Rep. Jim Mooney

Medicaid Enrollment for Permanently Disabled Individuals ; Requires that certain Medicaid-eligible persons who receive specified Medicaid-covered services & who are permanently disabled be presumed eligible for continued Medicaid coverage during redetermination processes; requires AHCA to continue to make payments for such services; requires certain persons to notify AHCA & DCF of certain changes in disability or economic status; authorizes DCF to conduct redetermination of eligibility; requires DCF to make notifications; requires AHCA to seek federal authorization to exempt certain persons from annual redetermination of eligibility; requires AHCA & DCF to develop specified process.

Regulation of Xylazine; Excepts from list of Schedule I controlled substances certain xylazine animal drug products approved by USDA & used for certain purposes; provides criminal penalties & requiring mandatory minimum term of imprisonment specified offenses involving xylazine.

Workforce Education; Provides that charter schools are eligible for Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program; revises number of programs school districts & Florida College System institutions must offer money-back guarantees for through money-back guarantee program by specified date; requires such programs be reported to SBE; provides requirements for specified student eligibility criteria for tuition reimbursement under program; & revises reporting requirements.

Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities ; Requires Agency for Person with Disabilities to provide list of all qualified organizations located within region where client resides & to post its quarterly reconciliation reports on its website within specified timeframes; requires agency to participate in transition planning activities & to post total number of individuals in each priority category on its website; establishes Statewide Family Care Council; provides duties of agency relating to statewide council & local councils; provides for method of voluntarily choosing to enroll in Medicaid managed care; revises implementation & eligibility requirements of pilot program for individuals with developmental disabilities; provides for method of voluntarily choosing to enroll in pilot program.

Purchase and Possession of Firearms by Law Enforcement Officers, Correctional Officers, Correctional Probation Officers, and Servicemembers; Specifies that correctional probation officers have right to carry concealed firearms during off-duty hours at discretion of superiors; authorizes correctional probation officers to perform certain law enforcement functions under limited circumstances; specifies that correctional probation officer's appointing or employing agency or department may limit officer from carrying concealed firearms during off-duty hours; revises exemptions from mandatory waiting period between purchase & delivery of firearm.

Spectrum Alert; Requires FDLE, in cooperation with specified agencies, to establish & implement Spectrum Alert; develop training program & alert system for missing children with autism spectrum disorder which is compatible with existing alert systems; specifies requirements for training program. APPROPRIATION: $190,000

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles ; Revises provisions relating to duties of tax collectors, as agents of DHSMV, issuance of certain registrations & licenses, & revocation of certain driving privileges.

Firefighter Health and Safety ; Requires Division of State Fire Marshal within DFS to adopt certain rules; requires division to assist in decreasing frequency of fatalities; requires division to adopt rules relating to education on chemical hazards or toxic substances & mental health best practices.

Brownfields; Revises & removes provisions relating to institutional controls for mapping purposes; monetary compensation; site rehabilitation agreements; tax credits; brownfield area designations; & participation in brownfield program; prohibits DEP & local pollution control programs from denying specified status or refusing to issue specified order for certain brownfield sites.

Educator Preparation; Provides legislative intent; requiring the Department of Education to establish a workgroup to update and revise the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices; requiring the department to submit workgroup findings to the Governor and the Legislature by a certain date; requiring the State Board of Education to consider certain revisions and a specified rule by a certain date; requiring the department to develop a teacher examination; requiring the department to submit to the Governor and the Legislature an implementation plan for teacher preparation programs.