Rep. Dianne Hart-Lowman

Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program; Establishes Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program within the Community School Grant Program; provides requirements for program.

Pregnant Women in Custody; Requires every female who is arrested & not released within 72 hours after arrest be administered pregnancy test upon request; requires that each municipal or county detention facility notify each arrested female of right to request pregnancy test; authorizes sentencing court to stay beginning of period of incarceration; authorizes court to order pregnant woman to comply with specified terms & conditions during stay; requires that woman be offered specified assessment & services; requires detention facilities & DOC to collect & report specified information.

Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services; Revises contract requirements for Florida Pregnancy Care Network, Inc.; requires DOH to conduct annual visits to each organization within network; providing requirements for visits.

Maddy summaryHB 1061 requires Florida's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct an annual study of restrictive housing practices in state prisons and submit reports detailing its findings. The bill does not change prison policies but mandates ongoing oversight to assess how restrictive housing is used. It directly affects Florida's prison system by requiring regular, data-driven reviews of this practice. The key mechanism is a binding annual reporting requirement for OPPAGA, aimed at improving transparency around prison conditions. This is a procedural oversight measure, not a policy change to restrictive housing itself.

Relief/Patricia Ermini/Lee County Sheriff's Office; Provides for appropriation to compensate Patricia Ermini for injuries sustained as result of negligence of Lee County Sheriff's Office; provides limitation on payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $626,769

Elections; Revising provisions related to elections including elected positions, administration of election law & investigation of violations, voters rights, voter registration, vote-by-mail, ballot types, and Election Day holiday.

Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; Creates Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; provides for recognition of access to social work services, including through telehealth, in member states; provides for development of data system, reporting procedures, & exchange of specified information between member states; specifies licensees practicing in remote state under compact must adhere to laws & rules of that state.

Coverage for Mammograms and Supplemental Breast Cancer Screenings; Requires AHCA to provide coverage for yearly mammograms & yearly supplemental breast cancer screenings for certain women; revises coverages for mammograms under certain individual accident & health insurance policies, group, blanket, & franchise accident & health insurance policies, & health maintenance contracts; requires coverages for supplemental breast cancer screenings under such policies & contracts under certain circumstances.

Criminal Rehabilitation; Specifies to rehabilitate offender to transition back to community successfully is one of primary purposes of sentencing; reduces minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 percent of sentence to 72 percent; revises provisions concerning gain-time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, & rehabilitation credits; revises limits on awards.

Exceptional Student Education; Requires DOE to develop & implement, by specified date, workforce credential program for students with autism spectrum disorder or students on modified curriculum; provides purpose of program; provides requirements for program; & provides reporting requirements.