Rep. Katherine Waldron

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.

Human Trafficking and Prostitution; Revises definition of term "coercion"; prohibits facilitating or enabling receiving of persons into any place, structure, building, or conveyance for purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation or facilitating or enabling any person to remain in such place; prohibits knowingly engaging in specified activities for purpose of prostitution; provides increased criminal penalties for specified prohibited acts.

Liability for Renting to Persons with Criminal Records; Specifies that cause of action does not arise against landlord, or manager or agent of landlord, solely for renting to tenant with criminal record; provides exceptions.

Insurance; Creates Property Insurance Commission; provides for election of Commissioner of Insurance Regulation; revises homeowners' eligibility criteria for mitigation grants; requires interests earned on insurance proceeds received by mortgagees & assignees to be paid to insureds; prohibits property insurers from claiming insolvency under certain circumstances; authorizes persons that engage in property insurance activities in other states to engage in insurance activities in this state only under certain circumstances; requires property insurers to cap premiums or to create sliding fee scales for premium rates; prohibits property insurers from using certain defenses as claims denials; revises requirements for risk assignment agreements; requires OPPAGA to conduct study of effectiveness of property insurance mediation program. APPROPRIATION: $300,000,000

Financial Accountability in Publicly Funded Education; Revises requirements for private school to participate in certain educational scholarship programs; requires DOE to suspend payment of funds to participating private schools; creates K-12 Education Funding Task Force within department; & provides requirements for such task force.

Driving in the Furthermost Left-hand Lane of a Roadway; Prohibits driver from operating motor vehicle in furthermost left-hand lane of certain roadways; provides penalty.

Eligibility for Medical Assistance and Related Services; Extends Medicaid eligibility to specified adults.

Private Property for Motor Vehicle Parking; Requires invoices for parking charges be sent by certified mail to specified party; prohibits late fees before certain period; authorizes late fees after such period; prohibits county or municipality from adopting certain ordinance or regulation; prohibits private property owner or operator from charging specified parties under certain conditions.

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

Homestead Tax Exemption for Certain Senior, Low-income, Long-term Residents; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to increase just value limit of real estate eligible for homestead tax exemption that may be granted by counties or municipalities to certain senior, low-income, long-term residents.