Rep. Chase Tramont

Home Health Aides for Medically Fragile Children; Requires home health agencies to ensure tasks delegated to home health aides for medically fragile children meet specified requirements; provides individuals exemption from costs associated with specified training; authorizes home health aides for medically fragile children to perform tasks delegated by registered nurse; requires AHCA to conduct annual assessment of certified health aide program; requires agency to submit report to Governor & Legislature; requires agency to establish a specified fee schedule; provides appropriations. APPROPRIATION: $472,317

Vessel Regulations; Authorizes counties & municipalities to establish boating-restricted areas for certain sewage pumpout stations within specified distance of Florida Intracoastal Waterway marked channel; removes provision authorizing local governments to require permitting for certain floating vessel platforms; revises conditions under which local governments may require one-time registrations of floating vessel platforms.

Solicitation of Minors to Commit Lewd or Lascivious Act; Prohibits person 24 years of age or older from soliciting person 16 or 17 years of age in writing to commit lewd or lascivious act.

Video Cameras in Certain Public School Classrooms; Requires video cameras be placed in certain public school classrooms, including charter schools; & provides requirements.

OGSR/Statewide Voter Registration System; Removes scheduled repeal of exemption from public records requirements for certain information received by DOS from another state or District of Columbia which is confidential or exempt pursuant to laws of that jurisdiction.

Boating-restricted Areas; Authorizes counties & municipalities to establish within certain portions of Florida Intracoastal Waterway slow speed, minimum wake boating-restricted areas within specified distance from private or public marina pumpouts.

Prohibition on Open Primaries and Nonpartisan Elections; Proposes amendments to State Constitution to provide that only qualified electors with same party affiliation as candidate for office may vote in primary election for such office, to provide that candidates for office may not be prohibited from disclosing party affiliation or qualifying for office based on party affiliation & to prohibit exclusively nonpartisan elections.

Health Care Expenses; Establishes 3-year statute of limitations for action to collect medical debt for services; provides personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts; requires licensed facility to post on its website consumer-friendly list of standard charges; requires licensed facility to provide estimate to patient & patient's insurer; prohibits collection activities by licensed facility; requires health insurer to provide insured with advanced explanation of benefits; provides shared savings incentive offered by health insurer or HMO constitutes medical expense for rate development & rate filing purposes.

Federal Law Enforcement Agency Records; Revises general state policy on public records to include certain federal law enforcement agency records; requires certain federal law enforcement agencies to comply with public records requirements of state.

9/11 Heroes' Day; Requires Governor to proclaim September 11 of each year as "9/11 Heroes' Day"; requires day to be observed in public schools & by public exercise; requires certain middle & high school students to receive specified instruction; & requires State Board of Education to adopt certain revised social studies standards.