Independent Postsecondary Educational Grants; Authorizes DOE to award grants to students enrolled at certain colleges & universities; provides requirements for such colleges & universities; & provides that such colleges & universities are not under jurisdiction of Commission for Independent Education.
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.
Offenses Involving Fentanyl or Fentanyl Analogs; Provides criminal penalties & mandatory minimum term of imprisonment if person sells, manufactures, or delivers, or possesses with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver, specified substances or mixtures, & such substance or mixture has at least one specified attribute.
Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup; Requires Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with State Surgeon General, to establish blood clot & pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; provides for duties, membership, terms of office, & meetings of workgroup; requires Secretary of Health Care Administration to submit annual reports, & final report by specified date, to Governor & Legislature.
Seagrass Restoration; Establishes Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative within DEP; requires creation of 10-year Florida Seagrass Restoration Plan; requires initiative to submit annual report by specified date to Governor, Legislature, Secretary of Environmental Protection, & executive director of FWCC; establishes Initiative Technology Advisory Council as part of initiative; provides for meetings, membership, terms of office, & compensation of advisory council; provides for expiration of initiative; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $10,000,000
Water and Wastewater Facility Operators; Requires DEP to issue water treatment plant operator licenses, water distribution system operator licenses, & domestic wastewater treatment plant operator licenses by reciprocity to certain applicants; authorizes DEP to issue temporary operator licenses during declared state of emergency; requires DEP to waive application fee for temporary operator licenses.
Suicide Prevention; Renames Commission on Mental Health & Substance Abuse; revises purposes of commission to include assessment of state's suicide prevention infrastructure; revises membership & duties of commission; requires commission to submit annual interim reports for specified timeframe; revises date by which commission must submit its final report; extends repeal date of commission.
Termination of Agreements by a Servicemember; Defines "government quarters" for purposes of termination of servicemember's rental agreement.
Florida Retirement System; Revises provisions relating to Special Risk Class normal retirement date, DROP participation, interest accrual rates, COLA, employer retirement contribution rates, investment plan member accounts, member disability coverage, & line-of-duty death benefit coverage.
