Rep. Shane Abbott

Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility; Revises circumstances under which Department of Commerce disqualifies claimants from benefits; requires department to verify claimants' identities before paying benefits; requires department to cross-check information; requires department to maintain web page & e-mail address for specified purpose & to notify employers each year of web page & e-mail address; requires department's job-matching information system to contain certain elements.

Shore Protection; Urges Congress to direct U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to amend current easement policy for shore protection projects to allow such critical projects in Florida to proceed without delay.

Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer; Reducing minimum age at which person may purchase firearm & age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring firearm.

Health Plans; Prohibits health plans from declining to participate in filed claims; provides defaults against health plans for failure to respond; requires health plans to pay providers amounts provided in claim dispute orders under certain circumstances; requires prescription drug benefits-ID cards & health insurance & HMO ID cards to include specified information.

Aftercare Services Under Road-To-Independence Program; Revises eligibility requirements for young adult to receive aftercare services; limits aftercare services available to certain young adults; authorizes DCF to distribute federal funds to young adults, regardless of their eligibility, under certain circumstances.

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.

Corporate Actions; Provides defective corporate action is not void or voidable in certain circumstances; requires board of directors to take action to ratify defective corporate action; provides quorum & voting requirements for ratification of defective corporate actions; requires notice be given to shareholders of corporate action taken by board of directors; requires corporations to file articles of validation; provides registered agent may resign from companies by delivering specified statement of resignation to DOS; provides registered agents may pay one resignation fee regardless of whether resigning from one or multiple dissolved companies or corporations.

Treatment by a Medical Specialist; Authorizes firefighter, law enforcement officer, correctional officer, & correctional probation officer to receive medical treatment by medical specialist for certain conditions; requires continuing care & treatment by medical specialist to be reasonable, necessary & related to firefighter's or officer's condition & authorized by workers compensation carrier, self-insured employer, or third-party administrator; specifies reimbursement percentage for such treatment.

Career and Technical Education; Requires school districts to offer at least four, instead of two, career-themed courses; provides requirements for such courses; & revises requirements for calculation of school & district grades.

Rural Development; Requiring certain agency agreements to include a provision authorizing the agency to provide for the payment of specified invoices to certain counties or municipalities for certain verified and eligible performance; revising the percentages of total infrastructure project cost which the Department of Economic Opportunity may award through grants from the Rural Infrastructure Fund; revising authorized uses of eligible funds; authorizing the department to award grants up to a specified amount for specified planning and preparation activities; revising a provision that requires that awarded funds for specified surveys or other activities be matched with a specified amount of local funds, etc.