Sen. Darryl Rouson

Sickle Cell Program; Citing this act as the "Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait Prevention, Care, and Treatment Act"; requiring the Department of Health to establish a grant program for the prevention, care, and treatment of sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait or sickle cell trait carriers and for certain educational programs; requiring the department to develop application criteria and standards of eligibility for grants under the program; requiring the department to ensure that grant funds are used for specified purposes, etc.

Protection from Surgical Smoke; Defining the terms “smoke evacuation system” and “surgical smoke”; requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to, by a specified date, adopt and implement policies requiring the use of smoke evacuation systems during certain surgical procedures, etc.

Public Records/Victims of Reform School Abuse; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information in applications submitted to the Department of State by persons seeking certification as victims of Florida reform school abuse; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Sentencing of Prison Releasee Reoffenders; Revising the required sentencing structure for prison releasee reoffenders; applying the revised sentencing structure to certain persons under certain circumstances; providing resentencing requirements; deleting a provision that requires a state attorney to explain a sentencing deviation in writing in certain circumstances, etc.

Storage of Firearms in Private Conveyances and Vessels; Prohibiting the storage of firearms in unoccupied private conveyances and vessels unless done in a specified manner; providing definitions; requiring local law enforcement agencies to engage in a certain promotional campaign, etc.

Criminal Rehabilitation; Revising the legislative intent of the Criminal Punishment Code; specifying that one of the dual purposes of sentencing is to rehabilitate the offender to transition back to the community successfully; reducing the minimum sentence that must be served by a defendant; revising provisions concerning gain-time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, and rehabilitation credits; revising limits on the award of gain-time, etc.

Urban Agriculture Pilot Projects; Redefining the term “urban agriculture” to include new commercial agricultural uses, etc.

Public Records/Veterans Treatment Court Programs; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information of persons participating in, or considered for participation in, veterans treatment court programs; authorizing the disclosure of confidential and exempt information under certain circumstances; providing for legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Relief of Thomas Raynard James by the State of Florida; Providing for the relief of Thomas Raynard James; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. James for his wrongful incarceration for 32 years; declaring that the Legislature does not waive certain defenses or increase the state’s limits of liability with respect to the act; prohibiting Mr. James from submitting an application for certain compensation upon receipt of compensation under the act; requiring specific reimbursement to the state under certain circumstances, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,600,000

Flood Disclosures for Residential and Commercial Property Sales; Requiring a seller of residential or commercial property to disclose in writing certain flood information to a prospective purchaser before executing a contract for the sale of the property, etc.