Anti-human Trafficking; Extends future repeal date of direct-support organization for Statewide Council on Human Trafficking; revises hotline number to be included in human trafficking awareness signs; requiring adult entertainment establishments to check identification of entertainers.
Office Surgeries; Requiring medical offices performing specified office surgeries to demonstrate to the department that they have established financial responsibility in a specified manner; revising standards of practice for office 12 surgeries; etc.
Home Health Care Services; Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses & physician assistants to order or write prescriptions for certain Medicaid services.
Education; Providing for the award of grants to school districts to implement artificial intelligence in support of students and teachers; providing requirements for the use of such artificial intelligence; eligible expenses for students who have an account; etc.
Transparency in Health and Human Services; Establishes 3-year statute of limitations for action to collect medical debt for services; provides personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts; requires licensed facility to post on its website consumer-friendly list of standard charges; requires licensed facility to provide estimate to patient & patient's insurer; requires licensed facility to establish internal grievance process for patients to dispute charges; prohibits collection activities by licensed facility; requires health insurer to provide insured with advanced explanation of benefits for scheduled services; provides shared savings incentive offered by health insurer or HMO constitutes medical expense for rate development & rate filing purposes.
Permanency for Children; Revises & creates provisions relating to dependent children, including criminal history records checks, removing children from court-ordered placement, evidence required to amend case plans, Guardianship Assistance Program, notice requirements, review of DCF denial of application to adopt, home studies, adoption assistance services, adoption fees & court orders, required reports, advertising adoption services, & photo listing component of statewide adoption exchange.
School Choice; Revises contributions & provisions for Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; revises provisions for Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, Hope Scholarship Program, virtual instruction program providers, private school requirements, & students in personalized education programs.
Taxation; Providing that a taxpayer has a right to know certain information regarding property determined not to have been entitled to a homestead exemption; requiring that the owner be given a specified timeframe to pay certain taxes, penalties, and interest prior to a lien being filed; providing that such lien is subject to certain provisions; prohibiting the taxpayer from being assessed certain penalties or interest under certain circumstances; providing that back taxes apply only under certain circumstances, etc. APPROPRIATION: $608,604
Clerks of Court; Revises fund into which moneys recovered by state attorneys must be remitted; revises fund into which payments received must be remitted as related to public defenders or regional counsels; revises entity that funds capital collateral regional counsel; revises list of court-related functions that clerks may fund from filing fees, service charges, court costs, & fines; revises fund into which filing fees are to be deposited; revises distribution of administrative fees; creates Clerk of Court Driver License Reinstatement Pilot Program; revises funds into which certain moneys received by state attorneys must be deposited.
Pub. Rec./School Guardians; Provides exemption from public records requirements for information relating to school guardians held by FDLE, law enforcement agency, school district, or charter school.
