Sen. Keith Truenow

Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality; Revises purpose & requirements for Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education & Use Prevention Program; requires DOH to contract with local healthy start coalitions for creation of fetal & infant mortality review committees; prohibits physician from performing abortion if gestational age of fetus is determined to be more than specified number of weeks; provides exception; requires directors of certain medical facilities & certain physicians to submit monthly report to AHCA electronically; requires hospitals participate in minimum number of quality improvement initiatives. APPROPRIATION: $1,602,000

Child Welfare; Requiring the Department of Children and Families and Department of Juvenile Justice to identify and meet the needs of dually-involved children within a specified timeframe; revising information that must be included in a transition plan; requiring prenatal and infant health care delivery programs to include certain father engagement activities; requiring the Department of Children and Families to contract for the development and implementation of the Responsible Fatherhood Initiative and to provide grants to community-based not-for-profit organizations to offer certain mentorship programs; designating the month of June as "Responsible Fatherhood Month", etc.

Funding for Sheriffs; Authorizing sheriffs who provide child protective investigative services to carry forward a certain percentage of unexpended state funds each fiscal year; requiring certain funds to be returned to the Department of Children and Families; requiring that certain expenditures be reported to the department, etc.

Parental Rights in Education; Requires district school boards to adopt procedures that comport with certain provisions of law for notifying student's parent of specified information; requires such procedures to reinforce fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding upbringing & control of their children; prohibits school district from adopting procedures or student support forms that prohibit school district personnel from notifying parent about specified information or that encourage student to withhold from parent such information; prohibits school district personnel from discouraging or prohibiting parental notification & involvement in critical decisions affecting student's mental, emotional, or physical well-being; prohibits classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels; requires school districts to notify parents of healthcare services; authorizes parent to bring action against school district to obtain declaratory judgment; provides for additional award of injunctive relief, damages, & reasonable attorney fees & court costs to certain parents.

K-12 Education; Establishing term limits for school board members; deleting a requirement that district school boards maintain a specified list on their websites; requiring certain meetings relating to instructional materials to be noticed and open to the public; revising district school board requirements for the selection and adoption of certain materials, etc.

City of Minneola - Education Avenue Improvements; Provides an appropriation for the City of Minneola - Education Avenue Improvements. APPROPRIATION: $1,100,000

Groveland Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade and Expansion; Provides an appropriation for the Groveland Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade and Expansion. APPROPRIATION: $750,000

Lake County Ferndale Preserve Lake Apopka Waterfront Improvements; Provides an appropriation for the Lake County Ferndale Preserve Lake Apopka Waterfront Improvements. APPROPRIATION: $500,000

Lake County Fire Rescue Station 71 Replacement; Provides an appropriation for the Lake County Fire Rescue Station 71 Replacement. APPROPRIATION: $2,200,000

Trout Lake Nature Center New Education Complex; Provides an appropriation for the Trout Lake Nature Center New Education Complex. APPROPRIATION: $2,000,000