Sen. Darryl Rouson

Task Force on the Monitoring of Children in Out-of-Home Care; Creating the task force adjunct to the Department of Law Enforcement; requiring the department to provide certain services; requiring the Florida Institute for Child Welfare to conduct certain focus groups and submit its findings to the task force by a specified date; requiring the Department of Children and Families to submit certain monthly reports to the task force through a specified date; requiring the task force to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing for future repeal, etc.

Step Into Success Internship Program; Designating the “Step Into Success Act”; establishing the Step Into Success internship program within the Department of Children and Families for eligible foster youth; requiring that eligible foster youth receive priority consideration for certain internship positions; requiring the department to publicize internship opportunities and inform foster youth of where to locate the information; requiring approved agencies to provide and monthly update a list of open employment opportunities for which eligible foster youth may apply; specifying requirements and conditions for foster youth to earn college credit for work performed in the internship program, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,642,754

Compulsive and Addictive Gambling Prevention; Establishing the Compulsive and Addictive Gambling Prevention Program within the Florida Gaming Control Commission; requiring the commission to ensure gaming facilities participate in the program by taking certain actions; authorizing the commission to allocate funding for the program from a specified source; requiring the Department of the Lottery to deposit a certain percentage of specified funds into a certain trust fund for the purpose of participation in the program, etc.

Relief of Reginald Jackson by the City of Lakeland; Providing for the relief of Reginald Jackson by the City of Lakeland; providing an appropriation to compensate Reginald Jackson for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of Mike Cochran, a police officer with the Lakeland Police Department; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $312,500

Fees/Hemp Extract Product Registration; Requiring hemp extract product registration applications to include a specified application fee set by Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services rule; prohibiting the fee from exceeding a specified amount per hemp extract product, etc.

Food Recovery; Directing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, subject to appropriation, to implement a pilot program to provide incentives to Florida growers to contribute high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables to food recovery entities in the state; authorizing food recovery entities to negotiate the purchase price of produce and reimburse agricultural companies for certain costs; requiring the department to reimburse food recovery entities for certain costs, etc. APPROPRIATION: $5,000,000

Hemp Extract Products; Requiring certain hemp extract products to be registered with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services before being distributed or sold in this state; requiring registrants to renew registrations annually; requiring the department to deny applications that fail to meet the requirements; authorizing the department to issue and enforce stop-sale orders and revoke or suspend registrations for violations; requiring the department to order a manufacturer or distributor to cease operations or distribution under certain circumstances; prohibiting hemp extract products intended for ingestion from being sold to persons under a specified age, etc.

Public Records/Compulsive and Addictive Gambling Prevention Program; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for records containing personal identifying information of a person who is seeking assistance through the Compulsive and Addictive Gambling Prevention Program; providing for a future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Recovery for Wrongful Death; Deleting a prohibition on adult children of certain decedents recovering specified damages, etc.

Procurement Activities of For-profit Eye Banks; Prohibiting for-profit eye banks from procuring certain human organs and tissue for specified purposes; providing exceptions, etc.