Sen. Jay Collins

Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223

Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Dissolving specified soil and water conservation districts and transferring district assets and liabilities to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; requiring the department to provide for reimbursement of travel expenses for soil and water conservation district board members; providing for the transfer of certain contractual obligations for real property interests, equipment, vehicles, other personal property, and records, etc.

Pharmacy; Authorizing registered pharmacy technicians to dispense medicinal drugs under certain circumstances; defining the terms “supervising pharmacy” and “telepharmacy”; providing requirements for remote-site pharmacies; exempting registered pharmacists serving as prescription department managers for remote-site pharmacies from certain practice limitations, etc.

Property Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Veterans; Authorizing a surviving spouse of a veteran who predeceased the issuance of a certain letter from the Federal Government to produce the letter before the property appraiser, etc.

Enhanced Firearms Training Facilities; Exempting from local government specified restrictions for the location of licensed enhanced firearms training facilities; authorizing an enhanced firearms training facility to provide training and certification to the guardian program, etc.

Access to High School Sports; Deleting a specified limitation relating to the participation of certain private school students in a specified Florida High School Athletic Association program, etc.

Autism Spectrum Disorder Training for Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers; Providing requirements for training officers for interacting with individuals with autism spectrum disorder; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to adopt specified rules requiring such training as part of basic recruit training or as part of the required instruction for continued employment or appointment as officers, etc.

Public Records/Personnel of the Agency for Health Care Administration; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of certain current or former personnel of the Agency for Health Care Administration and their spouses and children; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Florida Crop Diversification Commission; Creating the commission adjunct to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing the membership and duties of the commission; requiring the commission to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc. APPROPRIATION: $500,000

Escrow Accounts for Improvements to Residential Real Property; Requiring contractors and qualified companies that receive a specified amount of money for improvements to residential real property to place such payments in an escrow account with specified institutions or persons; authorizing the contractor or qualified company to keep funds received from different owners in the same account under certain circumstances; authorizing the owner of the residential real property to request in a specified manner an accounting report from the contractor or qualified company, etc.