Psychiatric Treatments; Defines "electroconvulsive treatment" & "psychosurgical procedure"; provides only physician may perform such treatment & procedures; prohibits performance of such treatment & procedures on certain persons; provides exception.
Sponsored bills
Location of Medical Marijuana Centers, Retail Vape Shops, and On-premises Consumption of Alcohol; Revises authorized distance between location of certain medical marijuana treatment centers & specified religious or educational institutions upon specified date; specifies authorized distance between location of retail vape shops & specified religious or educational institutions upon specified date; revises authorized distance between location of businesses that allow on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages & specified religious or educational institutions upon specified date; removes local governments' ability to approve such location for specified purposes.
Voting Systems; Authorizes counties to count ballots by hand at precinct level; prohibits DOS from approving certain voting systems; requires DOS to make certain information & materials available to public on its website; deletes public records exemption that applies to certain software on file with DOS; provides that software is public record & must be provided at actual cost of duplication.
Drive-by Shootings; Designates act “Laderius Clardy Act"; provides criminal penalties for offense of drive-by shooting.
Pharmacy; Authorizes registered pharmacy technicians to dispense medicinal drugs under certain circumstances; defines terms “supervising pharmacist” & “supervising pharmacy”; provides requirements for remote-site pharmacies; exempts registered pharmacists serving as prescription department managers for remote-site pharmacies from certain practice limitations.
Damages Recoverable in Wrongful Death Actions; Removes provision that prohibits adult children & parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits.
Human Trafficking; Prohibits employment of persons younger than 21 years of age in adult entertainment establishments; requires adult entertainment establishments to check identification of entertainers; specifies forms of identification that may be used.
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Policy Workgroup; Requires State Surgeon General to establish progressive supranuclear palsy & other neurodegenerative diseases policy workgroup; provides for duties, membership, & meetings of workgroup; requiring State Surgeon General to submit annual reports & final report by specified date to Governor & Legislature.
History and Instruction of Political and Socio-economic Systems; Requires students to receive instruction on history of Communism; requires DOS to provide recommendation to Legislature relating to creation of museum of history of Communism; creates Institute for Freedom in Americas at Miami Dade College; renames Adam Smith Center for Study of Economic Freedom as Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom & revises goals of center.
Controlled Substances; Revises elements of murder offenses; provides criminal penalties for adults who unlawfully distribute specified substances or mixtures & an overdose or serious bodily injury of user results; provides enhanced criminal penalties for repeat offenders provides that specified persons have certain protections from arrest & prosecution.