Sen. Dennis Baxley

Reproductive Health and Disease Education; Requiring school districts or schools within a district to notify and request the written consent of parents and guardians before the teaching of reproductive health or any sexually transmitted disease; prohibiting schools from allowing students to be exposed to such teaching without the written consent of their parents or guardians; prohibiting a student whose parent or guardian does not give such written consent from being penalized, etc.

Protections of Medical Conscience; Creating the "Health Care Ethics and Liberty Protection Act"; providing that health care providers and health care payors have the right not to participate in or pay for any health care services that violate their consciences; providing that providers and payors have a right to make certain decisions consistent with their religious beliefs under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from taking or threatening to take adverse action against such providers and payors for specified actions, etc.

Public Schools; Authorizing public schools in this state to enroll a student who meets certain attendance criteria on a part-time basis, subject to space and availability; providing for full-time equivalent student membership; authorizing funds awarded under the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to be used for contracted services provided by a public school or school district, etc.

Traffic Offenses; Creating the "Vulnerable Road User Act"; providing criminal penalties for a person who commits a moving violation that causes serious bodily injury to, or the death of, a vulnerable road user; requiring the person who commits the moving violation to pay a specified fine, serve a minimum period of house arrest, and attend a driver improvement course; requiring the court to revoke the person’s driver license for a minimum specified period; defining the term “vulnerable road user”, etc.

Local Governmental Actions Against Public or Private Waste Entities; Prohibiting counties and municipalities from seeking liquidated damages, administrative fees, or other similar charges against certain waste entities during certain declared emergencies; providing for the administration of such damages, fees, or other similar charges against certain waste entities during other times, etc.

Anesthesiologist Assistants; Revising the definitions of the terms “anesthesiologist” and “direct supervision”; revising requirements for the written protocol between an anesthesiologist assistant and a supervising anesthesiologist; revising provisions related to duties and functions anesthesiologist assistants may perform; providing that a certain applicant for clinical hospital privileges may not be denied such privileges if the applicant’s supervising anesthesiologist is a staff member in good standing at that hospital, with an exception, etc.

Military Corpsmen and Medics of Florida (MCMF) Program; Creating the MCMF Program Office of Veterans Advocacy within the Department of Health; requiring the MCMF Program, through the Department of Economic Opportunity, to assist certain veterans and their spouses with specified tasks; requiring Florida Is for Veterans, Inc., to collaborate with specified entities to implement the MCMF Program, etc.

Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children; Requiring certain individual health insurance policies to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain children 18 years of age or younger under certain circumstances; requiring certain individual health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain children 18 years of age or younger under certain circumstances; specifying certain coverage requirements; providing an exception, etc.

Employee Organizations; Requiring employee organizations to provide a notice of employees’ rights form to specified employees; requiring an employee organization to revoke an employee’s membership upon receipt of the employee’s written request for revocation; prohibiting certain employee organizations from having dues and uniform assessments deducted by the employer from certain employees’ salaries; revising requirements for applications for renewal of registration of an employee organization; revising requirements for applications for renewals of registration for employee organizations certified as bargaining agents for units of instructional personnel, etc.

Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes; Requiring certain students to receive an electrocardiogram to participate in athletics; providing an exemption from such requirement; providing parental requirements for receiving the exemption, etc.