Transportation Facility Designations/Gustavo Barreiro Way; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
First Responder Employment-related Accidents and Injuries; Revising the definition of the term “first responder” to include certain correctional officers and 911 public safety telecommunicators; expanding eligibility for certain workers’ compensation benefits for first responders to include certain correctional officers and 911 public safety telecommunicators, etc.
Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged; Revising ownership entities for nonprofit homes qualifying for an exemption from ad valorem taxation to include certain limited partnerships, etc.
Court Records of Eviction Proceedings; Authorizing tenants and mobile home owners who are defendants in certain eviction proceedings to file a motion with the court to have the records of such proceedings sealed and to have their names substituted on the progress docket under certain conditions; specifying that tenants and mobile home owners are entitled to such relief only once; requiring tenants and mobile home owners seeking such relief to serve a copy of the motion on parties to the proceeding and file a specified affidavit with the court, etc.
Damages Recoverable by Parents of an Adult Child in Medical Negligence Actions; Deleting a provision prohibiting parents of an adult child from recovering damages for mental pain and suffering in a medical negligence suit, etc.
Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Requiring certain counties to issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity to applicants seeking licensure for basic or advanced life support services which meet specified criteria, etc.
Autonomous Practice by Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Requiring certified nurse midwives providing out-of-hospital birth services to have a written plan for the appropriate delivery of emergency care; providing requirements for the plan; deleting a requirement that certified nurse midwives have a written patient transfer agreement with a hospital and a written referral agreement with a licensed physician, etc.
Condominium Fraud Investigation Pilot Program; Creating the Condominium Fraud Investigation Pilot Program within the Department of Legal Affairs in the Office of the Attorney General; authorizing the department to contract with a private entity to achieve the purpose of the program; requiring that the pilot program be funded from the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund; providing for future repeal of the program unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature, etc.
Prescription Drug Coverage; Requiring individual and group health insurers to provide notice of prescription drug formulary changes within a certain timeframe to current and prospective insureds and the insureds’ treating physicians; requiring small employer carriers to comply with certain requirements for prescription drug formulary changes; providing an exception to requirements relating to changes in a health maintenance organization’s group contract; requiring health maintenance organizations to provide notice of prescription drug formulary changes within a certain timeframe to current and prospective subscribers and the subscribers’ treating physicians, etc.
Heat Illness Prevention; Providing responsibilities for certain employers and employees; providing an exception; requiring employers to provide annual training for employees and supervisors; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in conjunction with the Department of Health, to adopt specified rules, etc.
