Recycling of Covered Electronic Devices; Establishes statewide Covered Electronic Device Recovery Program within DEP; authorizes DEP to use specified funds to administer program; specifies requirements for statewide plan for recycling of covered electronic devices; requires counties to submit specified plan for disposal of covered electronic devices by specified date; requires owners or operators of certain facilities to begin disposing of such facilities' covered electronic devices in permitted reclamation facility beginning on specified date; prohibits any person from disposing of covered electronic devices except at permitted reclamation facility beginning on specified dates; provides civil penalties; authorizes such penalties to be waived under certain conditions.
Sponsored bills
Flood Damage Prevention; Provides specified maximum voluntary freeboard requirements for new construction & substantial improvements to existing construction; prohibits voluntary freeboard from being used in calculation of maximum allowable height for certain construction; authorizes local governments to adopt by ordinance minimum freeboard requirement or maximum voluntary freeboard that exceeds minimum requirements; requires Florida Building Commission to adopt by rule minimum freeboard requirements & to incorporate such requirements into next edition of FBC; requires commission to review freeboard requirements every 5 years.
Newborn Hearing Screenings; Defines term "congenital cytomegalovirus test"; revises newborn hearing screening requirements to require that all newborns, rather than only those who fail the initial newborn hearing screening, be tested for congenital cytomegalovirus.
Deferred Retirement Option Program for Correctional Officers; Authorizes certain members to participate in DROP for additional time.
Preemption of the Regulation of Vacation Rentals; Provides local laws, ordinances, or regulations requiring vacation rental owners or operators to provide local government with certain contact information are not prohibited or preempted to state.
Licensed Counseling for First Responders; Requires employing agency of first responder to pay for certain licensed counseling for first responders; requires such counseling to be completed within specified timeframe; prohibits employing agency from requiring first responder to use leave for such counseling; authorizes first responder to select licensed mental health professional; prohibits payment by employing agency for such counseling from creating presumption of compensable occupational disease.
Disqualification from Licensing, Permitting, or Certification Based on Criminal Conviction; Provides that application for license, permit, or certification may only be denied based on applicant's criminal record under certain circumstances; requires state agency to consider certain factors in determining whether applicant for license, permit, or certification has been rehabilitated; revises & provides requirements for state agencies relating to denying certain applications & petitions, advising applicant how to remedy disqualifications, new petitions, & fees; revises state agency reporting requirements.
Assisted Care Communities; Authorizes AHCA to reimburse adult day care services on fee-for-service basis under Medicaid program; specifies requirements for certain standards for assisted living facilities agency is required to adopt by rule; requires operators of adult day care centers to annually complete specified continuing education; provides requirements for courses completed online; provides additional methods to satisfy continuing education requirements; authorizes DOEA to grant extension, not to exceed 1 year, for completion of continuing education; requires persons or entities offering continuing education courses to submit certain information to department within specified timeframe; authorizes certain operators to request waiver from continuing education requirements; prohibits department from renewing license of adult day care center.
Compensation for Wrongfully Incarcerated Persons; Revises requirements for when petition seeking compensation must be filed; requires prosecuting authority to petition Governor to appoint substitute prosecuting authority under certain circumstances; provides deceased person's heirs, successors, or assigns do not have standing to file petition; revises compensation eligibility requirements; revises requirements for awarding compensation & continuing appropriations.
Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program; Creates Community Violence Intervention & Prevention Grant Program within DCF; provides uses for grants provided by department; provides application requirements & procedures for such grants; provides restrictions on grant funds; provides for program costs; requires specified evaluations; requires public hearings; provides for grant duration; requires reports from recipients; requires annual report.