Rep. Linda Chaney

Prescription Drugs; Requires drug manufacturers to notify DBPR of reportable drug price increases; prohibits manufacturers from claiming public records exemption for trade secrets for information provided in forms or reports; requires DFS to designate employee as primary contact on issues relating to PBMs; provides penalty for persons who do not hold certificate of authority to act as administrator; requires PBMs to identify ownership affiliations to office; provides requirements for contracts between PBM & participating pharmacy; provides for biennial examinations of PBMs. APPROPRIATION: $1,127,525

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.

Elder and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Fatality Review Teams; Authorizes establishments of elder & vulnerable adult abuse fatality review teams; revises team membership; authorizes team to determine number & types of incidents to review; removes provisions relating to state attorney; revises team requirements; requires members sign specified acknowledgment of public records requirements; expands immunity from monetary liability to other persons; provides communications, information, & records acquired by team are not subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in certain proceedings; provides person who attends meeting or other authorized activities of team may not testify in certain proceedings as to certain records or information.

Guidance Services on Academic and Career Planning; Requires students & parents be informed of certain acceleration, academic & career planning options; requires personalized academic & career plan be developed in consultation with certified school counselor for certain students; requires certain information to be included in such plan.

Relief/Maria Garcia/Pinellas County School Board; Provides appropriation to Maria Garcia as compensation for injuries resulting from negligence of employee of Pinellas County School Board; provides legislative intent regarding waiver of certain liens; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $2,800,000

Ethics Requirements for Public Officials; Revises provisions of law relating to ethics requirements for public officials, including requirements for full & public disclosures, annual ethics training, electronic filing, reporting of clients represented for fee, & lobbying investigations; requires acceptance of verification or receipt of filing & of certain forms or statements showing sources of income; revises fines & civil penalties; authorizes commission to dismiss certain complaints & investigations; requires commission to revise forms & rules for a specified filing year.

Suicide Prevention; Renames Commission on Mental Health & Substance Abuse; revises purposes of commission to include assessment of state's suicide prevention infrastructure; revises membership & duties of commission; requires commission to submit annual interim reports for specified timeframe; revises date by which commission must submit its final report; extends repeal date of commission.

Termination of Agreements by a Servicemember; Defines "government quarters" for purposes of termination of servicemember's rental agreement.

Authorization of Restriction Concerning Dogs; Authorizes public housing authorities to adopt certain policies relating to dogs; restricts types of ordinances & policies that may be adopted; removes exemption for local breed-specific ordinances adopted before specified date.

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.