Rep. Johanna López

Education for Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care; Requires case manager or other staff member to provide child with verbal & written information about certain topics; removes limitations on type of questions child may ask; establishes Office of Children's Ombudsman within DCF; specifies responsibilities of office; requires DCF to consult with specified children & young adults when creating or revising certain print or digital written information.

Relief/Leonard Cure/State of Florida; Provides for relief of Leonard Cure; provides appropriation to compensate him for being wrongfully incarcerated for 16 years; directs CFO to draw warrant payable directly to Mr. Cure; requires CFO to pay directed funds without requiring Mr. Cure sign liability release; provides for waiver of certain tuition & fees; prohibits funds awarded under act to Mr. Cure from being used for attorney or lobbying fees. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $817,000

Department of Elderly Affairs; Revises individuals who may not be appointed as ombudsmen under State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program; revises exemptions from level 2 background screening requirements; revises continuing education requirements for professional guardians; requires office to notify complainant within specified timeframe after determining complaint against professional guardian is not legally sufficient; reducing timeframe within which office must complete & provide its initial investigative findings & recommendations to professional guardian who is subject of investigation & to complainant; requires clerks of court to report to office within specified timeframe after court imposes sanctions on professional guardian.

Relief/Maria Garcia/Pinellas County School Board; Provides appropriation to Maria Garcia as compensation for injuries resulting from negligence of employee of Pinellas County School Board; provides legislative intent regarding waiver of certain liens; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $2,800,000

Relief/Estate of Jason Sanchez/Miami-Dade County; Provides for relief of Estate of Jason Sanchez by Miami-Dade County; provides for appropriation to compensate Estate of Jason Sanchez for injuries & damages sustained by Jason Sanchez & his survivors as result of negligence of Miami-Dade County employee; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney & lobbying fees. CLAIM: $950,000

Pub. Rec./Photographs, Recordings, and Reports of Autopsies of Minor Victims; Creates exemption from public records requirements for photograph or video or audio recording of killing of minor; requires that any viewing, copying, listening to, or other handling of such photograph or video or audio recording be under direct supervision of custodian of record or designee; requires that surviving parents of minor be given notice of petitions to view, copy, or listen to photograph or video or audio recording of killing of minor & opportunity to be present & heard at related hearings; creates exemption from public records requirements for autopsy reports of minors whose deaths were related to acts of domestic violence; requires that any viewing, copying, or other handling of such autopsy reports be under direct supervision of custodian of record or designee; requires that certain surviving parents of minor whose death was related to act of domestic violence be given notice of petitions to view or copy minor's autopsy report & opportunity to be present & heard at related hearings; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption.

Termination of Agreements by a Servicemember; Defines "government quarters" for purposes of termination of servicemember's rental agreement.

Pub. Rec./Judicial Assistants; Adds current judicial assistants & their spouses & children to specified agency personnel & family members to whom exemption from public records requirements applies; provides for retroactive application of exemption; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.

Domestic Violence; Requires court with jurisdiction over dissolution of marriage proceeding to consider factors in deciding whether shared parental responsibility is detrimental to child; provides additional conduct relating to domestic violence which court must consider when ordering parenting plan; provides additional factor court must consider in determining whether petitioner of domestic violence injunction is in imminent danger.

Florida Retirement System; Revises provisions relating to Special Risk Class normal retirement date, DROP participation, interest accrual rates, COLA, employer retirement contribution rates, investment plan member accounts, member disability coverage, & line-of-duty death benefit coverage.