Rep. Dotie Joseph

Pub. Rec./Agency for Health Care Administration Personnel; Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of certain current or former personnel of AHCA & names & personal identifying & location information of spouses & children of such personnel; provides for future legislative review & repeal.

Civil Remedy for Parental Abduction; Provides civil cause of action if child is unlawfully abducted from parent for specified amount of time; provides standard of proof & specified damages; authorizes reasonable attorney fees & costs for either party; provides when specified timeframe begins; provides affirmative defenses; requires specified court division to preside over such cause of action; provides statute of limitations; tolling such statute of limitations.

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.

Veterans Rental Assistance Grant Program; Creates Veterans' Rental Assistance Grant Program; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to provide certain grants to eligible applicants for specified purpose; provides eligibility requirements for program.

Managed Care Plan Network Access; Requires that AHCA include specified requirements relating to care from, & reimbursement to, out-of-network Medicaid providers in agency's contracts with Medicaid managed care plans; authorizes enrollees of Medicaid managed care plans to receive care from Medicaid providers not under contract with plan; requires plans to reimburse such providers at applicable rates paid for such services under plan.

Sickle Cell Care Management and Treatment Education; Requires specified continuing education course for first licensure & certification renewal for specified health care professions; provides requirements for such courses; authorizes appropriate boards to adopt rules.

Medicaid Presumptive Eligibility For Pregnant Women; Creates pilot program to provide temporary Medicaid coverage to pregnant women who are presumptively eligible for Medicaid; authorizes AHCA to approve certain entities to serve as qualified presumptive eligibility locations; provides application requirements; requires AHCA to prioritize approval of qualified entities located in underserved areas; specifies duties of qualified entities; requires qualified entities to provide written notice of their determinations to applicants within specified timeframe; provides requirements for notice; specifies performance standards for qualified entities; specifies timeframe of presumptive eligibility period for temporary Medicaid coverage; requires AHCA to implement certain procedures that allow for seamless transition from temporary Medicaid coverage to enrollment for full Medicaid benefits; requires AHCA, in collaboration with DOH, to implement outreach program for specified purposes; requires AHCA to seek federal approval to implement pilot program; requires AHCA to implement pilot program within specified timeframe.

Housing; Creates Department of Housing & Tenant Rights; provides requirements for rental agreements; prohibits landlords from requiring prospective tenants to pay certain fees; revises & specifies grounds for termination of rental agreement; authorizes tenants, mobile home owners, mobile home tenants, & mobile home occupants who are defendants in eviction proceedings to file motion with court to have records of such proceedings sealed & to have their names substituted on progress docket; requires landlord to give tenants opportunity to purchase dwelling unit or premises; prohibits landlord from evicting tenant or terminating rental agreement because tenant or tenant's minor child is victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking; prohibits purchase of single-family homes for specified purpose; authorizes civil investigations & actions; authorizes award of certain relief; authorizes local governments & special districts to adopt specified impact fee; authorizes municipalities to create community land bank programs; requires certain municipalities to develop & annually adopt community land bank plan; authorizes land banks to buy certain property for less than market value; requires land banks to offer qualified organizations right of first refusal to purchase certain property; provides that rental of certain homestead property does not constitute abandonment; creates Retail-to-residence Tax Credit Program & Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program.

Deceptive and Unfair Trade Acts or Practices; Provides that persons or entities that take specified actions during transaction for sale or lease of goods or services to consumer commit unfair or deceptive act or practice, enforceable pursuant to specified provisions.

Ownership of Single-family Residential Property by Business Entities; Prohibits certain business entities from purchasing, acquiring, or otherwise obtaining certain property & subsequently leasing or renting such property; specifies that certain sellers are not liable for certain violations; authorizes Attorney General to bring civil action; provides remedies.