Rep. Mike Giallombardo

Health Care Provider Accountability; Requires nursing home facilities to report electronically to AHCA common ownerships facility or its parent company share with certain entities; defines "common ownership"; requires agency to publish on its website specified reports annually; requires agency to annually submit report on success of personal care attendant program to Governor & Legislature.

Designation of Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations; Urges Secretary of State to designate drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

Chiefs of Police; Prohibits municipality from terminating chief of police without providing chief of police written notice; requires municipality to allow chief of police to appear & provide full & complete response to his or her termination at specified public meeting; prohibits employment contract from including certain provisions.

Partisan Elections for Members of District School Boards; Proposes amendments to State Constitution to require members of district school board to be elected in partisan election.

Florida State Guard; Revises provisions relating to FSG creation & authorization; provides number of volunteer personnel; establishes Division of State Guard within DMA; provides head of division is director appointed by Governor; removes provisions establishing authority of department & Adjutant General with respect to FSG; provides additional duties of division & director; revises qualifications for FSG applicants; requires specialized unit within FSG; revises criteria for FSG activation; repeals provisions relating to Florida State Defense Force.

Death Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers; Revises amount & conditions of payment of death benefits; requires payment be made to beneficiary through process set out by DMA; removes provisions relating to payment when beneficiary is not designated; requires proof of residency or duty post to be provided to DMA; requires DMA to request CFO to draw warrant for payment of benefits from General Revenue Fund.

Consumer Protection; Authorizes mortgage lenders to transact business from branch offices & remote locations; provides requirement for operating remote locations; provides requirements for organizers of crowd-funding campaigns relating to disasters & crowd-funding platforms; prohibits money services business from cashing corporate checks for payee in excess of workers' compensation policy coverage amounts.

Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Direct Funding Grant Program; Creates Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Direct Funding Grant Program for specified purposes; requires DOE to administer program; provides requirements for such program.

Autonomous Practice by an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Revises staff membership & clinical privileges for advanced practice registered nurses; revises practice requirements for autonomous advanced practice registered nurse; revises practice requirements for certified nurse midwifes; authorizes autonomous advanced practice registered nurse to perform certain acts; provides for expiration of Council on Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Autonomous Practice.

Education; Requires high schools to offer certain computer science courses; provides requirements for such courses; revises requirements for a certain notification relating to Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; authorizes certain students to use Bright Futures Scholarship for certain certificate programs & apprenticeship programs; authorizes DOE to approve certain assessments for specified program eligibility requirements & revises provisions relating to work and service requirements for program.