Rep. Susan Plasencia

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

Victims of Crime ; Requiring a court to conduct a hearing to determine whether the taking of a deposition of a victim of a sexual offense who is under the age of 16 is appropriate; requiring a victim to be notified that he or she has the right to be informed of specified information when contacted by certain persons acting on behalf of a defendant in a criminal proceeding, etc.

Taxation; Revises provisions related to taxation including tourist tax reimbursement, homestead exemptions, exemptions for religious & educational property, refunds of certain property taxes, discretionary sales surtaxes, taxes on certain loans, surtaxes found to be unconstitutional, exemptions from sales & use taxes, tax on rental & license fees, tax credits for certain systems & equipment & Strong Families tax credits. APPROPRIATION: $35,129,550

Deceased Individuals ; Defines "next of kin"; requires law enforcement agencies to provide certain information during investigation of death of minor.

Education; Requiring the department to submit a report to specified parties on a periodic schedule beginning on a specified date; revising requirements for certain child care providers to obtain and maintain a designation as a Gold Seal Quality Care provider, etc.

High School Equivalency Diplomas; Prohibits district school board from requiring certain students to take course before taking high school equivalency examination unless student failed to earn passing score on specified practice test.

Education; Revises charter school eligibility & ineligibility criteria to receive capital outlay funds; revises calculation methodologies for distribution of specified funds to eligible charter schools; provides school district requirements for distribution of capital outlay funds to eligible charter schools; & provides requirements for use of capital outlay funds.

Year-round School Pilot Program; Creates Year-round School Pilot Program for period of 4 school years beginning with specified school year; provides requirements for program.

State Park Campsite Reservations; Requires DEP Division of Recreation & Parks to allow residents & nonresidents to make state park cabin & campsite reservations within specified timeframes; requires residents to provide specified information for advance reservations.

Department of Health; Prohibits certain research relating to enhanced potential pandemic pathogens; provides requirement for researchers applying for state or local funding; prohibits medical marijuana treatment centers from producing certain marijuana products; provides requirements for marijuana packaging & labeling, medical marijuana treatment center advertising, & medical marijuana testing laboratories & employee background screening; provides requirements for live birth, death, & fetal death records & marriage licenses & certain dissolution-of-marriage records; revises requirements for applicants for certification or recertification as EMT or paramedic; exempts certain applicants for certification as certified nursing assistant from portion of competency examination; revises scope of practice for audiologists & hearing aid specialists; revises membership requirements for members of Board of Hearing Aid Specialists.