Paid Family Leave Insurance; Authorizes life insurers to transact paid family leave insurance; provides circumstances under which paid family leave insurance may be issued & purchased under paid family leave insurance policy; provides circumstances under which family leave insurance benefits may be provided; requires that paid family leave insurance policies specify details & requirements relating to covered circumstances; specifies requirements for policies relating to benefit periods, waiting periods, benefit amounts, certain offsets, & payment of benefits; provides that eligibility for family leave insurance benefits may be limited, excluded, or reduced, but any such limitation, exclusion, or reduction must be specified in policy; provides circumstances under which limitations, exclusions, & reductions are permissible; provides applicable provisions for calculating rates; provides that paid family leave insurance forms & riders are subject to review by OIR; specifies means by which policy must offer family leave insurance benefits.
Rep. Fiona McFarland
Sponsored bills
Middle School and High School Start Times; Provides requirements for middle school & high school start times; provides district school board requirements; requires charter schools to meet requirements relating to middle school & high school start times.
Administrative Procedures and Permitting Process Review; Revises provisions relating to rule development, notices, public workshops, publication, timeframes, statements of estimated regulatory costs, public hearings, lower cost regulatory alternatives, incorporation by reference, emergency rules, Florida Administrative Code, Florida Administrative Register, & annual regulatory plans; requires agency review of rules & repromulgation of rules that do not require substantive changes; requires DEP & WMDs to conduct review of permitting processes & permit programs.
Resale of Tickets; Provides requirements for websites of ticket resellers; provides for donation, transfer, & resale of certain tickets; authorizes original seller to request certain information from final ticket holders; prohibits original ticket seller from taking certain actions against person who purchases or resells ticket; preempts regulation of sale or resale of tickets to state.
Child Care and Early Learning Providers; Revises provisions relating to licensing, standards, education & training requirements, screenings, programs, inspections, timeframes, insurance, curriculum, accountability, statewide information system, & regulation for child care & early learning providers.
Sarasota County; Creates Town of Siesta Key; provides charter; requires referendum.
Workers' Compensation Benefits for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Provides PTSD suffered by 911 public safety telecommunicator or crime scene investigator is compensable occupational disease; provides evidentiary standard required; specifies benefits do not require physical injury & are not subject to apportionment or limitations; provides requirements for benefits offered to 911 public safety telecommunicator or crime scene investigator for PTSD; specifies when claim for PTSD must be noticed; requires employing agencies to provide mental health training.
Emergency Communications; Renames E911 Board as Emergency Communications Board; revises composition of board; requires board to administer fees; authorizes board to establish schedules for implementing certain wireless NG911 systems; provides for board's authority to implement changes to allocation percentages & adjust fees; revises provisions relating to public safety emergency communications systems fee; revises factors board considers when setting percentages or adjustments to fee; revises types of emergency communications equipment & services that are eligible for moneys derived from fee; renames Communications Number E911 System Fund as Emergency Communications Trust Fund; revises percent distribution of fund used for payment of authorized expenditures; removes percent distribution to wireless providers.
Pub. Rec./Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs; Provides exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by DLA & law enforcement agencies of certain data privacy violations; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Technology Transparency; Prohibits officers or salaried employees of governmental entities from using their positions or state resources to make certain requests of social media platforms; prohibits governmental entities from initiating or maintaining certain agreements or working relationships with social media platforms; providing exceptions; prohibits controller from collecting certain consumer information; requires collectors to provide notice to consumers about data collection, sharing, & selling practices; provides consumers right to request data be disclosed, deleted, or corrected & to opt-in or opt-out of sale or sharing of data; provides social media protections for children; provides nondiscrimination measures, methods for requesting data & opting-in or opting-out of sale or sharing of data, private cause of action, & enforcement; preempts regulation of consumer date collection, sharing, & selling to the state; requires certain moneys to be deposited in Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund.