Sen. Janet Cruz

Relief of Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin by the State of Florida; Providing for the relief of Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin for his wrongful incarceration; providing an appropriation to the Department of Financial Services for a specified purpose; directing the Chief Financial Officer to draw a warrant for the purchase of an annuity contract in a specified amount in Mr. Aguirre-Jarquin’s name within a specified timeframe; providing for the waiver of certain tuition and fees for Mr. Aguirre-Jarquin, subject to specified requirements; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $720,000

Education Staff Professionals; Recognizing and celebrating the invaluable contribution of education staff professionals in this state, who work tirelessly to enhance the learning experiences of Florida students and to advance student success, etc.

Prescription Insulin Drugs; Defining the term “prescription insulin drug”; requiring individual and group health insurance policies, respectively, to cap an insured’s monthly cost-sharing obligation for covered prescription insulin drugs at a specified amount; requiring health benefit plans covering small employers to comply with such requirement; requiring health maintenance contracts to cap a subscriber’s monthly cost-sharing obligation for covered prescription insulin drugs at a specified amount, etc.

Public School Transportation; Revising the requirement that district school boards provide transportation for certain students; revising the definition of the term “student”; requiring a district school superintendent to request a review of a hazardous walking condition upon receipt of a written request from a parent of a student; requiring, rather than authorizing, a district school board to initiate a specified proceeding relating to hazardous walking conditions, etc.

Educational Opportunities for Veterans; Defining the term “disabled veteran”; providing that disabled veterans receiving certain federal educational assistance benefits are eligible to receive an award for the remaining cost of tuition and fees at state universities and Florida College System institutions, etc.

Abandoned Cemeteries; Creating the Task Force on Abandoned African-American Cemeteries; requiring the Department of State to partner with specified entities to undertake an investigation of the former Zion Cemetery site; requiring the department to contract with the University of South Florida and the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University for the identification and location of eligible next of kin; requiring the department to create, place, and maintain memorials at certain sites, subject to legislative appropriation, etc.

Postsecondary Fee Waivers; Providing specified fee waivers for graduate students who meet certain requirements, etc.

Student Loans and Scholarship Obligations of Health Care Practitioners; Establishing that a health care practitioner’s failure to repay a student loan or to comply with service scholarship obligations does not constitute grounds for disciplinary action; removing a civil fine; removing the requirement that the Department of Health investigate and prosecute health care practitioners for failing to repay a student loan or to comply with scholarship service obligations; removing the requirement, and related provisions, that the department immediately suspend the licenses of certain health care practitioners for failing to provide within a specified timeframe proof of new payment terms for student loans in default, etc.

High School Graduation Requirements; Requiring students to submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid in order to be awarded a standard high school diploma; providing an exception, etc.

Safe-school Officers; Requiring district school boards to provide their approval before certain charter schools employ school resource officers and school safety officers; authorizing district school boards to oversee and manage the employment of school resource officers and school safety officers by charter schools within the district; authorizing district school boards to establish best practices for the employment of school resource officers and school safety officers by charter schools within the district, etc.