Rep. Juan Alfonso Fernandez-Barquin

Homestead Assessments; Revises limitation on annual increases of homestead property tax assessments.

Revised Limitation on Increases of Homestead Property Tax Assessments; Proposes amendment State Constitution to revise limitation on annual increases of homestead property tax assessments.

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.

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.

Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requires history of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders to be included in specified instruction; & provides requirements for such instruction.

Fiscal Accountability; Requires state entities to post certain documents which indicate use of state funds as remuneration under certain contracts on specified system beginning on specified date; removes provision requiring state entities to publish payments on specified website; requires that contracts for services executed, amended, or extended beginning on specified date require contractors to provide specified documentation to be included in state contract tracking system & posted on contractor's website, if applicable.

Technology Transparency; Prohibits officers or salaried employees of governmental entities from using their positions or state resources to make certain requests of social media platforms; prohibits governmental entities from initiating or maintaining certain agreements or working relationships with social media platforms; providing exceptions; prohibits controller from collecting certain consumer information; requires collectors to provide notice to consumers about data collection, sharing, & selling practices; provides consumers right to request data be disclosed, deleted, or corrected & to opt-in or opt-out of sale or sharing of data; provides social media protections for children; provides nondiscrimination measures, methods for requesting data & opting-in or opting-out of sale or sharing of data, private cause of action, & enforcement; preempts regulation of consumer date collection, sharing, & selling to the state; requires certain moneys to be deposited in Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund.

Education; Revises provisions relating to Office of Reimagining Education and Career Help, workforce education, Office of Economic and Demographic Research, specified tax credits, Florida Endowment Foundation for the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation within DOE, Master Credentials List, K-12 education, educator credentials and certifications, Florida Center for Nursing, CAPE Industry Certification Funding List, & Money-back Guarantee Program, Open Door Grant Program.

Capital Sexual Battery; Provides for death sentences for certain child sexual offenders; provides for separate death penalty proceedings in such cases; provides for findings & recommended sentences by jury; provides for imposition of sentence of life imprisonment or death; provides requirements for court order in support of death sentence; provides for automatic review of sentences of death; specifies aggravating factors & mitigating circumstances; provides for victim impact evidence; authorizes state to appeal from sentence on specified grounds.

Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices; Prohibits business entities, governmental entities, & educational institutions from imposing COVID-19 testing, facial covering, & vaccination mandates; prohibits hospitals from interfering with patients' right to choose COVID-19 treatment alternatives; requires health care practitioners to obtain informed consent about COVID-19 treatment options.