Rep. Johanna López

Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements; Provides requirements for hiring considerations by employing agencies; provides postsecondary degree may be baseline requirement; authorizes applicant to request review of hiring consideration; provides requirements for DMS & Public Employees Relations Commissions relating to requests; provides jurisdiction to commission; provides remedies if DMS substantiates report; authorizes agency to elect to substitute work experience for postsecondary educational requirements for person seeking to enter into contract with agency.

Children Removed from Caregivers; Requires DCF & community-based care lead agencies to administer trauma screening within specified timeframe to certain children & provide certain follow-up actions under certain circumstances.

Support for Dependent Adult Children; Creates procedures & requirements for parents, guardians, or guardian advocates of dependent adult children to petition for support; prohibits child support order from terminating on child's 18th birthday; revises provisions relating to modification of child support orders & time-sharing; authorizes either parent to consent to mental health treatment of child; authorizes court to order father to pay fees, costs, & expenses to specified persons; prohibits child support guidelines from applying to certain cases.

Safety Standards for Amusement Rides; Revises and creates provisions relating to amusement ride certification reports; permit applications; temporary ride exemptions; nondestructive testing; inspections standards; unannounced inspections & reports; confidential & exempt information; active investigations; reporting for accidents involving medical treatment; impoundment of rides; DACS rules; & employee training.

Offenses Involving Fentanyl or Fentanyl Analogs; Provides criminal penalties & mandatory minimum term of imprisonment if person sells, manufactures, or delivers, or possesses with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver, specified substances or mixtures, & such substance or mixture has at least one specified attribute.

Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup; Requires Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with State Surgeon General, to establish blood clot & pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; provides for duties, membership, terms of office, & meetings of workgroup; requires Secretary of Health Care Administration to submit annual reports, & final report by specified date, to Governor & Legislature.

Library Cooperative Funding; Deletes limitation on funding library cooperative is eligible to receive.

Elder and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Fatality Review Teams; Authorizes establishments of elder & vulnerable adult abuse fatality review teams; revises team membership; authorizes team to determine number & types of incidents to review; removes provisions relating to state attorney; revises team requirements; requires members sign specified acknowledgment of public records requirements; expands immunity from monetary liability to other persons; provides communications, information, & records acquired by team are not subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in certain proceedings; provides person who attends meeting or other authorized activities of team may not testify in certain proceedings as to certain records or information.

Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Elder and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Fatality Review Teams; Specifies information obtained by elder & vulnerable adult abuse fatality review team which is exempt or confidential & exempt from public records requirements retains its protected status; provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information of abuse victim & other specified information contained in records held by review team; provides exemption from public meetings requirements for review team meetings during which exempt or confidential & exempt information is discussed; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption.

Guidance Services on Academic and Career Planning; Requires students & parents be informed of certain acceleration, academic & career planning options; requires personalized academic & career plan be developed in consultation with certified school counselor for certain students; requires certain information to be included in such plan.