Rep. Kim Berfield

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.

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.

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.

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.

Insurance; Prohibits liveries from leasing or renting or offering to lease or to rent livery vessels unless certain duties relating to insurance are fulfilled; specifies qualification for local governmental entity's representative on self-insurer's governing body; revises requirements for residential property insurance rate filings; revises & specifies alternative hurricane deductible amounts for personal lines residential property insurance policies covering risks with specified dwelling limits; provides for foreign pure captive insurance company to do business in state; revises circumstances under which service agreement companies do not have to establish & maintain unearned premium reserves.

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.