Property Insurance; Creates Florida Optional Reinsurance Assistance program (FORA); authorizes eligible insurers to purchase reinsurance coverage under FORA; requires board to provide specified coverage layers; specifies requirements & procedures for appropriation of funds from General Revenue Fund to provide reimbursements under FORA; removes right to attorney fees for judgments or decrees against surplus lines insurers in suits arising under residential or commercial property insurance policies; revises eligibility requirements for renewing coverage with Citizens Property Insurance Corporation for personal lines residential & commercial lines residential risks; specifies burden of proof for corporation policyholders making claims for water damage; specifies conditions that must be met for property insurance policy to require mandatory binding arbitration; removes right to attorney fees payable by insurers in alternative procedure for resolution of disputed sinkhole insurance claims; prohibits policyholders from assigning post-loss insurance benefits under residential or commercial property insurance policies; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $1,757,982
Sponsored bills
Transportation Facility Designations; Designates 98 Points of Light Way in Miami-Dade County; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.
Anna Maria Lake LaVista Channel Improvements Project; Provides an appropriation for the Anna Maria Lake LaVista Channel Improvements Project. APPROPRIATION: $207,450
Online Career Adult High School Program for State of FL Library System; Provides an appropriation for the Online Career Adult High School Program for State of FL Library System. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000
City of Sanford Parking Facility; Provides an appropriation for the City of Sanford Parking Facility. APPROPRIATION: $1,500,000
Florida Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs - Opioid Prevention Program; Provides an appropriation for the Florida Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs - Opioid Prevention Program. APPROPRIATION: $2,500,000
Longwood Fire Station Construction; Provides an appropriation for the Longwood Fire Station Construction. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000
Controlled Substances; Revising the elements that constitute the capital offense of murder in the first degree; revising the elements that constitute the felony offense of murder in the third degree; prohibiting specified activities involving controlled substances within 1,000 feet of additional specified facilities; providing criminal penalties; renaming what the violation of specified offenses are known as from "trafficking in fentanyl" to "trafficking in dangerous fentanyl or fentanyl analogues"; increasing the mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for specified offenses, etc.
Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State; Redistricts state's congressional districts in accordance with U.S. Decennial Census of 2020 (plan P000C0109); amends provisions relating to inclusion of unlisted territory in contiguous districts; reenacts provisions which provide for election of representatives to U.S. House of Representatives; provides requirements relating to actions challenging the state's congressional districts; reenacts provisions relating to severability; provides for applicability; provides severability; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000
Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality; Revises purpose & requirements for Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education & Use Prevention Program; requires DOH to contract with local healthy start coalitions for creation of fetal & infant mortality review committees; prohibits physician from performing abortion if gestational age of fetus is determined to be more than specified number of weeks; provides exception; requires directors of certain medical facilities & certain physicians to submit monthly report to AHCA electronically; requires hospitals participate in minimum number of quality improvement initiatives. APPROPRIATION: $1,602,000