Elections; Revising provisions related to elections including elected positions, administration of election law & investigation of violations, voters rights, voter registration, vote-by-mail, ballot types, and Election Day holiday.
Behavioral Health Managing Entities; Requires DCF to contract biennially for specified functions; requires department to contract for recommendations for certain transparency improvements; requires department to prepare & present to Governor & Legislature specified final report by specified date; requires managing entities to report required data to department in standardized electronic format; provides requirements for such format; requires managing entities to electronically submit to department certain documents in specified format & with specified metadata; requires managing entities to submit certain specific measures to department; requires department to post & maintain such measures on its website by specified date every month; provides exception; provides requirements for such measures; requires managing entities to report each measure using standard methodology determined by department; provides requirements for such measures; provides that implementation of specified requirements is contingent on certain appropriations.
Labor Regulations; Provides that all employee organizations that are certified as bargaining agent, & not just those representing certain employees, may deduct dues & assessments from salaries of certain employees; removes provision requiring certain employee organizations to petition for recertification; provides applicability; requires certain employers to implement outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified departments; specifies requirements for safety program; provides responsibilities for certain employers & employees; provides exceptions; requires specified annual training on heat illness & providing requirements for such training; requires DACS, in conjunction with DOH, to adopt specified rules; requires certain contracting agents to contribute funds to qualified benefit providers for benefit of workers; provides contribution amount; requires such contributions to be made within certain time period; provides requirements for such contributions; provides duties of qualified benefit providers; authorizes qualified benefit provider to use specified percentage of contributions for administrative functions; requires worker to select qualified benefit provider; authorizes worker to change his or her qualified benefit provider annually; requires contracting agents to provide certain information to its workers; provides requirements for organization to become qualified benefit provider; provides cause of action.
Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; Creates Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; provides for recognition of access to social work services, including through telehealth, in member states; provides for development of data system, reporting procedures, & exchange of specified information between member states; specifies licensees practicing in remote state under compact must adhere to laws & rules of that state.
Local Housing Assistance Plans; Authorizes county or eligible municipality to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance to mobile home owners for specified time period; requires counties & eligible municipalities to develop certain strategies in their local housing assistance plans; provides that lot rental assistance is approved home ownership activity for certain purposes; authorizes certain funds to be provided to mobile home owners for rehabilitation & emergency repairs; removes prohibition that only certain percentage of funds may be used for manufactured housing.
Heat Illness Prevention; Requires certain employers to implement outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified departments; specifies requirements for safety program; provides responsibilities for certain employers & employees; provides exceptions; requires specified annual training on heat illness & providing requirements for such training.
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Requires public middle schools to provide for administration of PSAT/NMSQT to students who meet specified criteria for specified purposes relating to Florida Bright Futures Program; requires specified test preparation resources & information be provided to certain students; provides for funding for such assessments & resources; & revises eligibility criteria for certain awards under Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
Decreasing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; Revises project requirements & review criteria of Closing the Gap grant program to include mental health & substance abuse services.
Homelessness; Defines "housing status"; prohibits denial or abridgment of person's ability to access public services solely because he or she is homeless; provides that person experiencing homelessness has specified rights; authorizes court to award certain relief, damages, & attorney fees & costs to prevailing plaintiff in certain civil actions.
Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requires Division of Telecommunications within DMS to consult with certain entities to conduct feasibility study regarding specified alert system; provides requirements for such alert system; requires division to report to Legislature results of feasibility study by specified date; revises legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; defines "dating violence"; authorizes victims of dating violence to apply to participate in Attorney General's address confidentiality program.
