Parole; Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide specified statistical analysis to Legislature; requires DOC to provide specified information to commission; requires commission to review specified information in certain circumstances.
Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan; Requires DEP to develop comprehensive waste reduction & recycling plan, create & convene technical assistance group, & submit report to Legislature.
My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Limits participation in My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain structures & buildings on condominium property; prohibits condominium association from applying for hurricane mitigation inspection or mitigation grant under pilot program unless certain association property or condominium property is established as common element & association has complied with specified requirements; revises approval requirements to receive mitigation grant; removes amount of grant funding for certain projects; revises improvements for which mitigation grant may be used; requires improvements to be identified in final hurricane mitigation inspection in order for association to receive grant funds; requires grant funds to be awarded for mitigation improvement that will result in mitigation credit, discount, or other rate differential; requires mitigation improvements to be made to all openings.
Maddy summaryHB 1553 requires the Department of Health (DOH) to include uterine fibroids in a specified list of diseases for research purposes. This mandates the DOH to update its existing research database to cover uterine fibroids specifically. The bill directly affects the DOH's administrative responsibilities in managing health data. It does not change healthcare services, funding, or patient care but supports targeted research on uterine fibroids.
Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; Provides public records & meetings exemptions relating to Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact & its committees; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statements of public necessity.
International Baccalaureate Bonus Funding; Revises requirements for calculation of additional full-time equivalent membership & certain bonuses based on International Baccalaureate examination scores of students to include students who earn equivalent scores as determined by DOE.
Prosecuting Children as Adults; Prohibits jail or other adult facility from holding child w transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before hearing to determine if child should be prosecuted as an adult, unless hearing waived; removes requirement for state attorney to request court to transfer & certify child for prosecution as adult or to provide written reasons to court for not making such request; removes references to state attorney's discretion to direct file juvenile; revises discretionary direct file criteria; provides for due process evidentiary hearing before judge upon filing by state attorney of information transferring child to adult court; provides requirements for order to transfer to adult court.
Termination of Pregnancies; Prohibits physicians from knowingly performing or inducing termination of pregnancy after determining that fetus is sustainable outside womb through standard medical measures, with exceptions; revises exceptions.
Treatment of Inmates; Specifies rights of inmates in state correctional system; requires written copy of rights to be provided to each inmate; authorizes relief for deprivation of rights; revises definition of "permanently incapacitated inmate" for purposes of conditional medical release.
Universal Free School Breakfast and Lunch Program; Requires DACS, subject to appropriation of certain funds, to establish & operate Universal Free School Breakfast & Lunch a Program in public schools; specifies requirements for school districts; authorizes school districts to operate program using offsite food preparation locations.
