Parole; Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide specified statistical analysis to Legislature; requires DOC to provide specified information to commission; requires commission to review specified information in certain circumstances.
Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan; Requires DEP to develop comprehensive waste reduction & recycling plan, create & convene technical assistance group, & submit report to Legislature.
Parkinson's Disease; Establishes the Consortium for Parkinson's Disease Research within the University of South Florida; establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Board; requires the board to direct the operations of the consortium and to annually adopt a plan for Parkinson's disease research; provides duties of the consortium director; provides research requirements for the plan.
Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases; Establishes Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases within FSU College of Medicine; & provides goals of institute; establishes Sunshine Genetics Pilot Program & Sunshine Genetics Consortium.
Maddy summaryHB 1553 requires the Department of Health (DOH) to include uterine fibroids in a specified list of diseases for research purposes. This mandates the DOH to update its existing research database to cover uterine fibroids specifically. The bill directly affects the DOH's administrative responsibilities in managing health data. It does not change healthcare services, funding, or patient care but supports targeted research on uterine fibroids.
Tourist Development Taxes; Deletes provision requiring specified percentage of all tourist development tax revenues to be used to promote & advertise tourism.
Siblings Placed in Out-of-home Care; Authorizes sibling who is separated from his or her other siblings to file specified motion; provides standing; requires court to hold hearing, take evidence, & hear arguments if motion for sibling visitation or contact is contested; prohibits court from denying such motion unless certain circumstances exist; requires immediate provision of certain services; authorizes certain parties to appeal court order in specified manner; prohibits court from restricting sibling visitation or contact without need for motion; provides that court retains jurisdiction over dependent child in permanent guardianship for certain purposes relating to sibling visitation or contact; revises required response DCF or community-based care lead agency must provide to prospective adoptive parent; prohibits court from denying postadoption visitation or contact between siblings unless certain circumstances exist; requires immediate provision of certain services; specifying that certain factors must be considered for postadoption visitation or contact between adopted child & certain persons; provides that court retains jurisdiction over adopted child for certain purposes until child is specified age.
Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle; Prohibits discrimination based on protected hairstyle in K-20 public education system & specified private schools.
Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations; Provides exception to requirement that DCF immediately forward certain allegations to law enforcement agency; requires child protective investigator to inform subject of investigation of certain duty; requires Child Protection Teams to consult with licensed physician or APRN when evaluating certain reports; authorizes, under certain circumstance, parent or legal custodian from whom child was removed to request specified examinations of child; requires that certain examinations be paid for by parent or legal custodian making request or as otherwise covered by insurance or Medicaid.
Student Elopement; Requires public schools to create School Staff Assistance for Emergencies (SAFE) Team & school elopement plan; provides requirements for SAFE Teams, elopement plans, & schools.
