Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman

K-12 Teachers; Authorizing the Office of Inspector General within the Department of Education to investigate allegations and reports of suspected violations of certain persons’ rights; establishing the Dual Enrollment Educator Scholarship Program; establishing the Teacher Apprenticeship Program; providing eligibility requirements for apprentice teachers; revising the validity period for certain temporary certificates, etc.

Use of Telehealth; Authorizes telehealth provider to prescribe specified controlled substances for treatment of certain health conditions.

Cardiac and Medical Emergencies on School Grounds; Requires public & private schools to have automated external defibrillator on school grounds; provides requirements for defibrillators; authorizes school to establish public or private partnership & seek gifts, grants & other donations for specified purposes; requires each school to establish emergency action plan; requires each school to provide information to students & school employees; provides requirements for such plans & information; provides immunity from liability under Good Samaritan Act & Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; requires school districts to make certain trainings available annually to all school employees; & provides reporting requirements.

Medicaid Step-therapy Protocols for Drugs for Serious Mental Illness Treatments; Defines "serious mental illness"; requires AHCA to approve drug products for Medicaid recipients for treatment of serious mental illness without step-therapy prior authorization; directs agency to include rate impact of this act in certain program rates that become effective on specified date.

Access to Pharmacies and Prescription Drugs Under Insurance and Pharmacy Benefit Managers Policies; Requires OIR to examine pharmacy benefit managers to ascertain compliance with specified laws; requires PBMs to have standard contracts with pharmacies; prohibits PBMs from denying pharmacies & pharmacists right to participate as contract providers; authorizes persons & entities to bring actions & injunctive relief; prohibits PBMs from engaging in acts against patients; prohibits health insurers & PBMs from engaging in acts relating to covered clinician-administered drugs.

Career-themed Courses; Revises requirements for specified school district strategic plan & annual DOE review of K-12 & postsecondary career & technical education offerings; & requires school districts to inform students & parents of specified information during middle school course selection.

Health Insurance Coverage for Biomarker Testing; Requires AHCA to pay for biomarker testing under Medicaid program; requires managed care plans to cover biomarker testing under Medicaid program; requires individual health insurance policies, group health insurance policies, health maintenance contracts & prepaid health clinic contracts & health services, health care & health benefit plans to provide coverage for biomarker testing.

Dental Payments under Health Insurance Plans; Prohibits certain restrictions on payment methods by individual & group health insurers, prepaid limited health service organizations & HMOs to dentists; provides requirements if certain payment methods are initiated or changed; prohibits fees for payment transmittals; prohibits denials of certain dental claims.

9/11 Heroes' Day; Requires Governor to proclaim September 11 of each year as "9/11 Heroes' Day"; requires day to be observed in public schools & by public exercise; requires certain middle & high school students to receive specified instruction; & requires State Board of Education to adopt certain revised social studies standards.

Computer Science Instruction in K-12 Public Schools; Requires computer science courses to be included in Course Code Directory & published on DOE's website; requires Florida Virtual School to offer certain computer science courses; requires school districts to provide instruction in computer science & provide students with access to computer science courses through Florida Virtual School or by other means; requires high school students to be provided opportunities to take certain computer science courses; authorizes elementary & middle schools to establish digital classrooms for specified purposes; provides for bonuses for certain instructional personnel; provides requirements for such bonuses; repeals provisions relating to computer science & technology instruction.