Medical Specialty Designations; Prohibiting health care practitioners from using certain medical specialty designations in connection with their credentials unless they are qualified or authorized to do so; requiring the Department of Health to enforce such prohibition; vesting the department with specified enforcement authority, etc.
School Breakfast Programs; Requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to reimburse sponsors for school breakfast meals that meet certain requirements; providing a basis for the calculation of the reimbursement, etc.
Land Acquisition Trust Fund; Requiring an annual appropriation from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to the Department of Environmental Protection to implement the Florida Keys Stewardship Act or to acquire land within the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern for specified purposes; prohibiting the department from using the appropriated funds to implement wastewater management projects or programs, etc.
Everglades Protection Area; Requiring comprehensive plans and plan amendments that apply to certain lands within or near the Everglades Protection Area to follow the state coordinated review process; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with specified entities, to make certain determinations for such plans and amendments, to provide written determinations to the local government and specified entities within a specified timeframe, and to coordinate with the local government and specified entities on certain planning strategies and mitigation measures; authorizing site-specific text changes for small scale future land use map amendments; prohibiting the adoption of small scale development amendments for properties located within or near the Everglades Protection Area, etc.
Insurance Coverage for Telehealth Services; Prohibits Medicaid managed care plans from using providers who provide services exclusively through telehealth to achieve network adequacy; prohibits certain health insurer & HMOs from denying coverage for covered services provided through telehealth; prohibits health insurers & HMOs from excluding covered services provided through telehealth from coverage; provides reimbursement requirements & cost-sharing limitations for health insurers & HMOs relating to telehealth services; prohibits health insurers & HMOs from requiring insureds & subscribers to receive services through telehealth; authorizes health insurers & HMOs to conduct utilization reviews; authorizes health insurers & HMOs to limit telehealth services to certain providers; removes requirements for contracts between certain health insurers or HMOs & telehealth providers; requires certain small employer benefit plans to comply with certain requirements for reimbursement of telehealth services.
State Lottery; Specifying the minimum commission rate for ticket sales by a retailer; providing that compensation and bonuses for certain other lottery related activities may be established by rules of the Department of the Lottery, etc.
Motor Vehicle Repair Estimates; Exempting a motor vehicle repair shop engaging in tire services from providing specified required information under certain circumstances, etc.
Eligibility for Assistance Programs; Removing provisions authorizing certain benefits to be denied to individuals based solely on certain felony drug trafficking convictions; removing a limitation on the state’s opting out of certain federal provisions relating to such benefit eligibility, etc.
Enhancing Patient Care Continuums; Providing that patients have a right to expect their health care records to be shared between their health care providers; revising the purpose and functions of the Office of Rural Health; requiring rural health networks to use health information exchange systems for specified purposes; revising criteria for Department of Health approval of certain cooperative agreements in certified rural health networks; requiring hospitals to use health information exchange systems to provide certain notification to a patient’s primary care provider, if any, etc.
Affordable Housing; Providing a tax credit against corporate income taxes to landlords who lease dwelling units under specified conditions to college students and recent college graduates; providing additional tax credits if landlords keep the monthly rental rates at specified levels as determined by the Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing; providing additional tax credits to landlords who include specified statements in lease agreements that grant college students and recent college graduates the right to purchase the rental dwelling units at specified rates; requiring the department to consult with the Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing in determining eligibility for tax credits; requiring the Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing to determine certain affordable housing rental needs for certain purposes; requiring the Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing to include certain recommendations relating to affordable housing rental needs in its annual report, etc.
