Rep. Tae Edmonds

Postsecondary Intellectual Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity; Removes provisions relating to intellectual freedom & viewpoint diversity assessment within FCS institutions & state universities; removes prohibition against SBE & BOG shielding specified individuals from free speech; removes prohibition against SBE & BOG shielding specified individuals from access to or observation of certain ideas & opinions; removes authorization for students to record video or audio of class lectures.

Determination of Residential Status for Tuition Purposes; Revises requirements for person to be considered resident for tuition purposes to include time spent in certain correctional institutions.

Reproductive Health Care Rights; Provides that each person has certain fundamental rights relating to reproductive health care; prohibits person, state, local governmental entity, or any political subdivision of state from discriminating against, denying, unduly burdening, or interfering with person's exercise of such fundamental rights; provides for civil cause of action & remedies; provides that recovery limits of sovereign immunity apply; removes definition of term "fatal fetal abnormality"; revises timeframe in which termination of pregnancy is allowed.

Minimum Base Salary for Full-time Classroom Teachers; Increases minimum base salary for full-time classroom teachers.

Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters; Exempts certain costs associated with upgrades to education facilities from being included in cost per student station calculations; specifies eligible upgrades that may be made; requires costs associated with upgrades to be consistent with prevailing market costs in area where education facility is located.

Marriage Between Persons of the Same Sex; Removes prohibition on recognition of same-sex marriages; removes prohibition on state & its agencies & subdivisions giving effect to public act, record, or judicial proceeding that respects same-sex marriage or relationship or claim arising from such marriage or relationship.

Cost-of-Living Adjustment of Retirement Benefits; Specifies minimum amount of factor used to calculate the cost-of-living adjustment of benefits for certain retirees and beneficiaries of FRS.

Financial Aid for Female Victims of Rape, Incest, Domestic Violence, or Human Trafficking; Provides certain low-income, female students who are pregnant as result of rape, incest, domestic violence, or human trafficking are exempt from paying specified postsecondary tuition & fees; establishes Academic Success of Pregnant Female Students Who Are Victims of Sexual Abuse Grant Program within DOE.

Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requires history of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders to be included in specified instruction; & provides requirements for such instruction.

Medicaid Coverage of Prescribed-food Programs for Disease Treatment and Prevention; Requires AHCA, in conjunction with DOH, to establish Food Is Medicine Program to provide Medicaid coverage for programs using medically tailored groceries, medically tailored meals, & produce prescriptions for specified Medicaid recipients who are high-need patients or patients with high-cost patient care or with highest healthcare utilization; requires agency, in conjunction with department, to seek federal approval & waivers for program; requires federal waiver application to seek matching funds.