Individual Education Plans; Requires IEPs for certain students to contain information on legal rights & responsibilities that transfer to students at age 18; requires information to include ways in which student may provide informed consent to allow his or her parent to continue to participate in educational decisions.
Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Membership in the Senior Management Service Class; Provides that participation in Senior Management Service Class of FRS is compulsory for assistant regional counsel supervisors, beginning on a specified date; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $880,119
Fees in Lieu of Security Deposits; Authorizing a landlord to offer a tenant the option to pay a fee in lieu of a security deposit; requiring the landlord to notify the tenant of certain unpaid fees and costs within a specified time after the conclusion of the tenancy; prohibiting the landlord from accepting certain payments; specifying that landlords have exclusive discretion as to whether to offer tenants the option to pay a fee in lieu of a security deposit, etc.
Niceville Wastewater Treatment Plant Abandonment and Removal; Provides an appropriation for the Niceville Wastewater Treatment Plant Abandonment and Removal. APPROPRIATION: $1,500,000
Compulsory School Attendance; Revises required age for compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years of age; removes requirement that student's parent sign declaration of intent to terminate school enrollment; removes requirement that school district notify student's parent upon receipt of such declaration.
Pub. Rec./Court Records; Exempts from public records requirements respondent's name in certain documents at trial & on appeal; expands certain exemptions from public records requirements to include applications for voluntary & involuntary mental health examinations & substance abuse treatment; expands certain exceptions; authorizes court to use respondent's name for certain purposes; revises applicability; revises date for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statement of public necessity.
Education; Revising provisions related to background screenings for certain persons who have access to children, visitation of schools by specified individuals, teacher preparation programs, & compensation & collective bargaining for certain educational personnel.
Ratification of Rules of the Department of Financial Services; Ratifies specified rule relating to Florida Workers' Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual to satisfy any condition on effectiveness imposed under specified law which requires ratification of any rule meeting any specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs.
Insurance Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children; Requires individual health insurance policies & individual HMOs to provide coverage for hearing aids for children 18 years of age or younger; specifies coverage requirements; provides insured & subscriber are responsible for certain costs that exceed policy limit.
Relief/Robert Earl DuBoise/State of Florida; Provides for relief of Robert Earl DuBoise; provides appropriation to compensate him for being wrongfully incarcerated for 37 years; directs Chief Financial Officer to draw warrant payable directly to Mr. DuBoise; specifies conditions for payment; provides that act does not waive certain defenses or increase state’s limits of liability; provides that certain benefits are vacated upon specified findings. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,850,000
