Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel; Authorizes first responder amputees to continue to serve as first responders; creates Florida Medal of Valor & Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; prohibits use of motor vehicle kill switches; requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for attempted murder in first degree committed against specified justice system personnel; prohibits depriving specified officers of digital recording devices or restraint devices, rendering them useless, or otherwise preventing officer from defending himself or herself or summoning assistance; revises requirements for reporting of missing persons information; creates Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program within FDLE; specifies requirements for testing inmates for infectious diseases.
Rep. Alex Rizo
Sponsored bills
Condominium and Cooperative Associations; Prohibits a person whose community association manager license is revoked from having an indirect or direct ownership interest in, or being an employee, a partner, an officer, a director, or a trustee of, a community association management firm for a specified timeframe; requires a licensee to create and maintain an online licensure account with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; requires a community association manager to identify on his or her online licensure account certain information; requires a licensee to provide specific information on his or her online licensure account; requires that such information be updated within a specified timeframe; requires a community association management firm to identify on its online licensure account the community association managers it employs to provide community association management services.
Waste Incineration; Prohibits local government or DEP, respectively, from issuing construction permit for certain new solid waste disposal facility or waste-to-energy facility in specified areas.
Memory Care ; Requires memory care providers to follow specified standards of operation in providing memory care services; provides requirements for resident contracts; provides requirements for memory care facilities; prohibits certain facilities from advertising, representing, or holding themselves out as memory care providers unless such facilities meet specified criteria; removes provisions relating to special care for persons with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or other memory disorders; provides purpose & legislative intent for Florida Alzheimer's Center of Excellence; provides duties of center; provides eligibility requirements for services.
Maddy summaryHM 4069 is a procedural resolution titled "Homeowner's Insurance Reform" that urges Congress to take action on homeowner's insurance reform. It does not propose specific policy changes or directly affect any group; it is a non-binding statement expressing support for legislative action. The resolution itself contains no mechanisms or provisions for reform, as it merely calls on Congress to address the issue. This type of resolution is common for expressing legislative priorities without creating new laws.
Adult Day Care Services and Centers; Provides tiered payment system as reimbursement system for adult day care services providers under Medicaid program; provides reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical transportation services provided by adult day care centers to Medicaid recipients; provides annual continuing education requirements for operators of adult day care centers; authorizes waivers for operators on active duty in military; requires persons & entities providing continuing education courses to furnish specified documents to DOEA; provides that continuing education requirements are condition precedent to issuance, continuation, reinstatement, or renewal of adult day care center license.
Maddy summaryHB 765 designates October 21 of each year as "Celia Cruz Day" in the state. This commemorative bill formally recognizes the date on the state's official calendar without creating new laws or affecting any specific group. It honors the legacy of Celia Cruz, the renowned Cuban-American singer, through an annual observance. The bill has no policy mechanisms or direct impact beyond this symbolic designation.
Optometry; Revises membership requirements for Board of Optometry; revises & provides rules to be implemented by board; revises requirements for administration & prescription of ocular pharmaceutical agents & provisions related to topical & oral ocular pharmaceutical agent formularies established by board; authorizes optometrist certified in ophthalmic procedures to perform certain procedures; requires board to determine required content, grading criteria, & passing score for such examination; authorizes certain procedures certified optometrist may perform; prohibits commercial or mercantile establishment from having any control over manner in which licensee practices optometry; removes provision prohibiting surgery of any kind; authorizes specified titles & abbreviations for certified optometrists; provides requirements for demonstration of financial responsibility as condition of licensure.
Veterinary Professional Associates; Authorizes certain individuals to use title "veterinary professional associate"; authorizes veterinary professional associates to perform certain duties only while under responsible supervision of licensed veterinarian; specifies certain education requirements; prohibits such associates from prescribing certain drugs or controlled substances or performing certain surgical procedures; provides that supervising veterinarians are liable for the acts or omissions of veterinary professional associates under their supervision.
Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; Requires private schools participating in Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to provide specified information in writing to parents before student enrollment in school.