Rep. Rita Harris

Coverage for Mammograms and Supplemental Breast Cancer Screenings; Requires AHCA to provide coverage for yearly mammograms & yearly supplemental breast cancer screenings for certain women; revises coverages for mammograms under certain individual accident & health insurance policies, group, blanket, & franchise accident & health insurance policies, & health maintenance contracts; requires coverages for supplemental breast cancer screenings under such policies & contracts under certain circumstances.

Homelessness; Defines "housing status"; prohibits denial or abridgment of person's ability to access public services solely because he or she is homeless; provides that person experiencing homelessness has specified rights; authorizes court to award certain relief, damages, & attorney fees & costs to prevailing plaintiff in certain civil actions.

Repair of Motorized Wheelchairs; Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available any documentation, parts, & tools, required for diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of motorized wheelchair & parts for motorized wheelchair; requires original equipment manufacturer of motorized wheelchair with electronic security lock to make available any special documentation, parts, & tools, needed to access & reset lock when disabled in course of diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of motorized wheelchair; provides that violation of act is unlawful practice under Florida Deceptive & Unfair Trade Practices Act; provides that original equipment manufacturer is not required to divulge trade secrets.

Pub. Rec./Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Provides that names, addresses, telephone numbers, & social security numbers of victims of dating violence who participate in Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic & Dating Violence are exempt from public records requirements; provides for retroactive application of exemption; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides statement of public necessity.

Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requires Division of Telecommunications within DMS to consult with certain entities to conduct feasibility study regarding specified alert system; provides requirements for such alert system; requires division to report to Legislature results of feasibility study by specified date; revises legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; defines "dating violence"; authorizes victims of dating violence to apply to participate in Attorney General's address confidentiality program.

Storage of Handguns in Private Conveyances and Vessels; Provides requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances & vessels; requires law enforcement agencies to engage in specified promotional campaign; requires counties to adopt specified ordinances concerning parents of children who have been found to have stolen handgun from conveyances or vessels.

Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Prohibits individuals from using nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as defense to criminal offense, to excuse or justify conduct of an individual who commits criminal offense, or to mitigate severity of criminal offense.

Managed Care Plan Network Access; Requires that AHCA include specified requirements relating to care from, & reimbursement to, out-of-network Medicaid providers in agency's contracts with Medicaid managed care plans; authorizes enrollees of Medicaid managed care plans to receive care from Medicaid providers not under contract with plan; requires plans to reimburse such providers at applicable rates paid for such services under plan.

Sickle Cell Care Management and Treatment Education; Requires specified continuing education course for first licensure & certification renewal for specified health care professions; provides requirements for such courses; authorizes appropriate boards to adopt rules.

Medicaid Presumptive Eligibility For Pregnant Women; Creates pilot program to provide temporary Medicaid coverage to pregnant women who are presumptively eligible for Medicaid; authorizes AHCA to approve certain entities to serve as qualified presumptive eligibility locations; provides application requirements; requires AHCA to prioritize approval of qualified entities located in underserved areas; specifies duties of qualified entities; requires qualified entities to provide written notice of their determinations to applicants within specified timeframe; provides requirements for notice; specifies performance standards for qualified entities; specifies timeframe of presumptive eligibility period for temporary Medicaid coverage; requires AHCA to implement certain procedures that allow for seamless transition from temporary Medicaid coverage to enrollment for full Medicaid benefits; requires AHCA, in collaboration with DOH, to implement outreach program for specified purposes; requires AHCA to seek federal approval to implement pilot program; requires AHCA to implement pilot program within specified timeframe.