Fentanyl Testing; Requires hospitals or hospital-based off-campus emergency departments to test for fentanyl in urine test & perform confirmation test if urine test results are positive for fentanyl; requires specified results to be retained as part of patient's clinical record for certain timeframe.
Rep. Christine Hunschofsky
Sponsored bills
Officers and Employees of North Springs Improvement District, Broward County; adds to charter of North Springs Improvement District, Broward County, prohibition for conflicting employment or contractual relationships.
City of Coral Springs and City of Parkland, Broward County; Reduces & contracts from corporate limits of City of Coral Springs & enlarges & extends corporate limits of City of Parkland approximately 8.7 acres of land contiguous to corporate limits of City of Parkland; provides boundaries.
Transportation Facility Designations; Provides honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.
Improving Screening for and Treatment of Blood Clots; Requires hospitals with emergency departments to develop & implement policies & procedures & conduct training for rendering of appropriate medical attention for persons at risk of forming venous thromboembolisms; repeals provisions requiring DOH to contract with private entity to establish statewide venous thromboembolism registry at no cost to state; provides requirements for private entity; requires hospitals with emergency department, beginning on date certain, to regularly report certain information; requires department to require private entity to use nationally recognized platform to collect certain data; requires private entity to provide regular reports to department on such data; requires agency, by date certain, to provide to Governor & Legislature specified report; provides requirements for such report; provides applicability; revises requirements for certain annual inservice training for certified nursing assistants employed by nursing home facilities; revises training requirements for certain certified nursing assistants who may be delegated tasks in nursing home facilities; provides legislative findings; requires assisted living facilities to provide a consumer information pamphlet containing specified information to residents.
Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan; Requires DEP to develop comprehensive waste reduction & recycling plan, create & convene technical assistance group, & submit report to Legislature.
Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases; Establishes Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases within FSU College of Medicine; & provides goals of institute; establishes Sunshine Genetics Pilot Program & Sunshine Genetics Consortium.
My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Limits participation in My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain structures & buildings on condominium property; prohibits condominium association from applying for hurricane mitigation inspection or mitigation grant under pilot program unless certain association property or condominium property is established as common element & association has complied with specified requirements; revises approval requirements to receive mitigation grant; removes amount of grant funding for certain projects; revises improvements for which mitigation grant may be used; requires improvements to be identified in final hurricane mitigation inspection in order for association to receive grant funds; requires grant funds to be awarded for mitigation improvement that will result in mitigation credit, discount, or other rate differential; requires mitigation improvements to be made to all openings.
Maddy summaryHB 1553 requires the Department of Health (DOH) to include uterine fibroids in a specified list of diseases for research purposes. This mandates the DOH to update its existing research database to cover uterine fibroids specifically. The bill directly affects the DOH's administrative responsibilities in managing health data. It does not change healthcare services, funding, or patient care but supports targeted research on uterine fibroids.
Pub. Rec./ Municipal Clerks And Staff; Provides public records exemption for home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, & photographs of municipal clerks & their staff, names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, & places of employment of spouses & children of municipal clerks & their staff, & names & locations of schools & day care facilities attended by children of municipal clerks & their staff; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statement of public necessity.