Rep. Jennifer Canady

Public School Student Progression for Students With Disabilities; Requires comprehensive plans for student progression to provide for specified students with disabilities to be retained in prekindergarten at discretion of student's parent; authorizes certain prekindergarten students to receive instruction in early literacy skills, rather than intensive reading interventions; requires certain prekindergarten students to receive such instruction; & revises requirements for certain students with disabilities to receive good cause exemption from mandatory retention in grade 3.

Public Nuisances; Prohibits person from distributing onto private property any material for purpose of intimidating or threatening owner, resident, or invitee; prohibits person from willfully & maliciously harassing, threatening, or intimidating another person based on person's wearing or displaying of any indicia relating to any religious or ethnic heritage; requires violations be reported as hate crimes; prohibits display or projection of images onto building, structure, or property without permission; prohibits person who willfully enters campus of state university or Florida College System institution for purpose of threatening or intimidating another person from remaining on such campus after being warned to depart.

Interests of Foreign Countries; Prohibits governmental entities from knowingly entering into contracts & taking specified actions relating to contracts that give access to personal identifying information; requires government entities to require affidavit from applicants before providing any economic incentive; prohibits foreign principals from purchasing agricultural land & certain real property in state; prohibits People's Republic of China, Chinese Communist Party, any other political party or member of political party in People's Republic of China, & certain persons & entities from purchasing or acquiring real property in state; requires information held by health care providers utilizing certified electronic health record technology to be maintained in specified locations.

Human Trafficking, Prostitution, and Lewdness; Increases criminal penalties for specified offenses involving adult theaters; provides civil cause of action for victims of human trafficking against certain entities; authorizes judicial circuits to establish educational programs for persons convicted of or charged with certain violations; revises requirements for law enforcement training in identifying & investigating human trafficking; creates Statewide Data Repository for Anonymous Human Trafficking Data at USF.

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.

Pub. Rec./Broadband Opportunity Program/DEO; Provides exemption from public records requirements for information relating to communications services locations, project proposals, & challenges submitted to & held by DEO under Broadband Opportunity Program or pursuant to federal broadband access grant program implemented by DEO; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.

Agreements of Educational Entities and Foreign Entities; Prohibits state universities & state colleges from accepting grants from or participating in agreements with college or university based in foreign country of concern or foreign principal; provides requirements for state universities, state colleges, BOG, & SBE; prohibits state university or state college from soliciting or accepting gifts from college or university based in foreign country of concern or foreign principal; prohibits private schools owned or operated by person or entity domiciled in, owned by, or in any way controlled by foreign country of concern or foreign principal from participating in certain educational scholarship programs.

Protections of Medical Conscience; Authorizes health care providers & health care payors to opt out of participation in or payment for health care services by conscience-based objections without discrimination or threat of adverse actions; requires health care provider to notify patient and health care provider’s supervisor or employee or educational institution in writing when such health care provider declines to participate in health care services; prohibits boards and DOH from taking certain disciplinary actions.

Missing Persons; Revises provisions concerning missing children & adults to include references to National Missing & Unidentified Persons System.

Nursing Education for Military Combat Medics; Revising a primary goal of the Florida Center for Nursing to provide that development of a statewide plan for nursing manpower must include the encouragement and coordination of the development of partnerships with hospitals which provide opportunities for nursing students to obtain clinical experience; requiring that the Articulation Coordinating Committee convene a workgroup to establish a process for determining postsecondary course equivalencies and the minimum postsecondary credit or career education clock hours that must be awarded in accredited nursing education programs for military training and education required for service in specified positions; authorizing the award of additional postsecondary credit or career education clock hours.