Rep. Juan Porras

Telehealth Practice Standards; Revises definition of term "telehealth."

Education; Requiring school districts to annually review and confirm that specified information is accurate and up to date; creating the Year-round School Pilot Program for a period of 4 school years beginning with a specified school year; requiring the Commission for Independent Education to annually prepare an accountability report by a specified date; providing requirements for searches of students’ personal belongings; requiring dual enrollment courses to be age and developmentally appropriate; authorizing students to use a combination of volunteer service hours and paid work hours to meet certain program eligibility requirements; providing an appropriation, etc. APPROPRIATION: $6,800,000

Cardiac and Medical Emergencies on School Grounds; Requires public & private schools to have automated external defibrillator on school grounds; provides requirements for defibrillators; authorizes school to establish public or private partnership & seek gifts, grants & other donations for specified purposes; requires each school to establish emergency action plan; requires each school to provide information to students & school employees; provides requirements for such plans & information; provides immunity from liability under Good Samaritan Act & Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; requires school districts to make certain trainings available annually to all school employees; & provides reporting requirements.

Child Water Safety Requirements; Provides that certain organizations that care for or supervise children must require parents or legal guardians to attest certain information in writing before taking children under their care or supervision to public bathing places or public swimming pools; provides requirements for such organizations when they conduct certain activities in public bathing places or public swimming pools; provides exception; provides for disciplinary action against such organizations for certain violations.

Survivor Benefits; Requires benefits of FRS member killed in line of duty to be paid to member's parents.

Charter School Loans; Establishes Charter School Revolving Loan Program; providing requirements for program, DOE, & third-party administrator; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $20,000,000

Specialty License Plates; Directs DHSMV to develop Recycle Florida license plate & Florida Association of Realtors license plate; provides for distribution & use of fees collected from sale of plates.

Charter Schools; Revises provisions relating to charter school charters, transfer of specified assets, governing boards, standard monitoring tool, & charter school capital outlay funding; authorizes charter schools to issue adjunct teaching certificates.

Homestead Tax Exemption for Certain Senior, Low-income, Long-term Residents; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to increase just value limit of real estate eligible for homestead tax exemption that may be granted by counties or municipalities to certain senior, low-income, long-term residents.

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.