Independent Living Housing Grant ; Provides eligibility requirements; requires community-based care lead agency to calculate amount of financial assistance based on certain factors; requires community-based care lead agency to enter into formal agreements with eligible young adults; provides requirements for such agreement; requires community-based care lead agency to terminate agreement; requires specified notice be given to young adult before agreement is terminated; specifies circumstances under which community-based care lead agency can enter into subsequent agreement; provides duties of community-based care lead agency; prohibits community-based care lead agency from charging fee for certain services; requires DCF to advertise independent living housing grant & provide relevant information to certain person.
Rep. Marie Woodson
Sponsored bills
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Requires public middle schools to provide for administration of PSAT/NMSQT to students who meet specified criteria for specified purposes relating to Florida Bright Futures Program; requires specified test preparation resources & information be provided to certain students; provides for funding for such assessments & resources; & revises eligibility criteria for certain awards under Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requires Division of Telecommunications within DMS to consult with certain entities to conduct feasibility study regarding specified alert system; provides requirements for such alert system; requires division to report to Legislature results of feasibility study by specified date; revises legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; defines "dating violence"; authorizes victims of dating violence to apply to participate in Attorney General's address confidentiality program.
Storage of Handguns in Private Conveyances and Vessels; Provides requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances & vessels; requires law enforcement agencies to engage in specified promotional campaign; requires counties to adopt specified ordinances concerning parents of children who have been found to have stolen handgun from conveyances or vessels.
Diabetes Management; Establishes Task Force on Diabetes Management; ; requires task force to develop certain criteria upon making certain determination; provides for membership & meetings of task force; authorizes State Surgeon General to reestablish task force; specifies procedures & duties if task force is reestablished; requires State Surgeon General to establish program under certain conditions by specified date; requires DOH to create & maintain website; requires federally qualified health centers or covered entities to make good faith effort to schedule appointments within specified timeline; authorizes pharmacist to prescribe & dispense 30-day supply of insulin drugs, glucagon drugs, diabetes devices, & diabetic ketoacidosis devices; prohibits pharmacist from requiring patients to pay more than certain amount for such drugs & devices; requires pharmacists to refer patient to federally qualified health center; requires department to provide certain notice to all pharmacists; requires health insurance policies & health maintenance contracts, respectively, to provide coverage for laboratory & diagnostic testing & screening for diabetes; prohibits health insurance policy & health maintenance contracts from exposing certain cost-sharing requirements; provides applicability; requires dispenser to report to electronic health recordkeeping system certain drugs & devices dispensed.
Maddy summaryHB 299 requires that new elevators and elevators undergoing renovation must include at least one support rail inside the elevator car meeting specific size and placement standards. This directly affects building owners, developers, and contractors responsible for installing or upgrading elevator systems. The key provision mandates a physical safety feature designed to assist individuals with mobility challenges during elevator use, without altering other accessibility requirements.
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; Provides for enactment of Agreement Among States to Elect President by National Popular Vote; provides method by which state may become member state; requires statewide popular election for President & Vice President of U.S.; establishes procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; provides that agreement becomes effective upon occurrence of specified actions; provides for withdrawal of member state; requires notification of member states when agreement takes effect in nonmember state or when member state withdraws from agreement.
Transportation Facility Designations; Provides honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.
Spectrum Alert; Requires FDLE, in cooperation with specified agencies, to establish & implement Spectrum Alert; develop training program & alert system for missing children with autism spectrum disorder which is compatible with existing alert systems; specifies requirements for training program. APPROPRIATION: $190,000
Firefighter Health and Safety ; Requires Division of State Fire Marshal within DFS to adopt certain rules; requires division to assist in decreasing frequency of fatalities; requires division to adopt rules relating to education on chemical hazards or toxic substances & mental health best practices.