Human Services Campus Transportation Improvements Phase 1. APPROPRIATION: $800,000
Correctional Facility Oversight and Programming; Creates Citizens Oversight Council within DOC; specifies duties & responsibilities concerning adult & juvenile correctional facilities of DOC & DJJ; requires Florida Commission on Offender Review & DOC to jointly develop voluntary long-term inmate program; requires program to be offered to male & female inmates; requires program to provide evidence-based programming.
Digital License Plates; Authorizes DHSMV to conduct pilot program to evaluate designs, concepts, & technologies for digital license plates; authorizes DHSMV to investigate feasibility & use thereof; authorizes DHSMV to contract with digital license plate providers; requires DHSMV to make written recommendations to Governor & Legislature; exempts digital license plate owner from certain penalties; specifies prohibited acts of digital license plate providers; provides civil penalty; authorizes DHSMV to authorize digital license plates to display validation, to be used for electronic toll collection, & to display parking permits; requires DHSMV to establish procedures for displaying information on digital license plates; specifies requirements for digital license plates, digital license plate providers, & digital license plate consumers; authorizes DHSMV to adopt rules.
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.
Sales Tax Holiday for ENERGY STAR & WaterSense Products; Provides sales tax exemption for certain ENERGY STAR & WaterSense products during specified timeframe.
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.
